Stolen Firearms

Lost a Colt Series 70 .45 ACP and a Rossi coachgun in a burglary. Never recovered, I still carry the serial numbers in hope that I runacross them someday.

A friend of a friend lost a Colt Lightning revolver in a burglary about ten years ago. He constanbtly carried the serial with him. Whenever he saw a Lightning for sale, he checked the number. About six years after his loss, he found hi revolver in a pawnshop. He went outside, called the local PD, and gave the case number and serial number. An officer was on the scene a few minutes later and recovered the gun for him. Then he simply calledhis insurance company, "bought" the gun back from them by repaying the claim amount, and was a very happy camper. He got his revover back, the insurance company got their money back. the only loser was the pawnshop that bought the stolen gun.

I doubt I will be that lucky, but it can happen. I found another Rossi a few years later and replaced it. That was back before cowboy slaction shooting was popular, so a double hammergun with 20 inch barrels was tough to find.

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Have you ever run your own check of the numbers through your local, state and federal government agencies to see if they have been recovered? You can do your own checks through the ATF and the FBI to see if they were recovered in another state. Also check with your state agency, whatever it’s name may be, as the weapons may be sitting in another city or town. Don’t depend on the these agencies contacting you as most times they don’t. When I was on the sheriffs department we had a number of firearms sitting in storage that had been recovered from different sources and many had been there for years. Just a thought. Lawdog

Never lost a firearm but I don't loan or borrow outside of the immediate family. No way.

Bojon

Hey

  Lawdog thanks for the info.

  Tas,mine was taken on the road to a hunt,folks around here would put a thief in a holler back here.