I am curious how often this happens!

Question:
Have you ever lost a firearm? Thefts not included.

Choices:
NO
YES -- But I found it
YES -- Never found it

 

Went shooting in a friends back field one day.
We're packing up to leave and I placed my shield .45 on my back bumper for a moment - then completely forgot about it.
Drove all the way home and started unpacking - "where the hell is my shield?"
Took me a few minutes to mentally backtrack and realize what I'd done.
Called up the friend and he went back out there with a flashlight and found it laying in the dirt.

I thought I left a pistol in a Rental Car once, but forgot I put in my second safe.

I misplaced a 30 round PMag for my AR. Tore the truck apart looking for it.

Several months later, it just sort of appeared on the back seat. No idea where it had been hiding.

"Lost" is such a confusing word. "Misplaced?" "Relocated?"

I carefully hid firearms in various places inside my home, then went on vacation. I didn't have a safe back then. I didn't want anyone to find them, should a break-in occur.

Of course, recalling exactly where all the firearms were located after vacation was a challenge.

Not outside of my house.

^ now where the heck did I put that NAA revolver.

My Sig P290 was missing for about a week... that is the last one that disappeared on me.... but I finally figured out I had put it in my highway emergency kit.... don't know why but I did.
Seems when wife, dogs and I went to the beach this past October I decided one rifle and two pistols was not enough... so I added two more pistols to the crew.

Oh, I have a guy I know and see about once a year who told me he actually has a pistol and ammo sheet rocked in the wall of his bathroom.

Misplaced, forgot and found. Not "lost".

quote:

Originally posted by SigSentry:
^ now where the heck did I put that NAA revolver.

Don't worry it will pass.

Besides that time when my boat capsized on Lake Tahoe, no.

misplaced. couldn't find it. reported it lost. found it a week later. unreported it lost.

Not lost, exactly, but I have been temporarily unable to account for its whereabouts a few times, as well as forgetting to take it with me when I leave the house. This is a bad habit of mine, as well as with other items, that I have never quite been able to break. If I have to use a restroom while carrying, whether doing a single or a deuce, it stays attached to my belt at all times, or one day I'm going to leave it in there.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: egregore, December 23, 2023 07:57 AM

Mislaid for a period of time, never actually "lost." Forgot I had some stuff, too. That was like Christmas morning!

I don't want to go into a long story , but yes I lost a S&W J frame snubbie . Actually it was in a duffle . When I realized it was gone I back tracked many miles looking for it but it was night time and I didn't find the bag . I called the Sheriff's Office and filed a report since there was a gun in the bag . My NRA insurance paid me a little bit but nothing to get excited about .

Are you referring to THE boating accident?

lost, well more like forgot where I put it, a couple,

all found safely locked up or in safe place,


as in the brain going,,, lets put this in this spot where I will remember,, and then I forgot,

once for months

Put one up on a high shelf in my closet while changing clothes. Forgot it was there. When I noticed it was gone, I hadn’t a clue where it could be. Tore my vehicles apart and scoured the shop. No where to be found. Much later I discovered it when I reached up to put another gun on the shelf while……changing clothes. Mystery solved.

WTF? Lose a gun? Ughh No, never... I'm very sure where all of mine are as I post this... And I just got home from a late night at work.

No, but I sure as hell found one.

Bob