After 20 years my first gun has been returned to me!!

October 31, 2021, 08:36 PM

Black92LX

I was probably 11 or 12 and I got a Daisy Eagle BB/Pellet gun with a Tasco 4x15 scope.
Shot that things tons. Turned 18 and got a .22 and it just hung out in the closet.
That is until my youth pastor of many years had an opossum problem arise and due to where he lived an air rifle was the best choice.
So I let him borrow it. He had a nice solarium on the back of the house where he would read in evening and so he kept the air rifle under the couch to pull out when the little bugger would wander into the yard. Long ago I forgot I had let him borrow it and I guess he had too.
He moved to Texas a few years ago but kept his house in Ohio. He has finally decided he won’t be returning to Ohio to live and came back to get the last of the stuff out of the house to sell it. So with him being in town we had planned on meeting up for lunch today.
Well this weekend as he was packing up the Uhaul he moved that fateful couch low and behold there was the air rifle.
So he brought it to lunch. Looks no worse for the wear. Going to wipe it down and add a little oil to the bolt and she how she does.
20 years under a couch!

October 31, 2021, 08:59 PM

flashguy

Nice! I've had 2 (of 22) stolen guns returned after 10 years. Always nice, too.

flashguy

October 31, 2021, 09:04 PM

p08

Nice, I had a gun that I sold and regretted (factory mounted red dot on a CZ75 two tone). Saw one at a local gun show many years later and lo and behold after checking the serial numbers was my old gun. Bought it back and still have it.

October 31, 2021, 09:09 PM

MikeinNC

My big bro got a gun back after it was stolen a dozen years apart…another one was used in a murder and he had to petition the court for it back. The judge said it had to stay in evidence until the man dies in prison or is put down….he’s never getting that gun back.

I never, in my both my Leo careers, could understand keeping a firearm after all the testing is done…we returned cars almost immediately…complete BS.

Glad you got your BB gun back!

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October 31, 2021, 09:31 PM

Rey HRH

At least he returned it. I hate people who forget that they borrowed something from me or return it to me damaged.

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October 31, 2021, 09:49 PM

gearhounds

I bought an SP101 .357 back in the early 90’s and traded it to my brother not long after to help him out with an SD gun he and his wife could operate. I always regretted it but, you know, family.

A couple of years ago my brother said he wanted a 9mm. I had a spare 5906 he wanted and he suggested trading my Ruger back. It was home to stay after about 20 or so years.