Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Ever buy something you suspect was stolen?

Not a chance because it was stolen from someone that worked for it.

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I've never purposely tried to buy stolen stuff. But back when I lived in the city, I cruised pawn shops pretty regular. Half the crap in my shop was probably hot at some point. Bought plenty off the classified sites, too. I'm a sucker for a too good to be true deal.

But the one that takes the cake was this:

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The first 5 times I called, the phone was busy. Then a dude answered and said it was still available. I met him in a PetSmart parking lot. I had the cash in one pocket and my HK in the other, sure I was being set-up. The spotter and tripod were in a Manfrotto bag he pulled out of his beater Pathfinder. I don't think I even looked in the bag before I handed over the cash and jumped in my truck, watching my six the whole time.

Should I feel guilt every time I look through that HD glass? Probably, I practically stole it.

He'll no, I also hate a thief.

No

I don’t think so

I don’t think I have. You got anything?

No

Bought a Springfield xdm many years ago. Guy was weird, not dangerous, just off. He claimed it was his father's gun and he was gifted it and didn't want it anymore. I paid a fair price. Not sure about that one to this day.

Had a guy tell me that he was walking into a gun show several years ago and a guy walked up to him and wanted to sell him a very nice Ruger #1 for a very cheap price. He said the whole situation made him very uncomfortable and he told the guy he wasnt interested.

I bought a bunch of guns from a guy who was moving to a Caribbean country where he couldn't own them. He shipped them to my FFL, but a Ruger Blackhawk 44 Magnum didn't pass the check on my end- - - -turns out it was reported stolen- - - -from a police property room in Portland Oregon! The local cops took possession of it and I never even saw the thing! Knowing what I do now about the detective who picked it up, I have my doubts that it ever made it back to Oregon. About 10 other guns were delivered with no problems.

I've had schit stolen so I ain't in the stolen goods business.

Not knowingly. I’ve been on the other side of that too many times.

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VarmintGuy

Having had a boat stolen while I was deployed to Afghanistan, I’m a firm believer the thief’s are in a he same class as murderers and rapists.

They should be strung up from the nearest light post or power pole.

Death without parole for thieves.

I bought a professional 1/4” 2-track Otari tape machine for my studio from a guy in Tennesee. It arrived with the serial number removed. He stopped answering his phone. I called the police in the city it was shipped from. They didn’t have any reports of a stolen tape machine. I never heard anything. 15 years later when I closed the studio, I sold it on eBay with FULL disclosure. At least the next buyer didn’t get a nasty surprise, and also got a significant discount.

Home Depot is working with DeWalt on a requirement that power tools be electronically registered, using Bluetooth technology, to enable the tool to work. If it’s stolen before it’s registered, it’ll never work. Home Depot will do the registration following the sale. I expect this to be the norm with all retailers in the near future. Until the thieves figure out a way around it….

No I have not knowingly bought something that I thought was stolen.

.....................Same here. Although about 40 years ago I purchased a complete bed assembly for a late model Ford F-150 from a guy I didn't know that well. It was mint and priced decent so I bought it. He told me it came from an insurance wreck where the front end of the truck was hit and the bed was undamaged. About a year or two later I began hearing stuff about him selling stuff for somebody else who was stripping stolen vehicles. I don't have solid proof but was hearing stuff here and there about it. Sometimes you never know.

Four years ago our shop got broken into…. We lost every chain saw, blower and small engine power tool we bought since we started the company in 08. We had all the purchase receipts with serial numbers, I checked with local pawn shops and adds on craigslist …not one ever turned up-kind of a sore spot with me so No never !!