Have you ever left a gun at the shooting range?

Have you ever left a gun at the firing range?

  • Yes

    Votes: 14 4.6%

  • No

    Votes: 268 87.6%

  • Witnessed someone who did.

    Votes: 24 7.8%
  • Total voters
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Once I bought a can of snuff and forgot to get it as I left the gas station...

Seriously, I've only ever been to a rifle range once, and that was for my hunter's education. I do all my shooting on private property. I have left a gun at my grandparent's house, though.
 
Guns...

No. But I did leave my sweatshirt at the range. It was a nice one too and was gone when I went back to get it.
 
Not yet, but recently I left my credit card at a fastfood drive-through, so I'm not ruling out the possibility at all. :banghead:
 
I left a range bag behind after a picnic/getotgether shoot at a supervised range a few weeks ago. It contained a 1911, a S&W 65 and an AMT .380 backup.

Before BazookaJoe71 starts berating me for being a worthless irresponsible turd I will say this: There were some mixed signal between the wife and I as to who had the bag. She had pretty much packed up the truck and was ready to go while i was talking to some friends.

After asking her if she grabbed my Green range bag from the firing line she said yes. 125 miles later, while unpacking that yes turned into an "Oh my God, I thought you said the green cooler!"

Luckily, the range staff found it and I picked it up a week later.
 
Not me but I've seen it happen. At a private pond we all shoot at. A friend of ours forgot his $2000 AR. Only certain people can use this range so it was no big deal. Gun was right where he left it, untouched.
 
buck00 said:
fortunately a father and son had saw him leave it and kept the Benelli with them until he returned. Thank goodness there are some Christians left in this world.
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You don't have to be a Christian to do that sort of thing. I have a similar story, that wasn't $1500 involved, but it involved no Christians, and everything was returned to their proper owner.

not to nitpick, but you made it sound like everyone that isn't Christian is evil.
 
Friend of mine left a case with 4 handguns behind at the range. I put them in my truck and was going to call him when I got home to ask him if he was missing anything. He remembered about 2 miles down the road, came back to the range. Didn't say a word but looked around. I asked him what he was looking for. Finally said his guns, had I seen them. I stalled on giving him a answer and watched him blanch. Finally told him I had them safe and watched his color come back. What more fun can an old Sailor have with an old Marine. When loading up from the range is where my OCD kicks in, Check my stuff, check the range, check the stuff again. Then take another look around before leaving.
 
Indeed I have once. It was only a few months ago. It was fully loaded too as I had just reloaded it. I did not even notice it was gone. I came back two weeks later and it was still there. Only empty.










Guess I should mention it was a staple gun. :D .
 
could have been a bad situation...seems there may still be some honest people out there!!!!
 
Never forgot a gun or guns but have left behind a couple of small things.
Worst i have done is leave the bolt at home "here in australia we can't travel with our bolts in the gun" get to the range and what do you know no bang bang for this little black duck.next best was drive 4 hrs up state to do a spot of wild dog shooting with my rem 7600 no way of leaving ya bolt at home with that but don't forget those dam mags single loading is not recommended.lol never a good thing when you for get something of such importance.
 
I've left a can at the range once. Was pretty dark by teh time I was packing up, thought I had everything, and went home. Got home, unpacked, was missing the can, went back to the range with a floodlight;)
 
NOT at the range. However, when I was a kid, I left one in the woods. Had to go back with a flashlight to get it. Never again. I was so embarassed it hurt. My Dad had a good laugh over it.

Mark.
 
Happened to me 2 range trips ago. I had some good buddies with me, one of them had an old .22lr to try out. He also had just bought a new P3AT. On the way out he was showing off his Kel-tec to the RO and she thought it was pretty awsome. Somehow in the fray he forgot to grab the .22lr. Luckily we were just at lunch not far away. Still made me feel like a dumbass since although it was his gun it was MY range and he was MY guest.
 
I've seen someone leave a PPK/s once. I didn't think she had left since the pistol was still there so I didn't pay much attention to it until I left. When I packed up my stuff, I took the pistol w/ me to turn in at the front desk.
Turns out, she was a LEO & that was her BUG but it took her almost 2 weeks to go back & pick it up.
 
I left a BUG in the trunk of a DC police car, and didn't realize I'd done it for a couple days. Fortunately, nobody seemed to notice it until I could get back to it.

I left an M1A on the range at Quantico for about an hour on a blazingly hot day. When I went back for it the fella who picked it up was just a little to cute for my mood.

This sort of thing tends to happen when you break your routine. Develop one, and stick to it. Don't let anybody help you carry your stuff. Carry out what you brung. Always.
 
Always check. Always.

We had a guy at my range who's older and a bit absent-minded. He's got some nice guns (real 1911's, Colt revolvers and such), and we always joke about having to "inspect" his weapons before he goes in. This man is completely to blame for planting lust in my heart for a Colt Python.

Anyhow, he packed up, paid out and left one night. Two "wangstas" had been shooting, and on their way out, one of them had the guy's Hi-Power in his hand (it's hard to miss a hard-chromed Browning original). He was almost to the door before I noticed it. :scrutiny:

Poor guy had left it on the bench, and those jerks were going to walk out with it. Luckily, I managed to intercept it, but yeah, it would've been gone. And that's almost impossible to replace.

Moral of the story: if you lose a gun, chances are, the guy who snatched it has somewhat less than honorable intentions.
 
Not I. I agree with the OCD cleanup practice. My common routine is to carefully pack up everything on my bench, look around to see if anything is not yet put away. Then upon leaving, I'll turn around to make sure that there is nothing that was hiding beneath/around. After I deposit all my things in the trunk of my car, I go back (benches are right next to the parking lot, so it's not a big deal) and look around quickly one more time.
 
Never even came close. I'm paranoid about this. I make sure everything is packed up, then I double and triple check. I'm currently a member of a club and only club members have access to the range and surrounding property. This allows me to pack everything up, put it in the car, then go back an check the area just to make sure. Pretty good bunch overall and I've heard more than one story of somebody who left a weapon behind.
 
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