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Rodney's Record-Setting Rifle Stolen -- We Need Your Help
This is news that I am very sad to report. Over the weekend, Forum member Rodney Wagner had two valuable benchrest rifles stolen from his truck. Yes, the BAT-actioned Dasher that set two pending IBS 600-yard records (with an historic 0.349" 5-shot group) was stolen, along with a second long-range Benchrest Rifle. The theft took place at a motel in Hendersonville, NC.
The Record Gun is gone. We need your help to get it back.
We request the help of our Forum members in recovering these two rifles for Rodney. The value of the two rifles, with optics and accessories, is over $11,000. It is not clear how much insurance is available -- but it may only be $1000.00 or so. And the record-setting rifle is priceless...
Stolen Rifle One: IBS Record-Setting 17-lb benchrest rifle. The BAT B action has serial number B778. It has a white, gray, and black ST-1000 stock. March 10-60x52mm scope (with tactical knobs) was on top. The action is a RBLP right eject. The barrel is a 6mm Brux chambered for the 6mm Dasher wildcat.
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Stolen Rifle Two: IBS 17-lb Benchrest Rifle. Rimrock action has serial number is BR0253. It has a red and black ST-1000 fiberglass stock and had a VAIS muzzle brake on the Brux barrel. March 10-60x52 scope with tactical knobs was on top. We are still looking for photos of this rifle. It looks very similar to the first rifle, but with a different colored stock and a Rimrock (Borden Action).
It does NOT appear that thieves were specifically targeting the record-setting rifle. The Hendersonville Police told us that another theft was reported at about the same time in the same neighborhood. They called this "an ordinary crime of opportunity".
Folks, please keep your eyes out for these two rifles. These are distinctive guns -- not what you'd see everyday at a pawn shop (or even at most gun ranges). Please tell other folks in the firearms community to be on the look-out.
Also, the thieves might try to unload the two March 10-60X Scopes separately. Look for March Serial Numbers X341 and X291.
If you have any information, please contact officer Peter Laite of the Hendersonville , NC Police Department.
Call 828-697-3025 or email: plaite@cityofhendersonville.org
You can use this link to point people to this story: http://bit.ly/14PtT5o
$500.00 Reward Offered:
AccurateShooter.com will provide a Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) reward to any individual who returns the two guns in undamaged condition or provides information that leads directly to the recovery of the two guns in undamaged condition.
This is news that I am very sad to report. Over the weekend, Forum member Rodney Wagner had two valuable benchrest rifles stolen from his truck. Yes, the BAT-actioned Dasher that set two pending IBS 600-yard records (with an historic 0.349" 5-shot group) was stolen, along with a second long-range Benchrest Rifle. The theft took place at a motel in Hendersonville, NC.
The Record Gun is gone. We need your help to get it back.
We request the help of our Forum members in recovering these two rifles for Rodney. The value of the two rifles, with optics and accessories, is over $11,000. It is not clear how much insurance is available -- but it may only be $1000.00 or so. And the record-setting rifle is priceless...
Stolen Rifle One: IBS Record-Setting 17-lb benchrest rifle. The BAT B action has serial number B778. It has a white, gray, and black ST-1000 stock. March 10-60x52mm scope (with tactical knobs) was on top. The action is a RBLP right eject. The barrel is a 6mm Brux chambered for the 6mm Dasher wildcat.
CLICK HERE for LARGE PHOTO
Stolen Rifle Two: IBS 17-lb Benchrest Rifle. Rimrock action has serial number is BR0253. It has a red and black ST-1000 fiberglass stock and had a VAIS muzzle brake on the Brux barrel. March 10-60x52 scope with tactical knobs was on top. We are still looking for photos of this rifle. It looks very similar to the first rifle, but with a different colored stock and a Rimrock (Borden Action).
It does NOT appear that thieves were specifically targeting the record-setting rifle. The Hendersonville Police told us that another theft was reported at about the same time in the same neighborhood. They called this "an ordinary crime of opportunity".
Folks, please keep your eyes out for these two rifles. These are distinctive guns -- not what you'd see everyday at a pawn shop (or even at most gun ranges). Please tell other folks in the firearms community to be on the look-out.
Also, the thieves might try to unload the two March 10-60X Scopes separately. Look for March Serial Numbers X341 and X291.
If you have any information, please contact officer Peter Laite of the Hendersonville , NC Police Department.
Call 828-697-3025 or email: plaite@cityofhendersonville.org
You can use this link to point people to this story: http://bit.ly/14PtT5o
$500.00 Reward Offered:
AccurateShooter.com will provide a Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) reward to any individual who returns the two guns in undamaged condition or provides information that leads directly to the recovery of the two guns in undamaged condition.
