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Had a fun day at the range today, sighting in my new-to-me 1985 vintage Marlin Model 25, comparing it against my Savage MKII-G and Ruger 10/22 (that's the subject of another thread), and helping out another shooter who has issues with his .22LR pistol...
One of the other shooters was shooting his .22 revolvers, saw that I had a Savage Bolt action, and we got to discussing them, I mentioned that I wasn't happy with my Savage today, and was thinking of trading it and perhaps picking up a <higher end model>.
He said "I have one of those in my car, hold on, I'll go get it and you can try it"
He brings back a soft case containing a <data redacted> in .17HMR, I haven't shot .17HMR, so I was looking forward to it
He had the gun modded with an aftermarket trigger that was set with a one pound pull, you just think and it goes off, great gun, I shot a few one-holers with it, he tossed me a half box of ammo (20 rounds or so left) and said to finish it up, I finished up the rounds, complimented him on such a great gun, and put it back in the case for him setting it in the next stall over and letting him know I was all done with it, going back to my Marlin and Ruger rifles
As I was shooting, he decided he had had his fill of shooting for the day, and packed up to leave, then drove off to the gun store about 15 miles away
A couple minutes later, one of the other shooters walks over and asks me "did that guy just leave his gun behind?"
I looked over in the next stall, and sure enough, there was the soft case with the <data redacted>, he had left the range and forgotten his rifle!
Unfortunately, no one knows his phone number or e-mail address
So, the other guy takes my phone number down, and heads to the gunstore to see if he can track him down, a few minutes later, he calls, saying he couldn't find him, I stay at the range for a half hour or so beyond my normal time, waiting for him to show up or call, nothing, it's like he's vanished
So, I put up a note on the corkboard in the shooting hut, telling him to contact me, that he left his rifle behind, that I'm holding it for safe keeping (I left it deliberately vague, to root out scammer attempts) and he needs to pick it up ASAP
I also sent an email to the president of the range, with the same info, hoping that he can either get me the guy's contact info or contact me directly, if I don't hear from the owner by tomorrow, I'll try contacting <club name removed> directly and see if I can drop his rifle off with a club official for safekeeping, I don't like being the caretaker of another person's gun, but leaving it at the range was also *NOT* an option
What would you do in this situation? you're at the range, and discover another shooter has left their gun behind and you have no way of immediately contacting them
One of the other shooters was shooting his .22 revolvers, saw that I had a Savage Bolt action, and we got to discussing them, I mentioned that I wasn't happy with my Savage today, and was thinking of trading it and perhaps picking up a <higher end model>.
He said "I have one of those in my car, hold on, I'll go get it and you can try it"
He brings back a soft case containing a <data redacted> in .17HMR, I haven't shot .17HMR, so I was looking forward to it
He had the gun modded with an aftermarket trigger that was set with a one pound pull, you just think and it goes off, great gun, I shot a few one-holers with it, he tossed me a half box of ammo (20 rounds or so left) and said to finish it up, I finished up the rounds, complimented him on such a great gun, and put it back in the case for him setting it in the next stall over and letting him know I was all done with it, going back to my Marlin and Ruger rifles
As I was shooting, he decided he had had his fill of shooting for the day, and packed up to leave, then drove off to the gun store about 15 miles away
A couple minutes later, one of the other shooters walks over and asks me "did that guy just leave his gun behind?"
I looked over in the next stall, and sure enough, there was the soft case with the <data redacted>, he had left the range and forgotten his rifle!
Unfortunately, no one knows his phone number or e-mail address
So, the other guy takes my phone number down, and heads to the gunstore to see if he can track him down, a few minutes later, he calls, saying he couldn't find him, I stay at the range for a half hour or so beyond my normal time, waiting for him to show up or call, nothing, it's like he's vanished
So, I put up a note on the corkboard in the shooting hut, telling him to contact me, that he left his rifle behind, that I'm holding it for safe keeping (I left it deliberately vague, to root out scammer attempts) and he needs to pick it up ASAP
I also sent an email to the president of the range, with the same info, hoping that he can either get me the guy's contact info or contact me directly, if I don't hear from the owner by tomorrow, I'll try contacting <club name removed> directly and see if I can drop his rifle off with a club official for safekeeping, I don't like being the caretaker of another person's gun, but leaving it at the range was also *NOT* an option
What would you do in this situation? you're at the range, and discover another shooter has left their gun behind and you have no way of immediately contacting them
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