Interesting problem & need to know....

[Arik]

Just yesterday i found a 100 rounds of 5.45 that i bought about 2 months ago and forgot i had. Today i woke up and while getting dressed i found an empty Glock 19 mag in one of the dresser drawers. Dont know how it got there or how long its been there. Last week a friend of my spent a weekend looking for a gun he lost. After an extensive search he was ready to call the police and report it lost. I ended up finding it in tge basement shoe closet/storage area on top of an old computer monitor that was on the highest shelf, wrapped in a rag. Last time he saw it was around April. No one knows how it got there since you'd need a chair to stand on to reach up that high!

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[heckinohio]

Thanks, Gents!!!! I went at this very determinedly. Started in 1984 w/purchase of one Numrich re-pro Tommy gun...still have it!!! My wife is a gun & shooting enthusiast, makes it much easier. Her outlook is, "Go ahead & get it, we can always replace the money."!!!!!! I bought 44 machine guns in 1988 alone.......

I am just about done though........in Oct '11, she was going to help a big older farm tractor I was backing up a hill & she ended up under the rear wheel. Lost her lower left leg & the right one was badly crushed. She is finally on a trial prosthesis........not going well as one needs a good supporting leg to properly use a prosthesis. This unending nightmare is finally getting to her, had a small temper fit yesterday in a parking lot, called herself a 'freak show.......' This is a first, I am not sure where this may go............

We are into the hospitals for $1.4m......I have backed way off buying guns..........no more 5$$$$ items for me. This gun collection is her future without me, I am 14 years her senior & you know what that will mean..........her children are usless......

The referrenced Jap gun is a Type 99, an upgraded Type 96, major change is 6.5 to 7.7mm. I like them, have 2 & 2 MG 42s. Right twin gun in the room divider picture w/drum is Jap Air Force Type 100..........in 8Mauser ???...........go figger!!! those folks must have liked confusion!!!

Couple pictures of her shooting..........we have been back since the accident too. PJH

In this one you can see her amputated leg just below her left ear muff. Guy with her stayed there all day, helped her to her stool & put her back into her chair, while I tended guns/reloading/etc..

Local memorial day parade 'float'......

MG-81z from Stuka.......April '11

Drag races......late '90s.

Numrich Thompson.......

Colt M-52A, .50cal........

MG 34......Our farm property.

 

[Martya]

I'm guessing your NO TRESPASSING signs carry some weight around the county...

Great story of collecting, shooting, and courage!!! Best to your wife!! Tell her from me Press On Regardless!

 

[heckinohio]

Thanks again, Gents.....apparently I am still looking for the missing tools & brushes correct for the empty slots per the above pictures.

Anyone???

Arik.....thanks for the direct support!!!! I just knew I wasnt the only one who 're-found' things like this!!! I suspect our areas of interest are not parallels though.........glad you found your 5.45 ammo......but gimme a bit of help, I have seen this caliber mentioned but have no idea what gun (s) use it??? And I have about 50 330 rnd tins I thought were 7.62x54R which turned out to be 7.92x57. This is a good 're-find'!!!!

While I have no guns in the same category as the 're-found' Glock you mention, I do have a S&W #5906 by my tv chair w/round in the chamber (along w/mag. full), wifes TV chair has a Model 10. She shoulder holster carrys a SS Taurus M-86 snubby.

Thanks for the comments about good wishes for the wife. We went to a funeral gathering this evening & she was able to walk up the 6 or so steps to get in....this with the new foot from Thursday. PJH

 

[A10]

Are you sure that's not the National Firearms Museum? Congratulations on a spectacular collection! And congratulations on that gutsy, tough lady you got there too!

 

[clubleaf206]

glad you found your 5.45 ammo......but gimme a bit of help, I have seen this caliber mentioned but have no idea what gun (s) use it???

The 5.45X39 was developed by the Soviets to use in their AK-74, first encountered in Afghanistan in the 1980s, it's sort of their take on our 5.56 NATO round.

You have quite a collection, I was acquainted with someone locally that had a Class 3 collection that rivalled yours, I used to go all glassy eyed, whenever I was able to view it.

I'm very sorry to hear fo your wife's plight, I hope that things improve for her soon, she sounds as though she has the grit to get through it.

 

[Qball]

"Heckinohio" please adopt me

Very impressive collection
still can't find my jaw, must have rolled in under the couch

 

[IdahoSpud]

It'd be a long drive from Idaho, but I wouldn't mind a trip to heck's and back, just for a peek.

 

[heckinohio]

Generally speaking, we are open to visits from forum members at most any time.......only exceptions would be her medical arrangment times.

I will give you my phone # if asked for by PM.... & we can arrange a visit at your convenience. Get a couple guys together, & we can go shoot. After all I have 100 acres w/casual shooting ranges. PJH

 

[Martya]

Generally speaking, we are open to visits from forum members at most any time.......only exceptions would be her medical arrangment times.

I will give you my phone # if asked for by PM.... & we can arrange a visit at your convenience. Get a couple guys together, & we can go shoot. After all I have 100 acres w/casual shooting ranges. PJH

I have this picture in my mind of thousands of cars in a line coming up your driveway waiting their turn.....

"Field of Dreams" for gun nutz....

 

[28Shooter]

Beautiful collection and great investments there heckinohio! Sorry about your wife - we'll put her in our prayers.