How were your firearms stolen?

[NavyLCDR]

I had to leave mine with my wife when I left for deployment to Iraq. She filed for divorce while I was there. Then before we went to court and before there was any kind of property settlement she sold 13 guns and about 3,000 rounds of ammo for $4,000.

 

[Zoidberg523]

She should be beaten, then sued. Is there anything you can do as far as a lawsuit?

 

[FLAvalanche]

I read the whole thread once and noticed several people jumped on this guy without really knowing all of the circumstances.

Unfortunetly that's pretty much par for the course here...A lot of people need to take off the tin foil hats and unclench.

 

[Coyote3855]

Two situation. I had a couple of guns stolen when my stepson and a friend broke into my "secure" gun room through a boarded up window. Police recovered the guns but would not return the switchblade that was also taken. And a bb pistol didn't come back. I bought a gun safe.

A friend and his son had two rifles stolen from a locked SUV. They loaded the truck the day before leaving for an elk hunt and were apparently observed by a roofing crew working in the neighborhood. I believe both guns were eventually recovered and returned although it took a year to get the first rifle back from the police.

 

[heeler]

I had several rifles and shotguns stolen.
My home was broken into and they cleaned my clock.
An estimated $6,000.00 in value and never recovered.
And yes I reported it to the police and insurance company.
Fwiw not even an hour ago I was reading the local online news that the police just broke up a local home burglary group who stole a great many firearms including a .50 caliber snipers rifle.
Glad they are now in jail.

 

[wishin]

My house was burglarized while my wife and I were at work a number of years ago. Two of the handguns were unfired in presentation cases, the other was a nightstand gun, which was recovered a few years later.

 

[Rail Driver]

I've never had a firearm stolen (hopefully it stays that way) but a friend of mine had her gun stolen by someone that helped her move house.

 

[Zoidberg523]

Originally Posted by heeler
Fwiw not even an hour ago I was reading the local online news that the police just broke up a local home burglary group who stole a great many firearms including a .50 caliber snipers rifle.

50 cal sniper rifle, media-style:

Originally Posted by Coyote3855
I had a couple of guns stolen when my stepson and a friend broke into my "secure" gun room through a boarded up window. Police recovered the guns but would not return the switchblade that was also taken.

My sympathies. It sucks to not be able to trust those closest to you! I presume he was punished?

 

[heeler]

Zoidberg,the .50 I mentioned was the real deal.
Sadly the picture also showed numerous hunting rifles and shotguns.
All these homes were in more rural counties that surround Houston.
This made it a lot easier for the theives times wise and security wise.

Coyote3855 I worked with a guy who had his very own white punk on dope son steal and sell his own guns not once but twice.
Second time Dad had enough and had him prosecuted and he served time.

 

[welldoya]

I've been lucky and never been broken into but I've got a friend who had a Ruger MkII and a Browning BDM stolen by a high school kid who came home with his son one day. They kept a key under a rock near the door . The kid saw the key and came back later when nobody was home.
The boy's mother found the BDM in her son's closet and called my friend and ask if he was missing it. They had only been gone a couple of days and he didn't even know it. The boy denied taking the MKII. Probably had already sold it.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Mobile home (poor quality doors and locks) burgled while I was at work, not secured in a safe. The culprits turned out to be the teenage kids of my neighbors, which is why I snort derisively whenever someone brings up "neighborhood watches."

 

[Combatcomm]

I had to leave mine with my wife when I left for deployment to Iraq. She filed for divorce while I was there. Then before we went to court and before there was any kind of property settlement she sold 13 guns and about 3,000 rounds of ammo for $4,000.

Same thing happen to me.

 

[leadcounsel]

To my fellow brothers in arms, sorry to hear 'bout your wives misbehavior.

I've seen similar things MANY times in my profession. REALLY CRAPPY for a person to do that to another.

 

[Grumpy shooter]

Had a home break-in a few years ago, they got a .357 out of a dresser drawer and a .38sp hanging on the bed post. Happened just after a wallpaper crew(young women) had finished. Later found out both were dopers. They didn't get the real stash though, they weren't quite as smart as they thought.

By the way all of those nosy neighbors that normally can tell you when you farted last didn't see a thing.

 

[Clifford]

".50 cal sniper rifle" sorry I just want to puke everytime I hear that. I could be wrong but I believe most military and police snipers use .308. The .50BMG was designed to bust up trucks, light armor, planes, ect.

Yes it works great on soft targets but a .308/7.62 can do the job of sniping at a lower cost, lighter weight, less noise, less recoil and faster follow up shots. The only plus of the .50 (on soft targets) is it's long range advantage. Besides the part that makes the sniper rifle work isn't the rifle, it's the man/woman on the trigger.

Calling an accurate rifle a sniper rifle is like calling a semi-auto carbine an assault rifle. You don't call a car an highspeed mobile body crusher do you? It's just a tool made to perform a task.

Sorry, rant over! Back on topic.
I've had two guns turn up missing. 1st one was an 870 that I left behind the seat of my truck. I had been out dove hunting before school and I simply put the shotgun behind the seat of my truck. I forgot about it and left it in my truck overnight. The next morning I found my truck had been broken into and the shotgun gone.

The second one was a .22lr pengun that I used to keep in my toolbox at work. One of my co-workers discovered it and stole it. I raised hell and Cussed out everyone at work trying to find who took it. It never turned up and I started keeping pictures and serial numbers on all my firearms after that. I also quit working at that shop, I figured if I can't trust my co-workers I shouldn't work there.

So lesson learned, keep serial numbers and pictures of all firearms. Also I CC at work instead of keeping the gun in my toolbox.

 

[Buck Snort]

wideym wrote: "I put the price of $1,500 on the claim form and promptly forgot about it. Six months later I get a check from the airline for $1,500, which took me six months of bar hopping with my buddies to spend."

HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! For a change somebody rips off the airline instead of them ripping off a customer!! Gotta love it.

 

[Buck Snort]

I had to leave mine with my wife when I left for deployment to Iraq. She filed for divorce while I was there. Then before we went to court and before there was any kind of property settlement she sold 13 guns and about 3,000 rounds of ammo for $4,000.

Ain't love grand?!!

 

[Sean T]

I was just 10 years old when it happened. All of firearms mysteriously disappeared when we moved. No real monetary value, 2 .22 bolt action rifles and a beat up Mauser. But they were my late grandfather's, so they had a lot of sentimental value. Be careful when you move guys. Moving men are great for heavy items like furniture but I would keep a close eye on your valuables and move them yourself.

 

[merlinfire]

Haven't had any stolen yet, but I keep telling some people in my family that their next gun purchase should be a safe. If its an investment, treat it like one. If you've got 10 grand invested in something that can be completely gone tomorrow, you gotta protect it!

 

[spur0701]

My neighboor has a vacation/retirement home down in VA that was hit a few years ago, he lost about a dozen guns and a lot of tools. The house was isolated and sits on 22 acres with no close neighboors and sat empty during the week. A couple of weeks before the break in he had several contractors come out to give estimates on some tree removal (had lost several in a storm)....he felt it was one of them.

A co-worker was visiting a friend in Philly and went into a bar for a few drinks in a not so great area. Left her Sig 229 locked in the glove compartment and it got ripped by the time she came out.

I've been blessed and have never gotten hit, but as others have mentioned above I don't advertise what I have....but I do advertise my big dog to every delivery driver or contractor that visits me.....

 

[rscalzo]

Years back I handled a reported theft of handguns. The owner, who in my opinion was not the sharpest tool in the shed left his pistol bag visible in the rear of his CJ7 with the soft top on. As area was a shopping mall and a popular site for MV break-ins. The theft simply unzipped the top and removed the bag while the owner was in a restaurant.

What amazed me is that he actually thought he had them secured and couldn't understand why someone would unzip the top.

Must have led a sheltered life.

 

[Leanwolf]

In 1959 I was in the Army, stationed at Fort Gordon, Georgia. My parents lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. I had left several guns with them. I received a letter from my father that someone had broken into their home and among a bunch of other stuff, they'd stolen my second generation Colt's Single Action Army, .38 Special, factory nickel plated, factory ivory grips, 5 1/2" barrel, excellent condition.

Just as so many, it was unsecured on a shelf in a bedroom closet. Even though my father turned the serial number in to the police, we never heard from it again.

Oddly enough, the thief or thieves did not take several other guns which was strange.

I still miss that revolver!

L.W.