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About 6 years ago, my house was broken into. 2 Sigs were stolen - P239 and P232. About 6 months ago I received a note from DPD that my weapon was recovered. After a background check and some red tape, I was able to retrieve the pistol. And again last week, my 2nd was recovered. And that one is now in my possession too. I'll take them to a professional to have them serviced. They seem to be OK - dry fire OK anyway. Glad they are home. | ||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
I would keep the paperwork that shows the timeline of when they were in and out of your possession. I would keep it very carefully just in case there is a body or 3 on those two guns. Congratulations on getting them back. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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That's great news. How is their condition now? Did the police tell you the circumstances surrounding the pistols? | |||
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woo hoo ? it pays to keep track of stuff. I had a bike stolen out of a locked storage shed, they found it under a known thief who was riding it. that gave them p.c. to search his apt. they found $9,000.00 worth of stolen goods there. Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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So it WASN'T a "boating incident" then!!!  Congrats on getting them back in one piece!! I'm also curious from whom the DPD recovered them, were they the ones that stole them originally, what kind of no-goodness they were up to, and were they (the guns) ever used to facilitate a crime. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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| Banned |
There is some etching on the P239. Not sure if by the BG or police. Seems to maybe be a marker of evidence. not sure and not too concerned. Otherwise good condition. No visible rust, seems to be functional, although i haven't fired a live round yet through either. Hogue grips intact. Both were returned with empty mag. No info on the circumstance. The paperwork said the the P239 was recovered by PD in 2016. Took them this long to find me I guess. | |||
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| Banned |
Doubt it - it'd been a long time. My guess is they were both sold shortly after stolen. Also not sure if they were used in a crime, or simply recovered as part of investigation into something else. | |||
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| Banned |
Makes you think - you can track your cell phone if stolen. Why not a FindMyPistol app? Put a GPS in the grip or something. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
My congragulations! Knowing the serial numbers and putting them into the system does work. Over the years I've had 22 guns stolen and 8 of them have been recovered so far, 2 of them after a 10-year delay. None of mine appeared to have been involved in crimes, at least not fired in any. All were in pretty good condition, not abused. Sometimes the system works, and we get lucky. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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My guess is that they were fired and then the markings compared to any unsolved crimes to see if the weapons were used. Glad you got them back. Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed. | |||
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I am impressed you got them back. I have had stolen property returned. Backstory generally absent. A lot of time the guns are in terrible condition and marked by the local PD with lots of intialling. Good news is always welcome. | |||
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Did you file an insurance claim for the loss, and we're paid? If so maybe the insurance company now owns to guns? Even if good for recovery, not sure some kind of electronic tracking device is good overall. My limited electronic knowledge says anything used for eldctronic tracking can be tracked by multiple sources autborities, ner-do-wells, etc., possibly by drive-by methods similar to electronic meter readers. Anyhow glad you got your guns back, have heard stories of jurisdictions that do not return guns? Jim | |||
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| Ammoholic |
Two thoughts come to mind: If you can track it, so can anyone else. Given how the IC has recently run over President Trump’s rights, I’d be loathe to give anyone any additional hooks to track me or my property. Also, guns are pretty simple machines. Maybe most crooks don’t even bother cleaning or pulling the grips off guns, but if they did, I’m not sure where you’d hide a tracker where it wouldn’t be obvious and easily discarded or disabled. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
That is outstanding. Anything else is gravy!  "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
In my case, my insurance coverage was much less than the value of the guns (my error). I contacted the insurance company (USAA) and they said that until I recovered enough of the stolen property to make up the difference between the settlement and the value, I didn't have to repay them. That condition has not yet been met. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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I've only had one gun stolen. It was from a locked car - a first gen Glock, serial #CX590. Filed a Police report. Insurance bastards refused to cover it. Never saw that Glock again. That was over 20 years ago and I still think about it. ********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them". | |||
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That's not how GPS works. You need a data connection as well. And batteries. You could however do what you're suggesting with a Tile fob under the grips. If someone didn't know it was there they might leave give away their position. But that a stretch. Ultimately this is not an easy problem to solve, privacy issues aside. __________________________________ An operator is someone who picks up the phone when I dial 0. | |||
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make sure the PD removes them from the NICS list, I bought some guns from an Insurance Co once, (lost/stolen payouts, fire damage etc) 2 were paid out as stolen, then found (owner misplaced them and reported stolen, ) I sold on to a guy in Oregon, and when it arrived it at the dealer it was run thru NICS,, and came up stolen,, took a week to get that straightened out, and despite being told the truth, had to listen to the asshole buyer for 5 minutes,, https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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^^^^^^ Of course if the guns were covered by insurance and you were compensated you should contact them. My experience with an old claim such as this is the Insurance company allows you to keep the guns and money. The cost is generally offset in the premiums in the following years. Calling them is the Right thing to do, however. | |||
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First thing I would do is, have the property guy print out a NCIC hit/recovered page showing both serial numbers. To prove to YOU that the cops did what they are supposed to do and removed your property from the system. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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