Thieves Steal Olympian's Shotgun
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AZAndy
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Howard Roark
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I hope she gets it back O.K. It'll turn up in a local pawn shop!
Another story along the same line: A friend of mine was a gunsmith for the USAMU for 17 years. One year they were working at an Olympic tryout in LA. A set of their Perazzi shotgun barrels didn't make it from the plane to baggage claim when they got there. Well, Stealing firearms or parts of firearms from uncle sugar is a big no no. After the FBI showed up and started sweating the airline personnel the barrels mysteriously appeared in an ARMY tent at the event.
Another story along the same line: A friend of mine was a gunsmith for the USAMU for 17 years. One year they were working at an Olympic tryout in LA. A set of their Perazzi shotgun barrels didn't make it from the plane to baggage claim when they got there. Well, Stealing firearms or parts of firearms from uncle sugar is a big no no. After the FBI showed up and started sweating the airline personnel the barrels mysteriously appeared in an ARMY tent at the event.
Or, more likely, the police will eventually find it with the barrels chopped down to 6" or the like...
Cause the type to steal a shotgun like that RARELY realize what they have...
Not to blame the victim, but I just don't leave firearms in my vehicle, locked or not.
I hope it's recovered intact.
I hope it's recovered intact.
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Makattak,
LOL, can just picture this beautiful Italian O/U chopped down to 6" bbl, buttstock of beautiful burl chucked away for a pistol grip. $20,000 shotgun now knocking over liquor stores for $211.38 a pop.
LOL, can just picture this beautiful Italian O/U chopped down to 6" bbl, buttstock of beautiful burl chucked away for a pistol grip. $20,000 shotgun now knocking over liquor stores for $211.38 a pop.
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I never understood expensive shotguns. Do they work any better than a Mossberg or Benelli? Or are people just paying for the art, or is it some conspicuous consumption where trap shooters can demonstrate how much money they have to others that might give a damn?
Expensive rifles tend to be more accurate to a point, but whats the benefit to an expensive shotgun?
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Expensive rifles tend to be more accurate to a point, but whats the benefit to an expensive shotgun?
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LOL!!! I knew that Coke machine joke would get on this tread.
It's expensive because it's custom made for an olympian.
Besides, I think Olympian guns are exampt of certain laws...surprised that she didn't carry it with her.
It's expensive because it's custom made for an olympian.
Besides, I think Olympian guns are exampt of certain laws...surprised that she didn't carry it with her.
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Competiton shotguns are shot more than almost any other firearm in it's lifetime. A regular shotgun is in the factory a couple of days start to finish, mass production with mass tolerances made as cheaply as they think they can get away with. High grade shotguns are hand crafted and fitted from high quality metal and woods. Simply stated there is nothing left to rebuild on a "normal" shotgun after 500,000 rounds if it lasts that long. I am not refering to the cost of hundreds of hours of engraving, just utility grade competitions shotguns.
The AMU has a Perrazi that has over 1,000,000 documented rounds fired through it. Yes, it has had parts replaced but still mostly origional. Perrazi offered Burl Branham the then coach of the shotgun section a trade for a brand new shotgun so they could put it in their museum. Burl would not trade it.
>>I never understood expensive shotguns. Do they work any better than a Mossberg or Benelli?<<
Yes. Much better.
Kim shoots 1,000 rounds a day when in training. 1,000 rounds of high-velocity international loads.
Few shotguns will stand up to that kind of use.
Yes. Much better.
Kim shoots 1,000 rounds a day when in training. 1,000 rounds of high-velocity international loads.
Few shotguns will stand up to that kind of use.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=300550
This was the story I immediately thought of when I read this...
High rounds counts yes. However, you don't have to spend $20,000 to get something that'll take a pounding. Probably about $2000 and up though.
Hard lesson could be avoided, but..
*I have to agree here, as well..
In a perfect world, no such worries about leaving one's prized, trophy-shotgun, and IIRC, one's Silver Medal, in one's locked car, while going into te Mall to buy some shoes..
What was she thinking..? Or more to the point, why was she not thinking..?
I liken "leaving guns in a locked car while one is gone for awhile and out of sight of one's car" right up there with leaving a loaded gun lying around with young children in the house running around unsupervised, or not.
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*I have to agree here, as well..
In a perfect world, no such worries about leaving one's prized, trophy-shotgun, and IIRC, one's Silver Medal, in one's locked car, while going into te Mall to buy some shoes..
What was she thinking..? Or more to the point, why was she not thinking..?
I liken "leaving guns in a locked car while one is gone for awhile and out of sight of one's car" right up there with leaving a loaded gun lying around with young children in the house running around unsupervised, or not.
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Same here. The only time I'm not in the vehicle with the guns inside is when I stop to pump gas.
I wouldn't be surprised, either.
I once saw a "rifle" that had been confiscated from a gangsta in L.A., a Weatherby (original action) in .300 Weath. Mag., that the gangsta had stolen from a home.
He'd cut the barrel back to the end of the forearm and the stock off at the pistol grip! (I've always wanted to watch that gangsta shoot that baby one-handed.
)L.W.
Being an multi-winning Olympic athelete, wouldn't she have enough money to buy a locking Tonneau cover for the bed of the truck?
After all, theived are more likely to break into a car if they see some goodies inside. If it's locked away unseen in the trunk or under the tonneau cover, then most theives would pass it by. After all, why risk getting caught breaking into an empty trunk?
However, a gun case in the back seat is easy money for a desperate theif. Ten seconds and a brick will get them a fist full of crack rocks.
After all, theived are more likely to break into a car if they see some goodies inside. If it's locked away unseen in the trunk or under the tonneau cover, then most theives would pass it by. After all, why risk getting caught breaking into an empty trunk?
However, a gun case in the back seat is easy money for a desperate theif. Ten seconds and a brick will get them a fist full of crack rocks.
A little explaining about car thieves in LA is important here...
During my college years near LA, I drove a Jeep Cherokee. The rear windows were tinted to the point that it was impossible to see inside. The first time my car got vandalized, I had basically my life possessions in there. The thieves went ahead and stole the whole car for that job. If you can imagine everything you own suddenly gone, that's how I felt at the time. Three days later, the cops recovered my car, and insurance rebuilt it to good as new. All my possessions (including my computer) were gone of course.
After that incident, I never kept anything of value in my Jeep. Nevertheless, thieves vandalized my car three times after the first incident. Their tool of choice was a brick. How dare I have the audacity not to allow anybody to see inside! By the way, the car was situated in a relatively good neighborhood. It's just that car thieves in LA don't operate by a code of decency and logic. They only respond to strength, period.
During my college years near LA, I drove a Jeep Cherokee. The rear windows were tinted to the point that it was impossible to see inside. The first time my car got vandalized, I had basically my life possessions in there. The thieves went ahead and stole the whole car for that job. If you can imagine everything you own suddenly gone, that's how I felt at the time. Three days later, the cops recovered my car, and insurance rebuilt it to good as new. All my possessions (including my computer) were gone of course.
After that incident, I never kept anything of value in my Jeep. Nevertheless, thieves vandalized my car three times after the first incident. Their tool of choice was a brick. How dare I have the audacity not to allow anybody to see inside! By the way, the car was situated in a relatively good neighborhood. It's just that car thieves in LA don't operate by a code of decency and logic. They only respond to strength, period.
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Somewhere I have pictures of that shotgun.....Kim put on a shooting exhibition with her father at our club. She would hang upside down shooting skeet with her legs draped over her dads shoulders. Very nice people....hope she gets it back.
Here's one pic I found....
Here's one pic I found....
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I used to talk to her father all the time. Years ago i used to work at an auto parts store in El Monte. Her father used to restore cars. He would come in all the time bringing in pictures and photo albums of Kim. I met her when she was 12. Very nice people. What the heck was she thinking of when she left the gun in her truck.
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Recoil is mild. The loads contain slightly less than 7/8 oz of shot and target shotguns are pigs.
Recoil is mild. The loads contain slightly less than 7/8 oz of shot and target shotguns are pigs.
OK, OK, probably not the best choice to leave the gun in the truck. But it was her gun, locked inside her truck (presumably) and it's still the fault of the slug who took it.
Also, someone asked whether a "multi-winning athlete" shouldn't have lots of money. You do realize they don't give big cash prizes at the Olympics, right? I doubt she got rich winning medals.
Also, someone asked whether a "multi-winning athlete" shouldn't have lots of money. You do realize they don't give big cash prizes at the Olympics, right? I doubt she got rich winning medals.
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