Timbermaster: No never lost one but have "found" quite a few!
Most all of those "found" guns were in connection with police investigations.
I did "misplace" a Rifle once during a move. It was a M-1 Carbine and the VarmintWife was "helping" me put up my guns in my new gun vault room.
She thought one Rifle case was empty and put that soft Rifle case at the bottom of what became a large stack of other "empty" gun cases.
Years and years go by and I can NOT find that M-1 Carbine. I eventually convinced myself I must have sold it.
More years go by and I need a "short" Rifle case - through my large stack of cases I go and discovered the missing M-1 Carbine. Glad I did as I sold that Carbine and a box of military tracer ammo (along with several original new in wrappers military magazines) for $875.00 at the Missoula Gunshow.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy