Misplaced guns

[ancient-one]

Somewhere between me, my daughter and grandson we are missing a like new Sig .45 Carry Lite, a Sig .22 and a Laser Lyte. The 22 was a piece of junk until my grandson polished everything, now it functions without a problem with high velocity ammo.
They have been in the possession of all three of us at one time or the other. My grandson has checked and rechecked his safe and all of the gun cases. I don't have many places to hide them but I can't get down on my knees to look under the bed or sofa. Next time my grandson is here I will have him to do that. My daughter has looked in her apartment with no luck.
I am pretty sure they have not been stolen or a lot more would have gone with them. Hopefully they will will show up at one of the three places.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I had a Walther PPk that was a WWII Nazi police gun. It would go missing for 4 to 6 months at a time, then show back up inside a locked gun safe.

I traded it to a friend, that got rid of it right away, to a gun shop, that sold it to a guy I know. A couple years latter I ask if he still had it? "No. It won't stay where you put it!"

Some guns you just can't trust. I never kept it loaded when not on the firing line, so I don't know if it would fire on its own or not, but I didn't want find out the hard way. I know it sounds like an excuse. But everyone can agree, If I can't keep track of my gun, I and everyone else is better off if I don't own it! (I could keep track of the other 38 guns I owned at that time!)

Ivan

 

[wetdog1911]

My Interarms PPKs, that I bought new in 1972 likes to play hide and seek. It has now been missing for over 9 months, hiding somewhere in the house. Likely, something like a magazine got set on top of it and is hiding it.

It has been doing this for years, but is usually MIA for a week or so, never for this long.

My son and DIL are in the process of moving in to live with us and are plenty young enough to not run out of gas after 10 min of looking. That is the hope anyway.

When it gets found it will go in the safe, where at least I'll know the location.

Rob

 

[CZU]

Those Walthers like to hide out. I lost an Interarms stainless PPK after a range trip a few years ago. Home Depot makes a pretty good soft side tool bag that I use for a range bag. They will hold quite a few handguns and ammo plus its pretty good camouflage. Anyway, after I got home was putting everything away and that's when I came up short one Walther. I looked for several days and looked in that bag several times. After giving up, and having to listen to my wife all this time, I looked in that bag one more time. Completely emptied it of ammo and what did I find? A stainless PPK that was wedged against the side of the bag next to a box of ammo. Just opening the bag didn't reveal it.

 

[Johnnu2]

I had a pocket knife like that.....but never a gun..!!

J.

 

[colt_saa]

If you own several firearms, then one will jump off the wagon for a while

Yes, mine is also a Walther story.

My P88 was missing for two years, I had searched all over for it, I asked my buddy that loved it if he accidentally put it in his range bag

We found it when I moved. Somehow it had worked it's way into the framework of my leather sofa

Now AFTER moving I could not find my Colt Shopkeeper for months. It had gotten put into a box of kitchen gadgets. We found it when we unpacked

 

[clang444]

That's why camo painted guns are so nefarious. After you put them down somewhere you never see them again...

: )

 

[Dump1567]

You might want to have everyone check their vehicles. Maybe left in a trunk after shooting?

 

[huntsman22]

I lost a Colt Woodsman for over a year one time. I carry it in my pocket and got back from coyote hunting and couldn't find it anywhere. I evidently put it on the truck console and it slipped off between the seat and console. I found it when I finally cleaned and vacuumed out the truck...... Not any worse for wear

 

[GypsmJim]

I went to an estate sale where the man had died and his children sold off the guns before they started the sale. All that was left was a gun safe and a few odd cases.

I bought a hard shell handgun case for $1. It went cheap because it was locked and they didn't have a key. I knew i could open it because i had one similar to it. I also admit that I knew it wasn't empty because it was quite heavy.

When I got home my key opened it right up. So, I ended up with a $1 gun case and a free Model 27-1 in mint condition.

I was hoping it might have been full of ammo or something. Naturally I went right back to the sale and alerted the manager. She said there was 1 gun on the old guy's pistol permit that they couldn't find. I DID get to keep the case.

 

[Geronimo Jim]

When I was very young and starting to collect guns and did not have a gun safe, I would hide them throughout the house when I went away for the weekend or a vacation. Had maybe 8 to 10 handguns. During that time,
I always had a missing gun!

 

[cmansguns]

Check with the dog!

Don't know what type frames those Sig's have but if fantastic plastic......better check with the dog.

My dog (a American Cocker Spaniel...soft mouth...good water dog) developed such an affinity for plastic toys that the grandson's Crossman BB pistol became a chew-toy one day, and not only that..it was carried off to some place of honor in that same soft mouth.

Pretty slobered and gobbered when recovered....and even then there were some growly noises from the dog.

Some dogs enjoy shooting sports more than retrieving us humans dead birds!

BTW: That dog appears at times so intelligent that I just know she knows what I am saying so I'm being careful not to print this post and leave it laying around.

Hope you find your Sig's soon. Wise idea about checking cars, trucks, tractors, golf carts....especially before selling or trading.

 

[gregintenn]

I went to an estate sale where the man had died and his children sold off the guns before they started the sale. All that was left was a gun safe and a few odd cases.

I bought a hard shell handgun case for $1. It went cheap because it was locked and they didn't have a key. I knew i could open it because i had one similar to it. I also admit that I knew it wasn't empty because it was quite heavy.

When I got home my key opened it right up. So, I ended up with a $1 gun case and a free Model 27-1 in mint condition.

I was hoping it might have been full of ammo or something. Naturally I went right back to the sale and alerted the manager. She said there was 1 gun on the old guy's pistol permit that they couldn't find. I DID get to keep the case.

I'd have thought that if you bought the case, you also bought the contents.

 

[ralph7]

I went to an estate sale where the man had died and his children sold off the guns before they started the sale. All that was left was a gun safe and a few odd cases.

I bought a hard shell handgun case for $1. It went cheap because it was locked and they didn't have a key. I knew i could open it because i had one similar to it. I also admit that I knew it wasn't empty because it was quite heavy.

When I got home my key opened it right up. So, I ended up with a $1 gun case and a free Model 27-1 in mint condition.

I was hoping it might have been full of ammo or something. Naturally I went right back to the sale and alerted the manager. She said there was 1 gun on the old guy's pistol permit that they couldn't find. I DID get to keep the case.

I gotta give you credit, I don't know that I'd have done that.

 

[jtcarm]

Those Walthers are slippery. I gave my Interarms PPK/s to my brother a couple years back. I better check up on it.

 

[tops]

I'd have thought that if you bought the case, you also bought the contents.

I was at an estate sale and a leather billfold brought $1. The buyer looked through it and behind the fold down in the dollar section was $2. I was watching when he did it so I know he didn't just make it up. He held up the $2. and the crowd got a good laugh. Larry

 

[gregintenn]

I was at an estate sale and a leather billfold brought $1. The buyer looked through it and behind the fold down in the dollar section was $2. I was watching when he did it so I know he didn't just make it up. He held up the $2. and the crowd got a good laugh. Larry

My wife bought a pair of jeans at a Goodwill store. She got home and discovered a $20 bill in the pocket. She didn't take it back.

 

[GypsmJim]

I'd have thought that if you bought the case, you also bought the contents.

For me to register it I would have needed a bill of sale and a NICS check. With it considered "lost" the old guy's daughter would have had to report that when she cancelled his pistol permit. In essence, I would have been in possession of an unregistered stolen handgun.

 

[Drm50]

I was deer hunting in WVa at a friends. Was told to be at a bridge over a small creek to be picked up for lunch. Arrived at bridge and there was a Rifle leaning up there. I thought maybe somebody else in party had to hit the bushes. After 15 minutes my buddies wife showed up and we took the rifle with us. During the afternoon buddies mother found the owner so I got no free rifle.

 

[GF]

I lost a Colt Jr .25 acp for a few months.
I looked everywhere and couldn't find it, figured I dropped it out of my pocket sometime.
Summer passed and in the fall I dug out my leather jacket and found it in the breast pocket.

Bad part of it was when I found it, I was in the hospital board room surrounded by suits. I pulled it out by the barrel and said, "so that's where that went!"
Nobody really paid any attention, this was in 1988 and it was just a little gun.

Oh the CEO did say, "put that away."
He's 80 now and still tells that story on me.