This happened to me as well. I was living in south Louisiana at the time and bought a late war Arisaka type 99 from Cabelas Gun Library in Gonzales LA.
A couple weeks later I get a call from a detective with the Ascension Parrish Sheriffs office asking if I bought the rifle and if I still had it. Turns out a women stole and sold a bunch of her ex boyfriends guns after he cheated on her while he was out of the country working. He reported them stolen when he returned back from abroad and realized they were gone.
The detective asked if I would meet him at the store a couple days later to return the rifle which I did. The detective was really cool about it all. I gave him the rifle and end of story.
The gun library manager was embarrassed and gave me a $250 gift card for my troubles. I ended up buying a S&W model 66-2 6” with the gift card that day.
A couple weeks later I get a call from a detective with the Ascension Parrish Sheriffs office asking if I bought the rifle and if I still had it. Turns out a women stole and sold a bunch of her ex boyfriends guns after he cheated on her while he was out of the country working. He reported them stolen when he returned back from abroad and realized they were gone.
The detective asked if I would meet him at the store a couple days later to return the rifle which I did. The detective was really cool about it all. I gave him the rifle and end of story.
The gun library manager was embarrassed and gave me a $250 gift card for my troubles. I ended up buying a S&W model 66-2 6” with the gift card that day.
