Have you ever lost a gun?

[Zerstoerer]

The holster was a custom made one from El Paso Saddlery #101.
Not quite upside down but angled for the cross draw.
On the other side two pockets for extra ammo. Each will hold
ten rounds of 9mmPara in full moon clips if I stick two together.

I was climbing a mountain walking over sliding, slipping stone plates when the gun fell out. Did not hear it hit the ground among the racket of sliding rocks.
Walked about another 100 yards uphill before I noticed the loss.

I'll try to attach some pictures. Thanks for everybody's kind response, I was expecting more ridicule...

 

[flyby]

Thankfully No ..having lost my wallet w/licenses, permits, C cards, money etc.. Before ..that was enough for me

 

[RaspberrySurprise]

Not yet, and hopefully it stays that way.

 

[Rager]

I've never carried, but it's a damn good post.

 

[3pairs12]

I fell asleep in the woods while hunting once when I woke up I was a little disorrientated and walked off with out my binos. Went looking for them several times and never found them. Never lost a gun though.

 

[rondog]

Thanks for everybody's kind response, I was expecting more ridicule...

Ridicule? Losing a gun ain't nothing to laugh at, IMO. I consider all my guns rather special possessions.

 

[IMTHDUKE]

I've never lost one, but when I was a kid growing up in Colorado I found a Colt 1905 which someone had lost on Grand Mesa, probably 70 years earlier... A little worse for wear.

Hey, that's the one I lost. I can ID it. It has a little prancing horse on it. Please send it home.

 

[Bailey Boat]

Never "lost" one but did "misplace" one of my S&W 60's once. I had worn a sportcoat and had dropped the gun in the inside vest pocket of the coat and forgot about it. It took me about a month to miss it and another 2 months to find it.......

 

[John_galt]

I have lost a large number of guns. Recently I've been able to find a few of them.

I have a very large collection, have accumulated every gun I've ever wanted (I've been lucky that way). Then I wake up & the majority are missing - not all but most. Every once in awhile I see some of them listed for sale here and other sites. It really pisses me off. But to show I am reasonable - if they are all returned in good condition, clean and with a couple of boxes of my favorite ammunition - all will be forgiven. If any of you reading this post have one or more of my guns, just send me a PM, I'll help you mend the error of your ways.

 

[Geronimo45]

One of the reasons I prefer vertical rigs to horizontal. Nice rig you've got - how's it carry?

I've lost a 1911 before from a GI shoulder rig. A CZ 70 from it, too. I may have a mind-bendingly weird way of swinging an axe, but I have determined that I'd darn well better have a lanyard whilst doing so. Otherwise, the gun just wants to jump right out.

Oh, and I found both in short order.

 

[Zerstoerer]

The shoulder holster is very comfortable to wear but I noticed that it should have another strap to secure it to the belt to prevent it from moving.
Before the revolver, I carried a 9mm auto in it and once the magazine got ejected when the gun bounced against the torso. Took it to the gunsmith and had the mag release button filed down. That fixed it.
Not decided yet, but you might find that holster available in the trade section soon...

 

[mljdeckard]

Hey Treo, We never lost a weapon, but we did have a unit that lost a set of NVGs. Six weeks on lockdown, never found, cdr and 1sg relieved.

Had a tanker leave his sidearm in his gear under the turret of the tank. They traversed the turret and twisted it in half. They guy was freaking out about having to tell his wife he had to buy a gun, until he found out that a USGI 1911A1, made in 1945, depreciated until 1992, was on the property books for a grand total of $58. The cdr let the money part slide.

 

[KI.W.]

If I lose a gun, police shall to take off rest my guns. Gunowners must to be very careful here in my country. It is ok with me.

 

[theken206]

biffed it whilst running around doing small squad tactics and the like and lost my old GLOCK 22 for a few hours.

didnt notice till i got back to camp and was like "wait a min' here, something aint right"

 

[denfoote]

I lost a couple of guns to my ex when I got divorced!!!
Does that count??