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  • glennbtw
    Member
    • Jan 2010
    • 116

    Stolen Ruger recovered after 42 years

    Back 1973 when I was a young guy I bought a Ruger MK I 22. While out of town for a week my residence was broken into and ransacked. The burglars took my Ruger. Not much else was taken because I didn't really have much else.

    It was reported to the local PD, but never recovered, until this week.

    Seems there was a disturbance at a southern California high school, where a student threatened to go home and get a gun. This school district has their own PD who responded to the event. These officers did a good thorough investigation and ended up recovering my Ruger from a family member of the wayward student. This family member claimed they bought it at a southern California pawn shop around 1980. Sounds a little like BS to me.

    The officer said the gun is still in pretty nice shape and that after they send it to the crime lab I should be able to get it back.

    So to you other folks who have fallen victim to thieves and crooks, have hope, someday your stuff may find its way back to you. You may be an old fart on medicare and social security, but it could happen.
  • #2
    gogohopper
    Veteran Member
    • Mar 2013
    • 4733

    Awesome, and....

    Cool starry bra

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    I am in a sympathy-free zone as well. A leftist brown shirt reaping what he sowed after profiting from it is sweet justice indeed.

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    • #3
      Dano3467
      Calguns Addict
      • Mar 2013
      • 7381

      Happy endings are great !

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      • #4
        alabamacoastie
        Member
        • Apr 2013
        • 451

        Congrats! I hope you get it back from the PD.

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        • #5
          nickel plate
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2012
          • 2126

          Forty-three is now your new lucky number!
          Please post photos when you finally get it back.

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          • #6
            Red-Osier
            Doesn't Abide
            CGN Contributor - Lifetime
            • Oct 2015
            • 12284

            Awsome! So what happens to them, They were still in possession of stolen property.
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            • #7
              TurboChrisB
              Calguns Addict
              • Mar 2010
              • 5116

              I had the majority of my collection stolen back around 1999, this gives me hope that someday something may come home.

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              • #8
                bsg
                I need a LIFE!!
                • Jan 2009
                • 25954

                great story.

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                • #9
                  Mr. Beretta
                  Calguns Addict
                  • Dec 2005
                  • 6614

                  Sounds Great......

                  Hopefully one of these days, I'll get a call from a LEO stating they recovered my Colt 45 Lightweight Officer's model which was "loss" while in UPS possession in the mid 80's..

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                  • #10
                    glennbtw
                    Member
                    • Jan 2010
                    • 116

                    Not sure if there will be any charges for possessing stolen property. Even if he did buy the gun from a pawn shop in 1980 my recollection is it would still require DROS even back then.

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                    • #11
                      M76
                      Calguns Addict
                      • Apr 2014
                      • 5953

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                      Originally posted by dunndeal
                      Stop digging.
                      Originally posted by BrassCase
                      I only buy fireworks from Three Finger Willie over at One Eyed Jack's Fireworks.
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                      https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/....php?t=1884858

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                      • #12
                        j-shot
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2014
                        • 1646

                        Originally posted by glennbtw
                        Back 1973 when I was a young guy I bought a Ruger MK I 22. While out of town for a week my residence was broken into and ransacked. The burglars took my Ruger. Not much else was taken because I didn't really have much else.

                        It was reported to the local PD, but never recovered, until this week.

                        Seems there was a disturbance at a southern California high school, where a student threatened to go home and get a gun. This school district has their own PD who responded to the event. These officers did a good thorough investigation and ended up recovering my Ruger from a family member of the wayward student. This family member claimed they bought it at a southern California pawn shop around 1980. Sounds a little like BS to me.

                        The officer said the gun is still in pretty nice shape and that after they send it to the crime lab I should be able to get it back.

                        So to you other folks who have fallen victim to thieves and crooks, have hope, someday your stuff may find its way back to you. You may be an old fart on medicare and social security, but it could happen.
                        Just curious how many miles your gun travelled in 42 years.

                        To "southern California high school" from "California delta"

                        You don't have to zero us in on you so a rough estimate is fine if you will. If not, understandable as well.

                        Regardless, nice getting back your pistol.
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                        ...what we have here is a hillary panty sniffer...
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                        No man, butt rape is happening like, all of the time in prison. It's basically just one huge orgy.

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                        • #13
                          Gonumber24
                          Member
                          • Dec 2015
                          • 378

                          Congrats. I wonder if they'll get any hits on IBIS.
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                          • #14
                            sealocan
                            Calguns Addict
                            • Mar 2012
                            • 9953

                            That's the best news I've heard today.

                            You should make a video of when you first see it again.

                            It may not be the record for a gun being lost and then returned but it's probably going to be the longest one on video.

                            May the pistol come back to you with expensive handmade fine German wooden grips, the optics of your dreams, many extra magazines ...


                            and a gun cable lock.
                            ( just in case you need one to pick it up at the police station)

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                            • #15
                              geoint
                              Veteran Member
                              • Feb 2014
                              • 4385

                              This story just made my day. I'm happy for you op
                              Unless we keep the barbarian virtues, gaining the civilized ones will be of little avail. Oversentimentality, oversoftness, washiness, and mushiness are the great dangers of this age and of this people." Teddy Roosevelt

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