You ever forget things?

MJ1 · May 11, 2013, 02:04 PM

I do so when I was cleaning out the locker last week I found this box.

A little mouse pee on the box a little crud growing on the metal that should wipe off after a soaking and three numbered magazines.

..MJ..

BarryLee · May 11, 2013, 02:11 PM

Yes, sort of forget how much I like some of my older guns and when I get them out I wonder why I’ve neglected them for so long. Bottom line there is only so much time/money for shooting and the older guns often get forgotten.

thedudeabides · May 11, 2013, 04:13 PM

Yeah, no.

I just find a broken old VCR, computer parts, and a remote to a TV I threw out years ago.

...that is totally awesome!

Zebulon · May 11, 2013, 04:27 PM

I've never had the financial means to "lose" a gun.....but I have dreamt about finding them.......

Zebulon

444 · May 11, 2013, 05:48 PM

Yeah, that happens to me all the time.
At least once a week.

About a year and a half ago, I knew I was going to move to here where I live now. In the mean time I downsized and didn't have anywhere to store my guns, reloading gear, and stuff from other hobbies. So, I moved all that stuff here, and it has been stored for a year and a half.

Fast forward to now. I am slowly working on unpacking my stuff and trying to figure out how to get all this stuff out of boxes and back into use.

At least once a week I start looking for something and in the process, uncover some really cool treasure. A couple days ago, I was looking for something and found two blackpowder revolvers wrapped up in a towel.

MJ1 · May 11, 2013, 10:07 PM

See it's not just me.

....

Glock20/460long · May 12, 2013, 02:41 AM

OK, what's your point?

Ryu825 · May 12, 2013, 04:08 AM

Attachment 89415
This is the first gun I ever bought (hi standard double nine) but unlike most people I didn't actually give a crap about guns at the time(raised by an anti gun family, silly Japanese people

. I've come a long way lol). I just bought it to help a friend who was hurting for cash. 2 yrs later I went to a gun show, held a bunch of guns and fell in love with my beretta 92 fs at 1st sight. Brought her home cleaned her and was all proud of my first gun, then it hit me. This isn't my first gun, where the hell is my revolver!?

found it in a box full of stuff I ended up throwing away. Boy am I glad I looked through it first

David the Gnome · May 12, 2013, 09:21 AM

I wonder sometimes how many guns have been accidentally thrown away. If you think about the number of times that someone has died and nobody knew they had a gun stowed away in a box or something like that, it has to have happened quite a bit over the years.

When I was a little kid I found a really old single-action revolver buried in the dirt under a tree on my grandpa's farm. It was almost completely rusted away by that point in time but the frame, barrel, and most of the cylinder were still there. I've always wondered how it got there and what its story was. As a kid I liked to think some cowboy had been fighting a bunch of Indians and he dropped it while resting under that old tree. At least that's what I told myself when I was a kid.

Dashunde · May 12, 2013, 10:30 AM

He who forgets he has a HP or equally cool pistol should be required to donate it... to me

arizona98tj · May 12, 2013, 10:53 AM

but it is more along the lines of leaving the chronograph sitting on the bench once I was at the range and unpacking my gear.

That FN was a nice find. Congrats!

444 · May 12, 2013, 02:44 PM

Maybe I shouldn't tell that story.

Disregard, nothing to see here.

oldgunsmith · May 12, 2013, 03:34 PM

Not long ago I found a 97 Winchester trench gun hiding in my salvage pile. Fully marked with the handguard missing. I wound up trading it to a cowboy action shooter for the prettiest little mannlicher stocked Sako L46 I've ever seen. It had been rechambered from .222 to .223. The magazine is a little short, but it does just fine with the Sierra 55 gr. spritzer bullet #1360. We both traded something we didn't need for something we would definitely use.

blfuller · May 14, 2013, 02:23 PM

I wish you could put them in the safe, forget about them, and have them breed like rabbits.

shouldazagged · May 14, 2013, 02:34 PM

Damn...I've never in my lengthy life owned more than five guns. What a problem to have!

psyfly · May 14, 2013, 02:53 PM

Just last week...

Was looking for my passport, which has been missing for almost two years, and found a Ruger Security-Six that has been missing longer than that.

(Strangely enough, I found the passport a couple of days later and miles away, also purely by accident; I was looking for something else again)

.

Glad to have them both back

.

Will

DaleA · May 15, 2013, 12:49 AM

We all forget things once in a while and nothing to be concerned about unless your short term memory goes and you start repeating yourself.

DaleA · May 15, 2013, 12:51 AM

Once in a while we all forget or misplace stuff but unless you notice a problem with your short term memory and you or someone notices you are starting to repeat yourself it's nothing to worry about.

You can use it to your own advantage an hide your own Easter eggs.

iShoot17 · May 16, 2013, 10:30 AM

A buddy of mine managed to misplace a bolt to a Savage 15A that was given to me. I let him borrow it to take care of a ground hog, he decided to try and clean it and lost the spring inside the bolt. He brought it back to my house in a sandwich bag.. He doesn't know where he set that bag, but I still have the rifle. Very unfortunate. I hope that I find that bolt though..sooner than later.

MJ1 · May 16, 2013, 11:20 AM

Well it's not the first time. Years ago I stored up two new unissued Enfield rifles and just two years past found them but the wrapping paper and slings had been ruined by rats. the rifles cleaned up well and today they value five times over what I paid. That worked out well. LOL Now if I could just find the keys to my bike that would be nice.

...

May 11, 2013, 02:11 PM	#2
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	Yes, sort of forget how much I like some of my older guns and when I get them out I wonder why I’ve neglected them for so long. Bottom line there is only so much time/money for shooting and the older guns often get forgotten. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

May 11, 2013, 05:48 PM	#5
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	Yeah, that happens to me all the time. At least once a week. About a year and a half ago, I knew I was going to move to here where I live now. In the mean time I downsized and didn't have anywhere to store my guns, reloading gear, and stuff from other hobbies. So, I moved all that stuff here, and it has been stored for a year and a half. Fast forward to now. I am slowly working on unpacking my stuff and trying to figure out how to get all this stuff out of boxes and back into use. At least once a week I start looking for something and in the process, uncover some really cool treasure. A couple days ago, I was looking for something and found two blackpowder revolvers wrapped up in a towel. __________________ You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard wall, Chasing the redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.

May 11, 2013, 10:07 PM	#6
MJ1 Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2008 Posts: 329	;) LOL See it's not just me. ........ __________________ "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" --Unknown Soldier-- Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. - David Hackworth -

May 12, 2013, 04:08 AM	#8
Ryu825 Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2013 Posts: 215	Yea I forget things.. Attachment 89415 This is the first gun I ever bought (hi standard double nine) but unlike most people I didn't actually give a crap about guns at the time(raised by an anti gun family, silly Japanese people. I've come a long way lol). I just bought it to help a friend who was hurting for cash. 2 yrs later I went to a gun show, held a bunch of guns and fell in love with my beretta 92 fs at 1st sight. Brought her home cleaned her and was all proud of my first gun, then it hit me. This isn't my first gun, where the hell is my revolver!? found it in a box full of stuff I ended up throwing away. Boy am I glad I looked through it first Last edited by Ryu825; January 6, 2014 at 11:06 AM.

May 12, 2013, 09:21 AM	#9
David the Gnome Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2007 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,092	I wonder sometimes how many guns have been accidentally thrown away. If you think about the number of times that someone has died and nobody knew they had a gun stowed away in a box or something like that, it has to have happened quite a bit over the years. When I was a little kid I found a really old single-action revolver buried in the dirt under a tree on my grandpa's farm. It was almost completely rusted away by that point in time but the frame, barrel, and most of the cylinder were still there. I've always wondered how it got there and what its story was. As a kid I liked to think some cowboy had been fighting a bunch of Indians and he dropped it while resting under that old tree. At least that's what I told myself when I was a kid. __________________ Si vis pacem, para bellum.

May 11, 2013, 02:04 PM	#1
MJ1 Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2008 Posts: 329	You ever forget things? I do so when I was cleaning out the locker last week I found this box. A little mouse pee on the box a little crud growing on the metal that should wipe off after a soaking and three numbered magazines. ..MJ.. __________________ "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" --Unknown Soldier-- Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. - David Hackworth -

May 11, 2013, 04:13 PM	#3
thedudeabides Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2012 Posts: 1,031	Yeah, no. I just find a broken old VCR, computer parts, and a remote to a TV I threw out years ago. ...that is totally awesome!

May 11, 2013, 04:27 PM	#4
Zebulon Senior Member Join Date: August 24, 2002 Posts: 158	I've never had the financial means to "lose" a gun.....but I have dreamt about finding them....... Zebulon

May 12, 2013, 02:41 AM	#7
Glock20/460long Member Join Date: April 23, 2013 Posts: 68	OK, what's your point?

May 12, 2013, 10:30 AM	#10
Dashunde Senior Member Join Date: December 22, 2004 Posts: 2,018	He who forgets he has a HP or equally cool pistol should be required to donate it... to me

May 12, 2013, 10:53 AM	#11
arizona98tj Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 980	Yes, I forget things.... but it is more along the lines of leaving the chronograph sitting on the bench once I was at the range and unpacking my gear. That FN was a nice find. Congrats! __________________ stu-offroad.com Largest Jeep TJ project site on the web! (now with guns)

May 12, 2013, 02:44 PM	#12
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	Maybe I shouldn't tell that story. Disregard, nothing to see here. __________________ You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard wall, Chasing the redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load. Last edited by 444; May 12, 2013 at 02:58 PM.

May 12, 2013, 03:34 PM	#13
oldgunsmith Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2013 Posts: 278	Not long ago I found a 97 Winchester trench gun hiding in my salvage pile. Fully marked with the handguard missing. I wound up trading it to a cowboy action shooter for the prettiest little mannlicher stocked Sako L46 I've ever seen. It had been rechambered from .222 to .223. The magazine is a little short, but it does just fine with the Sierra 55 gr. spritzer bullet #1360. We both traded something we didn't need for something we would definitely use.

May 14, 2013, 02:23 PM	#14
blfuller Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2013 Location: Washington State Posts: 246	I wish you could put them in the safe, forget about them, and have them breed like rabbits.

May 14, 2013, 02:34 PM	#15
shouldazagged Senior Member Join Date: February 17, 2013 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Posts: 273	Damn...I've never in my lengthy life owned more than five guns. What a problem to have! __________________ "Don't let macho be your epitaph." ---Ed Lovette

May 14, 2013, 02:53 PM	#16
psyfly Senior Member Join Date: April 27, 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 932	Just last week... Was looking for my passport, which has been missing for almost two years, and found a Ruger Security-Six that has been missing longer than that. (Strangely enough, I found the passport a couple of days later and miles away, also purely by accident; I was looking for something else again). Glad to have them both back . Will __________________ Show me the data

May 15, 2013, 12:49 AM	#17
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,312	We all forget things once in a while and nothing to be concerned about unless your short term memory goes and you start repeating yourself.

May 15, 2013, 12:51 AM	#18
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,312	Once in a while we all forget or misplace stuff but unless you notice a problem with your short term memory and you or someone notices you are starting to repeat yourself it's nothing to worry about. You can use it to your own advantage an hide your own Easter eggs.

May 16, 2013, 10:30 AM	#19
iShoot17 Member Join Date: May 4, 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 26	A buddy of mine managed to misplace a bolt to a Savage 15A that was given to me. I let him borrow it to take care of a ground hog, he decided to try and clean it and lost the spring inside the bolt. He brought it back to my house in a sandwich bag.. He doesn't know where he set that bag, but I still have the rifle. Very unfortunate. I hope that I find that bolt though..sooner than later.

May 16, 2013, 11:20 AM	#20
MJ1 Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2008 Posts: 329	;) LOL Well it's not the first time. Years ago I stored up two new unissued Enfield rifles and just two years past found them but the wrapping paper and slings had been ruined by rats. the rifles cleaned up well and today they value five times over what I paid. That worked out well. LOL Now if I could just find the keys to my bike that would be nice. ...... __________________ "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" --Unknown Soldier-- Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. - David Hackworth -

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