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For sure! There was three rounds of Federal FMJ with it when I got it back so that must have been what he used. When it was taken, the mag was full of Hydra-Shoks. Good thing for Dirtbag #2 that Dirtbag #1 decided to change ammo. 
Paul
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Outside Austin here there's a gun store "Storied Firearms".
They like know the story on guns they sell. Guns like this.
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For sure! There was three rounds of Federal FMJ with it when I got it back so that must have been what he used. When it was taken, the mag was full of Hydra-Shoks. Good thing for Dirtbag #2 that Dirtbag #1 decided to change ammo. Yeah. I bet a Hydra-Shok would leave a much larger exit hole.
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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Usually stolen firearms change hands a few times before they surface.
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Outside Austin here there's a gun store "Storied Firearms".
They like know the story on guns they sell. Guns like this. Maybe I should contact them as I have no need for this one anymore.
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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Cool. Maybe I'll see my Dan Wesson model 15 357 again. It's been 11 years.
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Brother had a Browning Double Auto stolen out of the back window gun rack of his truck once. Three or four years later he went out to go to work one morning and there if was on the seat of the truck...a little beat up but okay.
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Brother had a Browning Double Auto stolen out of the back window gun rack of his truck once. Three or four years later he went out to go to work one morning and there if was on the seat of the truck...a little beat up but okay. Guilt will do a helluva thing to a good man.
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It's good that you got it back but terrible that it took 2 1/2 years to get it.
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Bigbuck,
Thanks for sharing your story. It is nice to get a piece of good news for a change.
My brother's several firearms, including a nice Savage 99 in 300 Savage were stolen in about 1971. None of them have ever turned up. My brother checked with the police every couple of years for over 30 years with no results.
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Someone I know got a gun back after 21 years. It came from someone he suspected all along, but LE had no reason to search the guy or his house all of those years.
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Ivan,
I am sure that is the one you were telling me about...
Glad it had a happy ending and you got your firearm returned....
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A friend had a quad stolen. 11 years later we're going down a state highway and low and behold it was on the side of the highway for sale. Knew it was his cause it had been crashed so he had to put aftermarket plastic on it that didn't fit well. He had to modify the back rack a bit to make it fit. We went back to his place got his old registration and called the Sheriff. He barely wanted it back it had been beaten to almost death in that decade
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Milo, I am just as surprised as anyone at how this all played out. My PO friend is one of a very small percentage of LEOs that know anything at all about firearms, I think, and he is very knowledgeable. He had entered the serial number in his computer and said as soon as he noticed that it was a .45 cal Kahr, he checked the number and was very surprised!
That was December 20th of 2014 so it stayed in their evidence room until now. 22 months but I really didn't care as I have a backup or two that filled the gap during it's absence. The dirt bag had it for about seven months and I am very surprised that it stayed in the area. I have tried to keep up with the court proceedings but haven't seen a thing about how it ended up for him.
Miracles do happen!
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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Ivan,
I am sure that is the one you were telling me about...
Glad it had a happy ending and you got your firearm returned.... That would be the one, John. Did you ever hook up with Ingwe?
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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Damn good news BigBuck, glad you got your 45 cal Corrector back. 
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yeah he denied it for obvious reason...
but yeah I got an audience with the Campfire's Pope of Montana....
when I gave a generous donation of course...
it was a wonderful time as was our time at dinner in Billings...
every campfire member needs to get out and meet other campfire members as I had the opportunity to do...it was VERY VERY rewarding!
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Funny,
According to a bunch of guys both here and elsewhere on the internet, the .45 is so powerful it only takes a single hit to put a bad guy down, and any limbs hit with it are likely toast.
That is the standard argument about why an 8 shot 1911 is so much better than a 9mm with a 15-17 round magazine.
classic!
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Just goes to show that the hit has to be in or near the right place, huh.
Several years ago three dirt bags hid under tables at the gun show, thinking they were going to make a real haul and might have but the promoter had three fellows as guards. Might have worked but when the guards awakened, the gunfight got started. One DB took six 230 FMJs thru his upper torso but one that hit him in the side of the head was the one that put him down. Instead of LEO dragging him off to a nearby field, they got him all patched up and pumped six units of blood in him. His girl friend tried suing the promoter for using excessive force!
The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.
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I wonder how many stolen firearms could be recovered if dealers had an easy access to the registry of stolen firearms and actually used it? The way it is around here it could be traded in 100 times and nobody would know that it was stolen.
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