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Leonard
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posted October 10, 2004 01:36 PM
Has anybody lost a good gun by any other means, than trading or selling?
I have lost a 45 Auto, a 38 Special, a 25'06AI and a 6mm Remington, and a 12 gauge, 11-47. All stolen, different times.
Any sob stories to share?
Good hunting. LB
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Cal Taylor
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posted October 10, 2004 02:11 PM
Dang Leonard, I'm glad I live in a low crime area. Never had one stolen that way, but when I was about high school age I had my first varmint type rifle. It was a Sako Forester in 22-250. Technically it was my dads, but it was considered by both him and me as mine. Somewhere along the line in the duty of ranch use someone (probably me) fired it with a partial obstruction or something like that and it bulged the barrel and it never shot well again. I always planned to re-barrel that rifle but never got around to it. In the mean time my dad passed away unexpectedly, at a very young age, and all that was his, became my stepmothers. Since she and I had never had what you would call a loving relationship, I got squat. Out of 40 or 50 rifles that he owned, that was the only one I requested, and of course never recieved. Her take also included the ranch and all that went with it (livestock etc.) but the one thing that I still think of occasionally is that rifle. I gave up thoughts of all the other stuff long ago. I know that rifle is tucked away somewhere recieving no use or care and it was the first gun that I really shot a lot of stuff with. A jillion rockchucks, herds of red fox, a few coyotes and bobcats and I think even my first deer or two, (even though that wasn't a legal caliber) were shot by me with that gun. I would give up any gun I currently own for that one with the old Leupold straight 8X that was on it.
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DAA
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posted October 10, 2004 07:18 PM
I had one stolen, a very long time ago, an old style .357 Blackhawk. Had a High Standard .22 pistol that I loaned to a friend, and he shot a guy with it, I never got it back from the cops. Sold one .22 pistol that I never used, and have given away two rifles to friends that I figured would use them more than I would (they have!).
That's the whole list. Except for that one .22 pistol, I never have sold or traded one.
- DAA
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Jack Roberts
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posted October 10, 2004 10:30 PM
Way back when I was young and too ignorant to buy a good safe, I would hide my guns when I left home for a while. It took over a year to find a pistol I had hid under the box springs of my daughter's bed.
Until I found it, I never realized it was missing. I guess I had too many guns even then?
I do regret selling 2 guns. A National Match 1911 and a mint DHE Parker shotgun.
Jack
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Leonard
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posted October 11, 2004 09:21 AM
Post script: The 45, minus the magazine was returned to me, ten years later, recovered from a Mexican National along the border.
Boy, if it could talk?
Actually, I have been told that many stolen guns wind up in Mexico, where they are never heard from again, as is the case with the Chevy Suburbans that the drug lords, and the Federal Judicial Police prefer. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Good hunting. LB
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Barndog
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posted October 20, 2004 01:40 PM
Butch has the saddest story ever. I was with him when it happened (I was driving) but for the respect of a friend I shall remain silent. Perhaps one day he will tell it.
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Leonard
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posted October 20, 2004 09:58 PM
What it sounds like? I remember once, I left a 6mm on top of my camper, wasn't even in a case.
Blissfully ignorant for four or five miles, turned off, and went another couple miles. Hey, this looks good, let's make a stand. Uh oh!
You can bet we backtracked with trepidation. There it was, about twenty feet off the two track, right where we turned. Surprisingly unmarked, I took one shot and it was dead on. Whew! Short learning curve on that stuff.
Good hunting. LB
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Bryan J
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posted October 20, 2004 11:08 PM
I was living is some student housing in Cedar City about 10 years back. I made an afternoon run over to Panguitch and got home really late. I thought that everything would be ok til morning. To make a long story short I think someone got my Ruger MKII in 220 swift and my Colt Anaconda for Christmas. The Ruger was first generation I still have her 3 sisters but the thing that gets me is I only had to get a 308 to finish out the set. After that one disappeared I gave up on that idea.
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