Stolen Cap & Ball Pistols

[larry wv]

Hank will have been a member here 11 years tomorrow. I can read between the lines for that much loyalty. :v Larry

 

[Patocazador]

He's probably using one of those "smart" dumb phones. :td:

 

[azmntman]

He have an older brother star in Water Boy?

 

[mazo kid]

Zonie, sorry for the loss of your guns but glad your wife wasn't injured. You are smart to write down the serial numbers on guns that have them. I have a 3X5 card file and write a brief description of each gun on a card, along with the serial number, and put it in the safe. I actually have 2 of those card file boxes....one for cartridge guns and one for black powder guns. Hoping for the quick recovery of your guns.

 

[Bear Rider]

Got a smart phone or a digital camera? Take snapshots, keep them on your computer, but put a copy on a thumb drive and put it in your safe deposit box. If you have a second thumb drive it makes keeping the one in the box updated easier.

If you're really paranoid, wrap it in tin foil. :grin:

 

[S.Kenton]

nothing WORSE than a THIEF! I feel your pain and hope you at least recover some of your loss..

 

[Capnballhunter]

I had a modern 38 spl derringer stolen about ten years ago. It was summer and my windows were naturally open while I was out. Not a bad neighborhood.
In broad daylight someone climbed in my bedroom window and stole the pocket gun and some ammo, but left an expensive guitar collection and a 20 gauge shotgun that were plainly visible. Too big to get away with I suppose.
Luckily the $99 pocket pistol was the only gun not inside of a safe. I had at the time a large cabinet safe and a handgun safe bolted to a bookcase.
They just grabbed what was easy and ran. Cowards.
Made a full police report with serial numbers but never got it back. Don't get your hopes up. Sad but true.

 

[Cpl. Ashencheeks]

Sorry for the loss of your firearms.

A lot of very good suggestions to ensure a little extra safety in possible recovery.

Photos, serial numbers and makers marks would all be good ways to ID your guns.

Another suggestion is to take a pencil tracing on the gun's markings and serial numbers and then circle them with a description of where the marks are located on the guns.

You could have some hidden marks as well located out of view on the arm to make stronger verification of ownership in case of them ever coming back to you.

I hope you do get them back.

After having been through a few riots, I must admit I am tempted to leave a flask full of smokeless and a less than desirable rifle in some hot spot of illegal activity.

But you never know, with the mentality of the kind of people that would pick it up and start to load it up, they would also have the mentality to have some little kid fire it, thinking it would be funny to watch the kid get knocked down while sipping at their malt liquors, then there would be the chance of hurting a poor innocent little kid along with people who might deserve to be injured or killed in such a scenario.

Not really a pleasant thought.

 

[Many Klatch]

Our home has been broken into twice and each time I lost a firearm. After the second time I got smart and installed an alarm system and got a safe for the shorter guns. My longer muzzleloaders are all stored in dark spaces in the basement so those were untouched.

After finding that the homeowner's insurance doesn't cover Jack when guns are stolen, I photographed each one, made a copy with serial numbers for the insurance company and got a special policy to cover all my firearms.

BTW, since most custom built muzzleloaders don't have serial numbers, I wound up writing about 2 or 3 paragraphs about each gun, length of barrel, distinguishing marks etc. The insurance company OK'd my description and my values. The policy costs about an extra $100 per year when tacked onto the homeowners policy.

 

[azmntman]

All insurance is expensive :shocked2: until you need it. When you need it you will wish you had bought the best! :idunno: May you and yours continue to pay it and never need it! And me and mine....and all on the forum. :thumbsup:

 

[Tinker2]

Zonie, sorry for the loss of your guns, glad no one was hurt.

Based on my limited experience, you can tell who sometimes by what was taken and what was not.
I would look at kids in your neighborhood, just my thoughts.

Law enforcement is not going to look for your guns but it does not mean that they won’t recover them.
I have had guns recovered years latter.


Best of luck my friend
William Alexander