Have You Ever Found A Gun In Your Safe You Have No Memory Of?

[smoothshooter]

Found 3 guns in the attic of a house I bought (years after I bought it). Does that count?

What were they?
Don't leave us dangling.

 

[Grayfox]

Never one I had no idea where it came from. But I have run across a few that I'd forgotten that I had. Its like "Oh yeah! Haven't seen you in a long time."

 

[Miami_JBT]

A CZ 52 in 9 MM. Yes, a "Civilian" CZ 52 that I bought during the glory day's of Curio & Relic. Polished blue slide to make it more desirable. I vaguely remember buying it along with a whole herd of C&R guns.

@Terry G, I had a factory 9mm CZ-52. It jammed on every shot.

 

[Miami_JBT]

I know of every firearm I own. I have misplaced one or two before. Like a Colt SP1 rifle. I reorganized the safe and moved it from the front to the back. I forgot I reorganized the safe. So, when I opened it, I didn't see it and spent the day looking throughout the house, until I remembered... "duh, it is in the back of the safe, I reorganized it!"

 

[handejector]

Absolutely. Have found one or two or three or four D) over the years in safe 'cleanups' that I had no memory whatsoever of acquiring. But, we're talking in the thousands due to a 60 year catch and release program so I don't feel too bad.

 

[rockquarry]

You guys that find guns you have no recollection of must have lots and lots of guns...

 

[Fishinfool]

No, but one time I found a little Beretta .25 acp that had been missing for a year or two. I knew it wasn't stolen, just "misplaced". Found it in a pocket of a winter coat hanging in the closet...

Larry

 

[Golddollar]

I use the return envelopes from begging letters to keep a record of the acquisition of each firearm. If a firearm is disposed of the envelope is transferred to the separate bag for transferred firearms.

One concern I haven't seen here is the possible tax implications relating to the transfer of a firearm. Having good records allows me to inform my accountant whether I had a gain or not on a transfer.

 

[AJ]

You guys that find guns you have no recollection of must have lots and lots of guns...

Rock,

Just cleaned out my desk. Found two file folders of receipts. Have not counted how many there are. Not sure I want to know.........It is what I get for a lot of buying, selling and trading toys for years.

AJ

 

[daddio202]

This exact thing happened to me too. Keeping in mind I have way too many. I opened one of my aafes and there in the front was an early 50's western feild EJN 757. I thought wow that's interesting a control feed mauser action. Took me awhile to remember I bought it about 5 years ago for about $350. It's in very nice condition and all original. I figured it's about time to organize and write information down before it's forgotten again.

 

[djohns6]

A gun that you forgot about is not the same thing . A gun that you have NO knowledge of ? I find that hard to believe unless other people have access to your safe .

 

[kaaskop49]

No, but one time I found a little Beretta .25 acp that had been missing for a year or two. I knew it wasn't stolen, just "misplaced". Found it in a pocket of a winter coat hanging in the closet...

Larry

Lucky guy! All I find in the pockets of my out-of-season coats is money...

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[pasound]

No, but I rearranged my guns a couple of months ago, and they are still not fully remembered. I don't open the safes often.

 

[LostintheOzone]

You should be keeping records of each and every firearms purchase you make, and the least of these reasons would be to enable you to recall where a particular firearm came from.

I built a spreadsheet of everything in my safe for insurance purposes. Lots of info there. Purchase date, price, SN, who I purchased it from and who I sold it to if I did. That isn't all of the info but you get the idea. All of the info is on one sheet of paper, a zip drive and my computer.

 

[Golddollar]

I built a spreadsheet of everything in my safe for insurance purposes. Lots of info there. Purchase date, price, SN, who I purchased it from and who I sold it to if I did. That isn't all of the info but you get the idea. All of the info is on one sheet of paper, a zip drive and my computer.

As a Luddite, I don't know a spreadsheet from a bedspread. I go old school. I put the gun box for each handgun on top of the safe that the gun is in. I have a separate envelope for each gun that contains the bill of sale, state papers and test target with the gun identified on the outside of the envelope.

 

[44wheelman]

I have bought a gun I forgot I already had…a narrow rib k22. At a gun show, saw it, thought that I didn't have one, bought it, get home, nope…identical to one I have. Doh.