apocalypse improvised weapon clarification

[birdman3131]

Ok was playing apocalypse last night. I had a two handed bazooka that had an item enhancer on it. I then unequipped it and equipped the improvised weapon and 357. At this point i sold the bazooka and tried to take the item enhancer and add it to the improvised weapon but my fellow munchkins claimed it would not work because i was selling the bazooka and the item enhancer was sold with it and not considered as discarded.