Anyone ever misplace a gun

[GRIZZLYBEAR]

Anyone here ever misplace a gun? Or am I the only one that does.

Anyone who has a decent sized gun collection needs to make an annual count. Maybe more often. Just to make sure your records are fairly straight, I print a copy of my records and then dig thru my safes, safety deposit boxes, check with my son and daughters find out if they "borrowed" one or two.

For those that can't imagine misplacing a gun, its not just the sheer number at any one time, its the length of time, too. And then you can add in the various house moves over the years. Sometimes I can't immediately put my hand on one, but it hasn't gone anywhere. I've got some I haven't seen in a long time because they are "deeply stashed".

I do keep an inventory, two files. One currently owned, and two, previously owned with disposition. My inventory has a column "Present Value" with the date. Then once a year, when I get my "small" collection appraised for insurance purposes, I go through the list and update the value if warranted. Just remeber to insurance them at actual appraised value.

Before I get flamed or a couple of negative replies about misplacing a firearm. Perhaps you don't understand the problem. When I lose a gun, it isn't irretrievably lost, it hasn't grown legs and "walked," it hasn't been stolen, as in robbed or burglarized. It has been deliberately placed in a location designed to be immediately forgotten. Not a conscious decision, mind you, but deliberately done unconsciously. A place as secure as my financial resources and ingenuity can make it.

My grandfather's Smith & Wesson Registered Magnum which he bought during the Great Depresson, for example, is one of my most prized possessions. Something which I'll carry with me to the grave. I take special care to make sure it is placed in a most secure location, where it is unlikely to be molested, most likely to rest undisturbed by the ravages of time and the elements. Some place, a location, that is forgotten before I even close and lock the door or lid or safety deposit box. It's safe and secure, I don't have to worry about it, think about it, consequently... it's forgotten.

I know it is safe, so safe, that it is even safe from me! That is, until I inadvertantly run across it. A serendipitous experience.

So,don't worry your pretty little head that some thumb sucking rug rat will kill herself or a friend with an unsecured gun. Or some scum sucking low-life multi-lingual inner-city fiend will be robbing the local convenience store. Not, at least, with one of my "lost" guns.

grizz

[avizpls]

Once, I was leaving a gun out of the safe for someone to pick up from my house. I tucked it out of sight in a Bulk Box of ammo. They never came to get it, and I forgot about it assuming they had. Weeks later, when I went to get that gun from my safe, it wasnt there!!! I talked to the person, and they reminded me that they were supposed to get it. Irrelevent since they had'nt. Its still missing.

About five minutes short of calling the police, I remembered where I had tucked it, and there it was.

[Siobhra]

I often worry about it. When I go to the ladies room and it is on a belt holster. If I leave it in the holster when I lower my pants it goes 'klunk' on the floor. And is in easy reach of the person in the next stall. If it is on my skirt waist band and I hike my skirt the holster go's upside down and dumps the gun.

So I have to remove it and place it somewhere until I am done. I always worry that sooner or later will 'forget' it.

I would hate to hear the announcement on the PA at Wal*Mart or Cosco's "Would the lady who left her handgun in the ladies room please come to the entrance and speak to the police officer".

[avizpls]

In the public restroom instance, I drop trow and then either keep my waist line high near my knees, or I fold my skivies over the holster.

[LorDiego01]

I long for the day when my firearm collection is extensive enough that I might "misplace" a few.

[billy870m9]

aint that the truth diego........if you have that many guns you just misplace them it might be a goods time to maybe only have a certain amount out of the safe at one time.....

[SGTUSArmy]

I once had a couple misplaced for me. It was loads of fun for 4 days.

I got back to my usual place where I make sure I got em all. Counted, counted again, counted again. 233. Supposed to be 237. I quietly walked out of the room, to the Commander, and whispered in her ear, and she exploded.

After 4 days and nights of looking, going back to the field numerous times, asking the other units, recounting a couple thousand times by everyone and their dog, doing a serial number inventory of every piece of equipment, being interviewed a dozen or so times by everybody and their dog, getting a couple of butt chewings, and then the battalion doing a serial number inventory (all 4 companies), they found them. In another company's armsroom. A couple of fellow armorers were relieved of their duties for filing false reports.

All that trouble for 3 M16A2 rifles, 1 M60, and 2 M60 barrells. Should see the search and trouble when an aviation unit loses a loaded 60 out of a chopper. LOTS OF FUN! Everyone gets involved.

I have never misplaced a weapon of my own. Although I have misplaced the key when the battery died on the safe. Just my part of the story.

[jdlv4_0]

The sight count is not good....WORDS I HATED HEARING, I had a guy loose a PSC 5 Satcom unit for three days and marked it on his EDL list as being there...that was interesting.

[SGTUSArmy]

How do you lose a Satcom unit?

I do Comms in the Army, have dealt with some of the smaller units, and they are still kind of hard to lose. Course I also thought the same about a 60, that is never supposed to be out of arms reach.