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There wasn't a forum titled "how stupid am I?" so I figured I'd post this here. While getting ready to go deer hunting on Nov 17, I discovered my rifle had been stolen. The only opportunity for it to go missing was when I had a contractor refinishing the floors in my house in Sept. I had moved my gun safe to the garage and I didn't put all of the guns back inside. I have not been able to track down the serial number and don't remember the vendor at the gun show where I bought it about 14 years ago. The rifle was a Ruger M77 stainless .270 with a black Swift scope and stainless rings.
Stay tuned...it gets better.
I remembered the name of one of the hands that worked for the contractor...the wife does a little detective work on the computer and finds him on the Oklahoma Court system website. Felony burglary and possession of stolen property. Go figure.
I didn't think twice about leaving these guys alone in my house because the contractor was a friend of my son-in-law. I don't think for a minute that the contractor was aware of what happened, but it just goes to show you should never be complacent about such things.
I have filed a report with the County Sheriffs office.
I've attached the only photo I had of the rifle. If you run across it, I would certainly appreciate a heads up.
I have since taken photos of View attachment 1719my remaining firearms and recorded all the serial numbers. I know...like closing the gate after the cows out of the barn....
Stay tuned...it gets better.
I remembered the name of one of the hands that worked for the contractor...the wife does a little detective work on the computer and finds him on the Oklahoma Court system website. Felony burglary and possession of stolen property. Go figure.
I didn't think twice about leaving these guys alone in my house because the contractor was a friend of my son-in-law. I don't think for a minute that the contractor was aware of what happened, but it just goes to show you should never be complacent about such things.
I have filed a report with the County Sheriffs office.
I've attached the only photo I had of the rifle. If you run across it, I would certainly appreciate a heads up.
I have since taken photos of View attachment 1719my remaining firearms and recorded all the serial numbers. I know...like closing the gate after the cows out of the barn....
