Stolen Colt Collection

LostColts · January 19, 2013, 09:01 PM

Hi I'm new to this forum
I am trying to spread the word about my colt collection that has been stolen
18 guns total
where is the best place on here to list these so any buyers can be on the look out
rewards are up for any found guns
these have aready been reported stolen but I wanted to get the word out online as soon as possible

Thanks for any info anyone on here can provide

stu925 · January 19, 2013, 09:36 PM

Might want to start with posting the area they were stolen from, at the very least you should post a state. Start checking local gun shops and pawn shops. Most likely it was someone looking to make a quick buck. I'm sorry for your loss, it's happened to me and it sucks. In my case they were all long guns and none were particularly valuable but they had a lot of sentimental value to me since they were all given to me by my father. I hope you get them back.

Stu

LostColts · January 19, 2013, 09:59 PM

I will just go ahead and list as much info as I can in case someone comes across one here is my contact info - [email protected]
will be glad to work out a reward for any of these found
These Guns were stolen In California
Heres the list SERIAL#
1855 Revolving shotgun- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#335
1885 Burgess 44/40- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #4759
3rd gen Dragoon- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#19634
1849 Pocket Revolver- - - - -- - - - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - -#65947
1855 Sidehammer revolver- - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - ---#17341
1860 Army - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#93428
1851 Navy-restored- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #96951
1861 Navy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#33053
1862 Police Revolver-quoted to be 1of3 in this good cond in the us #15142
1851 Navy Conversion- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#59062
1849 Pocket conversion BBL- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#303914
1871-1872 open top 44- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#?
Open Top Pocket- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#69965
New Line Model 30cal- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#7900
New Line model 32cal- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#2465
New Line Model 41cal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #9839
New Police revolver 38cal- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #23049
1881 SAA-restored - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#71476

lordhedgwich · January 19, 2013, 10:17 PM

wow man thats a lot of guns sorry for your luck i hope mine are never stolen

towboat-er · January 19, 2013, 10:23 PM

That's terrible. I hope your able to get em back.

I'd be checking pawn shops.

FoghornLeghorn · January 19, 2013, 10:24 PM

Best of luck bro.

Where was this by the way? Were they secured in a safe?

loltraktor1918 · January 19, 2013, 10:45 PM

Man that sucks big time.

jaytothekizzay · January 19, 2013, 11:09 PM

Man that sucks... I do know how u feel though... ALL my guns were recently stolen too... now I have none

Crankgrinder · January 19, 2013, 11:44 PM

Very sorry for your loss. Colts it had to be of all things. I have a bad feeling that more gun controll will mean more gun thefts for the rest of us as well.

LostColts · January 20, 2013, 03:05 AM

I thank you all for reading and your post,
hope you write down these numbers and one or all turn up
it's been like a never ending day since this has happend

TheNatureBoy · January 20, 2013, 08:19 AM

Terrible. I hope you find your guns and jerks that stole them

UtopiaTexasG19 · January 20, 2013, 08:45 AM

Sorry for your loss.
I know a lot of folks like to store all of their guns in a locked safe in the same place but to me that gives a false sense of security. I have my collection stored in 4 places in 4 different buildings so there is no chance that a fire or theft will take them all at one time. My carry and more used guns are near me in my house but the others...

Alabama Shooter · January 20, 2013, 06:51 PM

I doubt you will ever see most of them again. I hope they were insured that was a fine collection.

Skans · January 21, 2013, 04:21 PM

I scanned the list - not what I collect, but I'll keep an eye out.

Buzzard Bait · January 22, 2013, 10:21 PM

Sorry to hear of your loss,, shure hope they are insured, reminds that mine are NOT insured. I'm not making light of your loss but, I sure hope the thieves well register their newly acquired weapons with all the appropriate authorities.

LostColts · January 23, 2013, 02:18 PM

yea they are insured but but probaly not nearly enough since you never really know how much these could have brought at auction
sold a 1855 revolving 50cal at auction brought almost 20k but then a 36 brought just below 30k so value on something like this is hard to price for the insurance
It would be nice to see the law do some work on this one and not say its just another case for them

Reward for Finders fee of these guns

is a Colt or Cash

LostColts · January 24, 2013, 02:19 PM

gotta corrrect myself
think it was a 56cal 1855 was 12 years ago when I seen it go though

dtaski · January 24, 2013, 10:51 PM

I would start watching this site.

http://www.armslist.com/classifieds/california

Hope you can locate and prosecute !

junker · January 27, 2013, 10:06 PM

Absolutely rotten. I wish you the best!

January 20, 2013, 03:05 AM	#10
LostColts Junior Member Join Date: January 19, 2013 Posts: 5	long night I thank you all for reading and your post, hope you write down these numbers and one or all turn up it's been like a never ending day since this has happend

January 20, 2013, 06:51 PM	#13
Alabama Shooter Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: Sweet Home Posts: 886	I doubt you will ever see most of them again. I hope they were insured that was a fine collection. __________________ Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

January 19, 2013, 09:01 PM	#1
LostColts Junior Member Join Date: January 19, 2013 Posts: 5	Stolen Colt Collection Hi I'm new to this forum I am trying to spread the word about my colt collection that has been stolen 18 guns total where is the best place on here to list these so any buyers can be on the look out rewards are up for any found guns these have aready been reported stolen but I wanted to get the word out online as soon as possible Thanks for any info anyone on here can provide

January 19, 2013, 09:36 PM	#2
stu925 Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2010 Location: New York Posts: 953	Might want to start with posting the area they were stolen from, at the very least you should post a state. Start checking local gun shops and pawn shops. Most likely it was someone looking to make a quick buck. I'm sorry for your loss, it's happened to me and it sucks. In my case they were all long guns and none were particularly valuable but they had a lot of sentimental value to me since they were all given to me by my father. I hope you get them back. Stu

January 19, 2013, 09:59 PM	#3
LostColts Junior Member Join Date: January 19, 2013 Posts: 5	Stolen colts I will just go ahead and list as much info as I can in case someone comes across one here is my contact info - [email protected] will be glad to work out a reward for any of these found These Guns were stolen In California Heres the list SERIAL# 1855 Revolving shotgun- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#335 1885 Burgess 44/40- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #4759 3rd gen Dragoon- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#19634 1849 Pocket Revolver- - - - -- - - - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - -#65947 1855 Sidehammer revolver- - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - ---#17341 1860 Army - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#93428 1851 Navy-restored- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #96951 1861 Navy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#33053 1862 Police Revolver-quoted to be 1of3 in this good cond in the us #15142 1851 Navy Conversion- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#59062 1849 Pocket conversion BBL- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#303914 1871-1872 open top 44- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#? Open Top Pocket- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#69965 New Line Model 30cal- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#7900 New Line model 32cal- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#2465 New Line Model 41cal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #9839 New Police revolver 38cal- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #23049 1881 SAA-restored - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -#71476

January 19, 2013, 10:17 PM	#4
lordhedgwich Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2013 Posts: 180	wow man thats a lot of guns sorry for your luck i hope mine are never stolen

January 19, 2013, 10:23 PM	#5
towboat-er Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2011 Posts: 146	That's terrible. I hope your able to get em back. I'd be checking pawn shops.

January 19, 2013, 10:24 PM	#6
FoghornLeghorn Senior Member Join Date: September 2, 2011 Posts: 961	Best of luck bro. Where was this by the way? Were they secured in a safe?

January 19, 2013, 10:45 PM	#7
loltraktor1918 Member Join Date: January 16, 2013 Location: OH Posts: 50	Man that sucks big time. __________________ ____________________________________ Ruger SR1911, Colt 1911, Glock 17, Glock 21, Beretta M9, Ruger GP100, Ruger LCR, SW M&P15, Lee Enfield 303, Savage .22, Ruger 10/22. Guns the great equalizer.

January 19, 2013, 11:09 PM	#8
jaytothekizzay Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2008 Location: st. louis Posts: 450	Man that sucks... I do know how u feel though... ALL my guns were recently stolen too... now I have none

January 19, 2013, 11:44 PM	#9
Crankgrinder Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 917	Very sorry for your loss. Colts it had to be of all things. I have a bad feeling that more gun controll will mean more gun thefts for the rest of us as well.

January 20, 2013, 08:19 AM	#11
TheNatureBoy Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2007 Posts: 1,204	Terrible. I hope you find your guns and jerks that stole them

January 20, 2013, 08:45 AM	#12
UtopiaTexasG19 Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2011 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 743	Sorry for your loss. I know a lot of folks like to store all of their guns in a locked safe in the same place but to me that gives a false sense of security. I have my collection stored in 4 places in 4 different buildings so there is no chance that a fire or theft will take them all at one time. My carry and more used guns are near me in my house but the others...

January 21, 2013, 04:21 PM	#14
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	I scanned the list - not what I collect, but I'll keep an eye out.

January 22, 2013, 10:21 PM	#15
Buzzard Bait Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 502	register guns right Sorry to hear of your loss,, shure hope they are insured, reminds that mine are NOT insured. I'm not making light of your loss but, I sure hope the thieves well register their newly acquired weapons with all the appropriate authorities.

January 23, 2013, 02:18 PM	#16
LostColts Junior Member Join Date: January 19, 2013 Posts: 5	yea they are insured but but probaly not nearly enough since you never really know how much these could have brought at auction sold a 1855 revolving 50cal at auction brought almost 20k but then a 36 brought just below 30k so value on something like this is hard to price for the insurance It would be nice to see the law do some work on this one and not say its just another case for them Reward for Finders fee of these guns is a Colt or Cash

January 24, 2013, 02:19 PM	#17
LostColts Junior Member Join Date: January 19, 2013 Posts: 5	gotta corrrect myself think it was a 56cal 1855 was 12 years ago when I seen it go though

January 24, 2013, 10:51 PM	#18
dtaski Member Join Date: April 8, 2009 Location: South Cent. PA Posts: 33	I would start watching this site. http://www.armslist.com/classifieds/california Hope you can locate and prosecute !

January 27, 2013, 10:06 PM	#19
junker Member Join Date: January 10, 2011 Posts: 65	Absolutely rotten. I wish you the best! __________________ My Youtube Ammo Channel: MJProjects