I can't be the only one.

[bluealtered]

I have never really thought about this over the years but it keeps happening so maybe i should. Years ago while living below Yosemite on hwy 41 I happen to see a shotgun sitting along the road and i stopped and picked it up. I called the sheriff's office and gave them the serial number and my name, It wasn't stolen and i kept it for years. Years later while working in the woods i came across a pistol, it wouldn't shoot so i fixed it and after turning in the serial number i kept it as a truck gun for years.

Fast forward to about a year ago and while at the pistol range it happened again, i walked over to put my targets in the trash barrel and there was a Henry's .38/.357 sitting in it. This one had made someone very mad because it was shot almost to pieces, and was way beyond being repaired, however I picked it up and ran the serial number at work to see if it was stolen, nope it wasn't.

Which brings us to a couple of days ago, at the same pistol bay i was hanging targets to try out a little LCP II i had just gotten and there laying in the gravel was a complete savage "J" series 30-06. It had a new Nikon 3-9x40 scope on it and a bi-pod, it was at best a truck gun but it was complete and went click when i worked the action.

I haven't had any 30-06 ammo in many years so when i got through shooting the pistol i went to work and checked the numbers and again not stolen. I took it home and started looking at it and saw that the scope was very canted, so i fixed that and then took it apart and saw that someone bedded it but it was Rubbing on the the front of the stock to the point of rubbing off the bluing. So i corrected that and put it back together, (it couldn't have hit a barn the way it had been.)

After that i went to a buddy's house and borrowed a few 30-06 rounds and headed to the range just see if it would shoot. It shot great and now whoever owned it had a hunting rifle if they ever claimed it.

At this point i went to the gun shop that sells our range membership passes and told him i had found a rifle while at the range and left my name and number in case anyone came in to see if their 30-06 had been found. He simply laughed and said i was the fourth one to come in, in a week to report a found rifle at our range. Wow!

 

[JMayo]

Chit ..I need to be going to your range ...
I never find any guns any where. Heck I don't even find fishing lures when I pull up a 3 section limb.

 

[watercam]

Quite a run of luck you are having! So how is it none of the Found guns need to be put in your name? Surely the Police report alone is not enough.

 

[jackson1]

Do you but lottery tickets?

 

[SEM]

Chit ..I need to be going to your range ...
I never find any guns any where. Heck I don't even find fishing lures when I pull up a 3 section limb.

I found one shotgun once at a private range I knew who it belonged to and why it was there, I waited until the next week to call him wanted to make him squirm, did not work I don't think he missed it. To much alcohol.

The fishing lures on the other hand several boxes of them, and several rod and reel combos dredged up some I still have others I donated to a newbie fisher person after cleaning them up the rods almost always are salvageable the reels not so mch

 

[shoot4fun]

Hell, I can't even find my own guns some days!

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Might be my stuff if I lived closer. Just the other day I was loading up to go out in the bush. I was trying to get everything out in one trip. I laid my Henry 22 Mag on top of the back of my truck on the bed cover. Loaded everything up went to the gas station got out and when I took the gas cap off there is my Henry still layin on the cover. DOH!!! A few years ago I lost my Fluke meter the same way. Laid it on the hood to unlock the truck and drove off. And back in the 80's I left my S&W 22/32 kit gun layin on the hood while rabbit hunting. It fell off. Luckily I realized it was not with me before I went to far.

 

[bluealtered]

i work part time at a store that sells guns so we use the state police check line to see if something is stolen, and when someone wants to sale a gun. Yes i do from time to time play the lottery, however lucky in junk guns doesn't translate to lucky in lottery.

Zilla, have you considered putting fishing nets all around your truck to catch that stuff?

 

[rjtfroggy]

I found one once at the range, a new 40 cal. Berretta just laying on the bench.
Being a retired firefighter I had a few friends that were on the local P.D. with whom we share our range. I called one who was in charge of training (Capt.) told him what I found and gave him the numbers, about 20 minutes later there is a knock at my door and he is standing there in not so good a mood. It seems the gun belongs to the local P.D. and was issued only days before to an officer and they were about to be trained with them, they weren't supposed to be out yet.
Never asked the out come of the incident, I figured it would be a very sore subject.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Quite a run of luck you are having! So how is it none of the Found guns need to be put in your name? Surely the Police report alone is not enough.

The US does not have gun registration as of yet.

 

[Darryll]

A member of the gun club that I belong to said that he had left his M1 Garand rifle at the range one day and when he came back to retrieve it was gone. He claimed that someone had stolen his rifle and he was furious. A few months later at the club he declared that he found his Garand in his safe. Unbelievable!
Darryll

 

[okie]

could be like me--find plenty chiggers, seed ticks, hornets, cotton mouths, flats, bills, leaks, sprains, aches, pains. the list goes on but sure you get the point..

 

[Downeast]

You would be surprised how many gun owners do not maintain a list of serial numbers. So, if their guns are stolen they will never be found since without a serial number to submit to enforcement it is just another gun that disappeared and ceased to exist.

 

[outasite`08]

I have never really thought about this over the years but it keeps happening so maybe i should. Years ago while living below Yosemite on hwy 41 I happen to see a shotgun sitting along the road and i stopped and picked it up. I called the sheriff's office and gave them the serial number and my name, It wasn't stolen and i kept it for years. Years later while working in the woods i came across a pistol, it wouldn't shoot so i fixed it and after turning in the serial number i kept it as a truck gun for years.

Fast forward to about a year ago and while at the pistol range it happened again, i walked over to put my targets in the trash barrel and there was a Henry's .38/.357 sitting in it. This one had made someone very mad because it was shot almost to pieces, and was way beyond being repaired, however I picked it up and ran the serial number at work to see if it was stolen, nope it wasn't.

Which brings us to a couple of days ago, at the same pistol bay i was hanging targets to try out a little LCP II i had just gotten and there laying in the gravel was a complete savage "J" series 30-06. It had a new Nikon 3-9x40 scope on it and a bi-pod, it was at best a truck gun but it was complete and went click when i worked the action.

I haven't had any 30-06 ammo in many years so when i got through shooting the pistol i went to work and checked the numbers and again not stolen. I took it home and started looking at it and saw that the scope was very canted, so i fixed that and then took it apart and saw that someone bedded it but it was Rubbing on the the front of the stock to the point of rubbing off the bluing. So i corrected that and put it back together, (it couldn't have hit a barn the way it had been.)

After that i went to a buddy's house and borrowed a few 30-06 rounds and headed to the range just see if it would shoot. It shot great and now whoever owned it had a hunting rifle if they ever claimed it.

At this point i went to the gun shop that sells our range membership passes and told him i had found a rifle while at the range and left my name and number in case anyone came in to see if their 30-06 had been found. He simply laughed and said i was the fourth one to come in, in a week to report a found rifle at our range. Wow!

I can be your friend and drive you to the range. On one condition, once there I go first and check it out. Jeff

 

[outasite`08]

Might be my stuff if I lived closer. Just the other day I was loading up to go out in the bush. I was trying to get everything out in one trip. I laid my Henry 22 Mag on top of the back of my truck on the bed cover. Loaded everything up went to the gas station got out and when I took the gas cap off there is my Henry still layin on the cover. DOH!!! A few years ago I lost my Fluke meter the same way. Laid it on the hood to unlock the truck and drove off. And back in the 80's I left my S&W 22/32 kit gun layin on the hood while rabbit hunting. It fell off. Luckily I realized it was not with me before I went to far.

Zilla, Those damn Fluke meters are trouble. I finished up a No Power call one day. Customer thanked me the whole way to the truck. I wasn`t paying attention to what I was doing as much as her. When I left and headed down the street,first red light the Fluke jumped off the front bumper and skidded down the street.You just can`t turn your back on them. Jeff PS It still worked,they are pretty durable.

 

[brokeasajoke]

I have never really thought about this over the years but it keeps happening so maybe i should. Years ago while living below Yosemite on hwy 41 I happen to see a shotgun sitting along the road and i stopped and picked it up. I called the sheriff's office and gave them the serial number and my name, It wasn't stolen and i kept it for years. Years later while working in the woods i came across a pistol, it wouldn't shoot so i fixed it and after turning in the serial number i kept it as a truck gun for years.

Fast forward to about a year ago and while at the pistol range it happened again, i walked over to put my targets in the trash barrel and there was a Henry's .38/.357 sitting in it. This one had made someone very mad because it was shot almost to pieces, and was way beyond being repaired, however I picked it up and ran the serial number at work to see if it was stolen, nope it wasn't.

Which brings us to a couple of days ago, at the same pistol bay i was hanging targets to try out a little LCP II i had just gotten and there laying in the gravel was a complete savage "J" series 30-06. It had a new Nikon 3-9x40 scope on it and a bi-pod, it was at best a truck gun but it was complete and went click when i worked the action.

I haven't had any 30-06 ammo in many years so when i got through shooting the pistol i went to work and checked the numbers and again not stolen. I took it home and started looking at it and saw that the scope was very canted, so i fixed that and then took it apart and saw that someone bedded it but it was Rubbing on the the front of the stock to the point of rubbing off the bluing. So i corrected that and put it back together, (it couldn't have hit a barn the way it had been.)

After that i went to a buddy's house and borrowed a few 30-06 rounds and headed to the range just see if it would shoot. It shot great and now whoever owned it had a hunting rifle if they ever claimed it.

At this point i went to the gun shop that sells our range membership passes and told him i had found a rifle while at the range and left my name and number in case anyone came in to see if their 30-06 had been found. He simply laughed and said i was the fourth one to come in, in a week to report a found rifle at our range. Wow!

Dang I was wondering what I done with my ought 6. I'll PM you my address and we can get the shipping worked out.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Zilla, Those damn Fluke meters are trouble. I finished up a No Power call one day. Customer thanked me the whole way to the truck. I wasn`t paying attention to what I was doing as much as her. When I left and headed down the street,first red light the Fluke jumped off the front bumper and skidded down the street.You just can`t turn your back on them. Jeff PS It still worked,they are pretty durable.

Well I lost a brand new company RotoZip off the shop truck. Left it on top of the side box and drove off. I bought another one outa pocket.

 

[skeeljc]

The ATF can trace a firearm if they have the serial number. They go to the manufacturer and he tells them which distributor it was sold to, then they contact the distributor to find out which dealer it went to. Then they contact the dealer to find out who he sold it to. If someone does not have accurate records or if it was sold FTF they are done.

 

[Outdoorsman0]

In the late 1970’s we lived about a mile from a couple sets of railroad tracks with a service road. Us kids used to use it as a short cut to get to town. People were always using the road to dump trash, furniture... My brother was 14-16 years old and found a single shot shotgun along the tracks one summer. He traded it to a neighbor for a .22 and the gun found its way from there to a gun show to never be seen again.

Late that fall or winter there were a couple guys hunting rabbit along the tracks. One of them saw a shoe and gave it a kick. The shoe was still attached to a body buried in a shallow grave. It was very close to where my brother found the shotgun.

My parents called the police. Eventually it was released that he had been murdered with a shotgun but nobody then had recorded the serial number and that was the last we heard anything from the police.

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Fwiw I once found a Home Lite chainsaw layin in the road in the forest. I picked it up and hung it in a tree. Then once I was in Salt Lake and had my accordian in the back seat. Went in a store came out and GASP! The window was broke out. Looked in and ..... There were TWO accordians.