Gun Stuff- may have located my White Whale
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Topic: Gun Stuff- may have located my White Whale
Posted By: rednekk98
Subject: Gun Stuff- may have located my White Whale
Date Posted: 09 May 2016 at 8:07pm
| So my Grandfather had an antique rifle he got from his Great Uncle back in high school (1940-something), it was probably an Army bring-back of his from the Plains Wars. It was stolen in 2009 or 2010. Anyways I look for it at gun shows, and think I missed it by a day because a collector of the same type of rifle had met a guy at the next local gunshow after the theft who had no idea what he had, was asking too little for it and was actually asked to leave for acting weird. Anyways, the police were notified, homeowners insurance paid for it, I forgot about it, until about a half an hour ago. I was searching Armslist and notice people actually post their serial numbers, decided to google the serial number and model and lo and behold it was purchased from an auction an hour away about a year after the theft, and a guy on The Firing Line was asking about the history of the weapon and posted the serial number, This rifle was in the family since the 1860's/70's and has been lost and recovered at least once before. It's a "non-gun" so difficult to trace, but what a glimmer of hope. Just wish I saw the post five years ago. |
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 10 May 2016 at 10:42am
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Nice. I hope you track it down. ------------- Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. H = 2 |
Posted By: deadeye007
Date Posted: 11 May 2016 at 3:25am
------------- Face it guys, common sense is a form of wealth and we're surrounded by poverty.-Strato |
Kayback wrote: