Anyone ever “just find a gun”

[GunsNstuff]

So I was reading some INGO posts a moment ago, and saw one about pocket knives. I thought I’ve got one of those. So I went looking for the belt it’s on. Lo and behold I found a gun I haven’t seen in about …. well I don’t know when, I’d forgotten all about it. I think I got it out last summer to do some plinking it’s clean so I must have set it aside after cleaning it and never put it back in the hidey spot. Yay for me, I’ve got a new gun.

I lost a single action 22lr/22mag revolver for a few years and a single shot 12 gauge shotgun that was made sometime around 1910. I had no idea where I had put them, but I knew I still had them. Just couldn't figure out what I had done with them. I finally found them in a tote that had my chronograph and some bullet molds. I have no idea why I put them there, but that's where they were. In a tote that was tucked away with some hunting equipment that I don't use anymore. I think I planned on restoring the guns but then forgot all about them. I have since restored the revolver. Well, I took it apart, sandblasted it and Cerakoted it and it's a nice looking, good shooting gun again. The shotgun I still haven't shot it or restored it yet.

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

So far, none that haven't also required opening my wallet, but I'm still hoping

 

[Mottie]

I was helping my Dad remodel his house. We were taking the wall down to the studs. Inside we found a snub nose revolver dismantled in a cloth bag.

 

[Squid556]

Did I ever find a gun?

You mean like a top open .32 revolver that was wedged in the studs behind the shelf above the workbench in an old home I bought?

Nope, never found one

Odd we have a similar story. Close friend of mine was remodeling a house and found a 32 caliber break top revolver hidden in the wall




We never could find any 32 shorts to feed it. It made for a fun conversation piece and “fidget spinner” for a couple of teenage boys.

 

[Mij]

I’ve heard several of the found in the wall stories, even have a relationship to one myself. While not me, I once bought a Colts Woodsman in the box w wrapping and original test target from a neighbor that said he found said beauty in the wall of his mom’s house. During renovation. Alas I was very young, and I believe just or about to become married. About 1982’ish, I needed money for my brides Christmas present and sold the gun for ~300 +/-. I’ve always regretted that sale, but justified it for the gift it provided. Heavy sigh.

 

[Colt556]

I’ve found guns in the safe or stash spots I had “forgotten “ I had but never just found a gun out in the wild.

 

[Mij]

I’ve found guns in the safe or stash spots I had “forgotten “ I had but never just found a gun out in the wild.

That’s actually what happened to me. Went looking for a belt and knife and ran into a stashed away plinker, I kinda felt like the guy that finds a 20 dollar bill in an old jacket hanging in the closet.

 

[Colt556]

That’s actually what happened to me. Went looking for a belt and knife and ran into a stashed away plinker, I kinda felt like the guy that finds a 20 dollar bill in an old jacket hanging in the closet.

Whenever I find money in a jacket or Jean pocket I feel rich!!!!