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  • Paulie Lugnuts
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 1756

    Miracle?

    On 12-31-13 someone got into my shop and took some cash and a P64. I figured I'd never see either again. I did call the Sheriff's dept., because I know legally I have to report the gun theft. I called at 4:00. By 8:00, no one had shown up. I called back and was told, "We're really busy right now, call back tomorrow."
    So I come to the shop on Jan. 1st. I call at 10:00, by 4:00, still nobody. I call again. Same story, we're busy call back tomorrow. WTF!
    Come to work on the 2nd and call again. At 11:30 a deputy arrives and takes the report. I'm thinking this is a complete waste of time, but the law is the law.
    Then on Feb 1st 2015, I get a letter from the County Sheriff and the DOJ telling me they have recovered the gun. Just fill out this form so we can see if its your gun and you can legally own it. The process may take up to 30 days.
    34 days later I get another letter saying it is my gun and I can have it back, woohoo. It doesn't however say how or where to do this. The next day I call the phone # on the letter. Nothing but a useless recording. Luckily I kept the original letters, so I call the Sheriff's dept. They give me a different DOJ #. I call that, they tell me the Sheriff's dept has the gun and to call them The sheriff dept. says yes they have it at the property building off Bradshaw, but they are only open Monday thru Thursday, this was Friday
    So today the saga comes to an end and I have the P64 back
    Last edited by Paulie Lugnuts; 03-09-2015, 4:14 PM.
    Because milsurp.
  • #2
    gotshotgun?
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2009
    • 3667

    Hopefully it wasn't damaged.

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    • #3
      Irrelavant
      Member
      • Oct 2013
      • 356

      It is not a perfect system, but sometimes it actually works. Glad you got your pistol back.

      Any word on LEO nabbing the thief?

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      • #4
        Grendl
        Senior Member
        • Jun 2009
        • 1657

        WOW, and this all happened in California to boot.
        YOU NEED A GUN TRUST.

        TLCGunTrust@gmail.com
        Nothing I post here constitutes legal advice, nor can it establish an attorney/client relationship.

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        • #5
          Paulie Lugnuts
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2011
          • 1756

          No idea how the gun was recovered. Not sure if that info is available. I didn't want to ask questions, I was just hoping they won't come up with a reason to keep it.
          As you can see the bluing has been removed from the front of the slide. Not sure how or what's the best way to fix it. The little pistol was like new when we bought it at J+G in Prescott a few years ago.
          Still the rest of the gun looks OK and I'm very happy to get it back.
          Because milsurp.

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          • #6
            Enfield47
            Calguns Addict
            • Sep 2012
            • 6385

            Glad you got your gun back. It's a shame they ruined the bluing like that though. Heaven only knows what they thought they were doing.

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            • #7
              epwegmann
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2009
              • 1248

              Man, that is just weird looking! I've gotta wonder just what the hell happened!

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              • #8
                sonofeugene
                Veteran Member
                • Oct 2013
                • 4362

                'Looks like it was left sitting in some kind of liquid.
                Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. - Rabindranath Tagore

                A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. - Rabindranath Tagore

                Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhaur

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                • #9
                  sealocan
                  Calguns Addict
                  • Mar 2012
                  • 9950

                  A slow thinking criminal was thinking a two colored gun would give conflicting eyewitness reports ???

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                  • #10
                    justin4fun
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 601

                    Very glad you got it back at least. What about the cops seeing if it was your money and if you could legal to own it and get it back too. Glad that was all you had there. It could have been the luger!!!!

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                    • #11
                      Chaos47
                      Calguns Addict
                      • Apr 2010
                      • 6615

                      Congrats on getting it back! P-64 are great little pistols.
                      Sorry about the finish... I would paint it with either duracoat, cerakote, alumahyde etc..
                      Never seen it in person but from photos I think cerakote's "SOCOM Blue" would look sweet..

                      Heres one in HK Black:

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                      • #12
                        Wicked Pete
                        Calguns Addict
                        • May 2010
                        • 5182

                        Wait...how the hell did they remove the bluing like that? Looks like they shoved it somewhere toxic.

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                        • #13
                          antiseen
                          Senior Member
                          • Feb 2013
                          • 837

                          Originally posted by Chaos47
                          Congrats on getting it back! P-64 are great little pistols.
                          Sorry about the finish... I would paint it with either duracoat, cerakote, alumahyde etc..
                          Never seen it in person but from photos I think cerakote's "SOCOM Blue" would look sweet..

                          Heres one in HK Black:
                          Man, that looks good. I should do that to my first sight unseen "excellent" condition p64 that looks like it was used a good amount.

                          Though, maybe I should just get a 3rd in the condition like the OPs returned p64 to really justify it.

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                          • #14
                            Zombie13
                            Member
                            • Feb 2012
                            • 221

                            Originally posted by sonofeugene
                            'Looks like it was left sitting in some kind of liquid.
                            Appendix carry + sweaty balls?

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                            • #15
                              DirtyRussianAmmo
                              Senior Member
                              • Jun 2013
                              • 1359

                              How it happened...

                              After the B & E, the perp took a corner too fast and the pistol slipped off the dash and landed in the Big Gulp that was clamped between his legs.

                              You've seen what Coke will do to teeth.

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