Breakfast at Perkins: Revolver Down!

Three old "retired" cops getting together for reminiscing and food (with a brother of one as tag-a-long), met at Perkins Pancake House near I-71 and Rt. 250 at Ashland, Ohio this morning. Bob, the oldest of the bunch, walked in a few minutes later than the rest, and walked up patting himself with a frown on his face. He said, "I think I forgot something", and he was going to go back out and "check his car again". I looked at him and said, quietly, "What'd you do, lose your gun?", jokingly. He said, "Yeah" and was dead serious. I quickly walked out with him, and while heading for his car, we looked down, and about a foot and a half off the curb, right beyond the rear door of the building lobby entrance lays his S&W 638, with CT laser grips and pocket holster. Several people had come in the restaurant in between the time, but apparently, no one had seen it laying there (in broad daylight). Bob had thought he had placed it in an inside pocket of his jacket, but the "pocket" was just a recess BEHIND the pocket, and not stitched at the bottom. The whole pistol and holster had just fallen right between the fabric sections. No one even saw us retrieve the gun. Just thought I'd share this, just in case any of the rest of you have fallen victim to a runaway gun. You are welcome to tell your story and not feel alone.

I think the only reason it wasn't seen or found by others, was that overall appearance was rather non-descript: beadblasted finish on the gun (what little was showing between the grips and holster), and the holster was a charcoal color, dull, along with the black grips of the CT laser. Add to that most of the patrons at that time were silverhaired folks with failing eyesight. It didn't "jump out" at us when we started to look for it, although someone could have stepped on it. :banghead: I've known this guy for 37 years; he is fastidious about his guns. The kind of guy who would be in water over his head while crossing a stream and holding his gun out of the water. I'll bet he is fuming over the few slight scratches on the butt (I thought I noticed a few...everything else was protected). I'm sure he fetched the gun from the vehicle and quickly placed it in his "pocket" as he walked towards the building. Just unlucky enough to NOT have it bump his leg, etc, on the way out of his jacket.