Sirius' wand

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No: HPFGUIDX 79347

> > When a wizard goes to Azkaban, especially for a life sentence, I 
> > assumed that their wand was broken, or at least confiscated in 
some 
> > way. Yet, in OOP, Sirius has a wand and it is never mentioned how 
> he 
> > got it.
> > 
> > -Anna
> 
> 
> Now, if SIrius' wand was confiscated by the Ministry at the time of 
> his imprisonment, how would he get it back? Perhaps an OoP member 
> like Kingsley could have wandered off to the evidence room, or 
whereever they keep prisoners' personal possessions,  and rummaged 
through the boxes until he found Sirius' stuff. He gets the wand and 
brings it to 12 Grimmauld Place.
> 
> On the other hand, we don't know that it's Sirius' wand from his 
pre-Azkaban days.  It's a wand, it's in his possession, therefore 
it's his.  Perhaps there's a black market on Knockturn Alley where, 
for a price, one can purchase wands that have been lost or stolen.  
Of course, the match between wizard and wand would not necessarily be 
a good one, but, on the other hand, if the wand was for someone who 
was supposed to stay locked up in a house, then maybe the match would 
not have been as important.  And, if that's the case, Sirius wouldn't 
> have even had to be the one to skulk into Knockturn Alley to buy 
it.  Mundungus could have been the buyer.  He certainly seems to get 
> involved in some rather shady business transactions.
> 
> Just some random thoughts...
> 
> Marianne

Laura:

So if the wand Sirius used in the MoM battle wasn't the one he got 
from Ollivander's back when he started school, then it wouldn't have 
been the proper fit.  And that might explain why Bellatrix was able 
to hurt him and why he didn't put her out of action during the battle-
he didn't have the full power of his own wand at his command.  

Since, obviously, Sirius didn't have a wand in Azkaban, should we 
assume that he didn't have one during GoF when he was on the run?  It 
seems unlikely that he would feel safe without one.  In the Shrieking 
Shack scene he picked up Snape's wand, as I recall.  Did Snape ever 
get it back? It would be kind of funny if Sirius used Snape's wand 
for the better part of 2 years.