Missing gun What should I do?

I am sure glad that you found it. Otherwise we would have to conclude that it had walked off on its own and was mowing down kids at the local school yard.

(At least that is what the antis keep telling us.)
 
I am glad you found it. I can relate to the postings about guns and glasses being misplaced. Now for my dumb move yesterday, I got a diet coke out of the fridge and then went to replace some light bulbs. Ladder check, light bulbs check, Diet Coke, where did I leave it?? 4 hours later I gave up looking. My son told me he thinks I just thought I got it out and did not. Hmm, old timers disease strikes everyone. My wife got a chuckle when I told her if she finds a bottle sitting where it does not belong, that the Gremlins put it there, not me!!
 
If that gun had remained missing, you'd never have heard the end of it. If you attempt any remarks now, you will never hear the end of, "thought it was lost, good thing I put it away".
Sure glad you found it! When that happens to me, I can't stop looking until it's found.
TACC1
 
I was going to suggest that maybe you put on the holster but actually forgot to get the pistol, and didn't really notice until late that night, because those darn little 342 Ti's are so light you can't really tell it is there or not. And dang good thing you didn't need it that day, hunh?

Cause, I've heard that has happened to people, or something.

The Highlander
 
Glad you found it. It's funny how little stories like this get told on this board.

We will all learn something from this. Not really sure what it is, but well - - - something.
 
I don't see any good in it reporting stolen (unless it is a state crime not to do so). The odds of the police finding it and returning are slim to none, especially if you can't account for the missing .22 in 2 years. Just keep looking. I bet your over 50-:).
 
Report stolen guns. They get recovered.

Two quick recent stories.

A stolen gun was recovered from a gangbanger last month. Stolen 20 yrs ago and has been returned to the owner in the same condition it was when stolen.

A man was murdered by an 18 yr old punk. The punk was arrested and the gun used was recovered. Turns out the gun was stolen 16 yrs ago and that was before the punk was old enough to steal. Once the trial is over, the gun will be returned to the owner.

As to your betting I am over 50, you would be safe pushing the age up way past 50. In fact, go way past 60 and still be covered.
 
I'll bet he wuz. I'll bet he wuz. I'll bet he wuz.

That really is irritating isn't it?
 
DeathGrip said:
Was I right?:D:D:D:D
Glad it's OK.

D.G.
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Actually not.

I found it true enough. Yet I was not looking where it was found. I was after a clean handkerchief and stumbled upon it.

Now the gun is where it should have been in the first place.
 
Haven't lost any guns (that I know of) but I have carried an unloaded revolver.

S&W Model 60, I unloaded it because I was showing it to one of my in-laws. When I went to get it again I forgot I had unloaded it, and wore it that way all day. It wasn't until I started to put it away that I noticed that there were loose rounds in the lockbox. I usually keep a couple of speedloaders and a speed strip (in a dump pouch) in the box, but no loose ammo.

I used to laugh at the guys on TV that would always open the cylinder and check to make sure it was loaded before sticking it (and the requisite revolver silencer!) in their trench coat pocket (in July in Hawaii).

Maybe they were on to something...
 
oldman45 said:
I keep buying safes because none of them ever hold what they say. But you gave me an idea about where to store some guns. All I have to do is remove some paneling temporarily.
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That should work very well. I hung some old kitchen cabinets on another section of that wall to store ammo in. Behind them is a perfect hide spot for that which won't fit in the safe.

I miss my youth when an unlocked rifle rack in the family room was enough for gun storage or those pretty wood and glass gun cabinets.
 
I have had burglaries in my home and offices while I was traveling . I now the take extraordinary measures I should always have taken when traveling and sometimes involving what might be considered hiding my guns . I sometimes forget to retrieve , and think I have been hit again . Not pleasant , I try to pretend it is a a little funny when I realize what I have done . It is not . Good luck .
 
Back in the 1960s I didnt have near the guns I have now, but did have a armfull. I rented a little one bedroom house. I was going on a trip to wisconsin from california on my harley. I hid all my long guns and left out a ruger single six for the girlfriend that was going to watch my house and maybe stay there occasionaly. I THOUGHT I had told her I hid all the other guns. On the way home I checked in from jackson wyoming. She said the house was burglered and all my guns were gone!
I rode that harley the 1,000 miles in 23 hours! It was the secound most miserable ride of my life. I had to stop in SLC to buy a rear tire. (I was almost broke and bought a retread. Never heard of that before on a motorcycle!) I rode through a snow storm outside of Jackson leaveing, and when I got to St. george I was rideing in my T-shirt! This was in I think May 1968 same time bobby kennedy got shot. Heard that when I gassed up at old whiskey petes when it wasnt much bigger than a gas station and cafe. I was frozen in a rideing position when I got home at tuhuniga at 7am the same time I had left jackson the morning before. I was too tired and crippled to even unload the bike! The ruger was gone. I found the other guns where I had hid them. Marge didnt know I had hid them and assumed them stolen too! Well, that was the good and bad of that adventure!
 
My mother 'lost' her reading glasses one time. She cooked and served 5 meals without them before my dad found them in the refrigerator laying on top of the ice cube trays. :-) She would never own up to having put them there. ......... Big Cholla
 
Missing Items

Say, if any of you guys doing all of that looking might have found my sanity just lying around somewhere, I really would appreciate it's return. It's been gone for so long now that I can't even remember when I lost it. :( -Ed.
 
When we can't find the remote, the wifey and girlies just look in the 'fridge. That's where I keep it to help the batteries hold their charge longer.

I also found two rifles I forgot I owned when we moved one time. That was kind of cool.
 
cubguy said:
Found a Ruger MK I .22 pistol a few months ago that was "lost" for 7 years. I was sure it was stolen by maid or worker, sure glad I never reported it stolen.
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The question is, If you had reported it stolen, collected the insurance money and then sometime later it turned up, what would you do?

Is it then the property of the insurance company?
 
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