Ever Misplace A Rifle in your Home

[southpa]

I just recently found a box of powder that i lost. It was right where I placed it...regardless of how much I blame my wife most of the time it's my fault...but I never tell her that.

 

[jamie eaton]

That's funny . I always blame my wife also . My go to line " you know I didn't take care of it , I don't take care of anything "

 

[Jnm300ultra]

Was practicing dry firing my competition rifle in the living room because I just bought a new front rest. Forgot to but the bolt back into the rifle that night. I would have went to the second day of the match and wouldn't have had a bolt.. I was lucky enough that my daughter found the bolt when I was only 25 minutes away from the house, and my wife meet me at the local Walmart. I told the story to a few of the old timers and they said get into the habit of dry firing that morning so you never leave out a trigger, bolt, or a cheek riser.
Jason

 

[Greatgrandad]

It just took me awhile to find where I had put my Savage 16 204 Ruger, & I once couldn't find my Ruger 41mag for about 8 months

I hate to say it, but yes I have. I own a lot of various firearms, and while very rare, I have misplaced a couple of barrels in the shop, a Contender action and a 22 rifle. I had to search for sometime to locate those in various places and the action was left in a box that I could not recall why it was placed there.

Once after a move and while waiting on another safe to be installed, I had a lot of handguns and long guns transported and stored in various hard and soft cases, and after sometime, I could not locate one of my 1911's and a combo Knight single shot rifle/muzzle loader. I thought I had lost them in the move, but after a couple of months, I decided to unstack all those various cases and search every one. Those arms had been mistakenly left in their cases and stacked away.

 

[Rimneck]

No guns, but plenty of other really important junk I can do without except for that one day I really need it

 

[JiggyIi]

I hate to say it, but yes I have. I own a lot of various firearms, and while very rare, I have misplaced a couple of barrels in the shop, a Contender action and a 22 rifle. I had to search for sometime to locate those in various places and the action was left in a box that I could not recall why it was placed there.

Once after a move and while waiting on another safe to be installed, I had a lot of handguns and long guns transported and stored in various hard and soft cases, and after sometime, I could not locate one of my 1911's and a combo Knight single shot rifle/muzzle loader. I thought I had lost them in the move, but after a couple of months, I decided to unstack all those various cases and search every one. Those arms had been mistakenly left in their cases and stacked away.

When I misplaced my 41 mag for 8 months I found it finally in a box with a bunch of other handguns in cases on top of it ️

 

[MarkInPA]

lol I've found reloading components i bought & forgot I had

Sure wish I would find some primers I didn't know I had.

 

[G19Jeeper]

Misplaced my Sig P365 one time. I never put guns between the box spring and mattress but in a rush to hide stuff before vacation that's where it was stuffed. Since it wasn't in the carry rotation I hadn't looked for it for a while until a couple months later. That was a stressful 20 minutes lol.

 

[Panhandlin Pat]

If finding a gun you forgot you had counts, I've done it a few times. I parked one of my farm pickups a couple years ago, still runs but got tired of dumping oil in it. One day I went to see if a specialty tool was still in the back seat and found a single shot 16 gauge I forgot I owned. Could barely see it from all the dust on it! The tool I needed was there as well. This is why I don't sell my old wore out pickups. That thing is like a time capsule from my younger years.

 

[Kcollins01]

My uncle found 3 brand new a-bolt 300 win mags and a browning bps in his storage room closet. Said he bought them probably 15 years ago on sale and forgot.

 

[JiggyIi]

If finding a gun you forgot you had counts, I've done it a few times. I parked one of my farm pickups a couple years ago, still runs but got tired of dumping oil in it. One day I went to see if a specialty tool was still in the back seat and found a single shot 16 gauge I forgot I owned. Could barely see it from all the dust on it! The tool I needed was there as well. This is why I don't sell my old wore out pickups. That thing is like a time capsule from my younger years.

I'm never without a rifle in the truck

 

[JiggyIi]

Sure wish I would find some primers I didn't know I had.

Found a 5000 box of Winchester WLR I had tucked in the back of my primer Dresser all the other primers blocked it from view, this was last winter, did I ever

 

[med358-boise]

Sure wish I would find some primers I didn't know I had.

You are gonna hate me. Last week I found 2000 LR primers I forgot that I bought 2 years ago

 

[comfisherman]

This thread makes me feel so much better about myself.

I'd never fully admit to loosing a rifle in the house as I'd never hear the end of it from the wife.... but...

Put a rifle in a gun sleeve behind the door in my wife's office. Have absolutely no idea why as my guns usually pile up in pieces and parts all over my office/reloading room. At any rate it was over a year before it was "found".

Went through an unhealthy obsession with 1022s in college. Bi mart would sell base rifles for super cheap... fast forward almost ten years and I was going through the gun box's in my folks barn rafters and one of the empty boxs had an new one in it.

Stashing a rifle and a shotgun in my cabin bought from my grandparents... found a spot that looked good and out of visual... and found 3 guns grandad though he lost in a plane crash in the 80s.


Funniest was a friend who got the best hydro dip job I've ever seen on a duck shotgun. Packing up he set it down and we couldn't find it, went back the next day and still no luck. Mid week we had a heavy frost and my hunch was the sun would warm it faster than the brush surrounding it. We got out right before sun up and about 15 minutes after the sun poked above the horizon there it was leaned up against a bundle of brush where he'd set the bag for collecting decors. It had defrosted faster than the brush and was easier to spot against the white. Turns out there can be camo that's a bit to good.....