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Stolen Gun
jim50
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Hello All.
The following pistol was stolen in Columbus, Georgia on or about the 15th of April, 2009;
Ruger Blackhawk revolver .45LC, 4 5/8" barrel, sn# 47-94886. This gun is blued but features a custom 5-shot stainless steel non-fluted cylinder. There is also a custom "Bisley" style grip frame and exotic hardwood grips.
Please contact the Columbus GA PD @ (706)653-3400 or 3424 or the owner Mr. Bill "B.J." Snow at (706)576-4390.
Thanks!
vr,
"IrisM"
The following pistol was stolen in Columbus, Georgia on or about the 15th of April, 2009;
Ruger Blackhawk revolver .45LC, 4 5/8" barrel, sn# 47-94886. This gun is blued but features a custom 5-shot stainless steel non-fluted cylinder. There is also a custom "Bisley" style grip frame and exotic hardwood grips.
Please contact the Columbus GA PD @ (706)653-3400 or 3424 or the owner Mr. Bill "B.J." Snow at (706)576-4390.
Thanks!
vr,
"IrisM"
Comments
Reward for stolen gun .
Charter Arms Bulldog ,45 Cal ,double barrell revolver .
Thinking about chipping in a few bucks just to see it !![;)]
I called the seller(a very large one on GunBroker)and the seller told me that there would be NO refund and I should be a big boy and eat the 2800 dollar loss.Seller says you own the gun when the auction closes so tough stuff.
Don't know what to do next.Any advice would be well appreciated.
Has anyone had anything like this happen on GunBroker?
The serial number is A 295562. It was stolen from the rural Terre Haute, In. area. Probably on it's way to Chicago by now.
Was it a hand gun or rifle?
take a gun back or have records of stolen guns the police does .
something DOES NOT SOUND RIGHT [V]
I contacted support yesterday and opened a new issue.I have not heard back yet.
Trust me it can take a while it won't happen over night you will just have to be patient.
This rifle never should have been through an FFL in the first place.
Stupid thief.
Brad Steele
also if you are a ffl. and its your rep. on the line wouldn't you get persons info you bought the guns from and also do a back ground check on the guns you just took in to see if they were clean?
as an individual I have bought private sale guns and sold them here. I could see that happening in that situation. I didn't get sellers info or do a BG check on the fire arm.
guess I should in the future.
I would be interested in knowing what is GB policy or recomendation would be in such cases.
personally I would have offered 1/2 refund since I didn't know.
He seems quite a bit brighter than that. [;)]
That seller should just piss on the fire and call in the dogs, I do believe the hunt is over.
W.D.
I don't know what specific laws apply to guns or FFLs selling across state lines but on any other merchandise you're screwed and that's experience speaking on that one. Cops and prosecutors DON'T CARE if you get ripped off in an Internet sale. They will do NOTHING. Trying to sue across state lines is a loser, too.
Too old to live...too young to die...
I'v been here myself.
The RIGHT thing to do id reimburse you. But good luck making him.
Check on the gun first? I don't think so; this isn't a firearm, it's an "antique". It wouldn't be on the stolen gun data base, it's not a gun. The 1873 TD was made 1873-1877.
Neal
It wasn't that this buyer BOUGHT a "confiscated gun". The seller SOLD an alleged stolen gun.
Dealer owes a refund.
1. Perp steals several guns from one gun owner, one of which is the antique trap door. Others are probably modern.
2. Perp sells guns one way or another.
3. Owner reports guns stolen. Only modern guns go into database.
4. Somewhere, somehow, the modern guns get noticed as stolen. Should the seller be blamed? Well, maybe he really did check on the guns he bought and at the time they came up clean. Maybe he didn't check. Who knows?
5. After those guns were noticed as stolen, he says, "Yeah, and I sold one to guy X on GunBroker last week, here's where it was shipped."
We don't know that the seller wasn't above board or didn't do due dilligence, nor do we know that he was/did.
Or:
1. All guns stolen were antiques.
2. As such the seller (then buying) didn't log them in.
3. Only because (for some reason) the gun went through an FFL did it come up as stolen.
Who knows?
It could be that all parties behaved according to law and someone is just out $2800. Could be that the seller was a dirtbag. Could be the transfer dealer just stole the gun.
Will be interested to know if this gets resolved in your favor.
What is this "WE"? He purchased the firearms to resell. His big problem if he is receiving stolen goods. GB should suspend this moron immediately. I would go to the Post office and ask if the money orders can be stop payment. IF that dealer cashed them after BATFE notified him the guns were hot.. See if the Post office can tell you when they were cashed.
So the dealer Knew.. that some he purchased were stolen yet went ahead and listed and sold this one anyway. I would call that conversion.. taking and reselling property with knowledge it was stolen.
Would be interesting to know what he paid for stolen guns and how close your $ 2,800.00 comes to making up his loss.
Brad Steele