A Muzzle Loader Found at the Savage River Range 10/09/16

[POP57]

Good job trying to get the gun back to its owner. Seems I recall another thread earlier this year about a left behind long gun at that same range or maybe Green Ridge.

https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=198368

 

[wilcam47]

The only time a similar thing happened to me unfolded like this: I found a S&W M39 9mm left behind at the range by a shooter who I had briefly said hi to earlier- no idea as to his identity. I took the pistol home, cleaned it, and then went around to all the gun shops and sporting goods stores in the area (York,PA) describing the gun and its owner as best I could. To make a long story short, it paid off and I was able to get the gun back into the forgetful owner's hands. Three months later was an item in the local news where a woman shot her husband with his 9mm and finished him off by bludgeoning him with a champagne bottle. You guessed it- it was my guy and the same M39 I returned to his possession.

Unintended consequences...

Final destination...sometimes you cant escape destiny...

It would be nice to get it back to its owner. I would have posted a sign at the range saying who had it. The owner probably wont realize its gone till the next time he goes to shoot.

 

[Uncle Duke]

If that BP rifle was fired, the owner probably would have thought to clean it, and now knows he left it behind. If the rifle wasn't fired, and was instead just one of a group of guns taken to the range, it could be months or more before the owner even knows it's missing.

Good on OP to do the right thing. There's thankfully a few such folks left. Damned few it seems, but maybe that's the skeptic in me. One thing for sure.....If that were my rifle, I'd be sick about having lost it.

 

[MikeTF]

October 20th = the start of muzzleloader season in MD. I suspect that at the latest, that's when the owner will discover it is missing.

 

[wilcam47]

October 20th = the start of muzzleloader season in MD. I suspect that at the latest, that's when the owner will discover it is missing.

Not necessarily...some people dont hunt...just target shoot. To each his own.

 

[StickShaker]

I recall hearing about someone leaving a rifle behind at Elk Neck a while back. I don't remember if I ever heard the outcome of that one.

I hope that if I ever make a mistake like that, someone with integrity (like J8064) finds it and tries to get it back to me.

 

[StickShaker]

https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=198368

Yep, that's it. Park Ranger mentioned Savage River in his post so I think it's the same range which seems kind of bizarre. I wonder if it's the same dude starting to loose his sharpness or maybe a widow spreading some good karma. The first two rifles also ended up at MSP in McHenry.

 

[RDF5186]

Can never go wrong doing the right thing. High Five OP


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[MikeTF]

Not necessarily...some people dont hunt...just target shoot. To each his own.

Yup, you're right. It could have been a civil war reenactment rifle. I shouldn't have made that assumption.

 

[K31]

I think it's too much soy in the diet.

 

[outrider58]

I think it's too much soy in the diet.

(snickering emogi)

 

[K31]

(snickering emogi)

Seriously I read that processed soy products can cause forgetfulness shortly after you've eaten them.

 

[Alan3413]

Soy will make you grow man-boobs.

 

[travistheone]

soy increases estrogen levels and we all know that women are forgetful

 

[Tomcat]

The rifle has been returned to it's owner Good job Hooligan's

 

[MikeTF]

The rifle has been returned to it's owner Good job Hooligan's

Fantastic News!

 

[Sticky]

The rifle has been returned to it's owner Good job Hooligan's

Most excellent! Well done and I admire your honesty, we should all be like this.

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

Dare I say karma will follow?

 

[scout6]

The rifle has been returned to it's owner Good job Hooligan's

Awesome job, so glad there are still decent folk in the world.

soy increases estrogen levels and we all know that women are forgetful

You're kidding right? Are you married? lol, my wife reminds me often of mistakes, forgets, perceived wrongdoings, misspeaks, whatnots, from the day we met till now, 17+ years later. They forget NOTHING!

 

[Park ranger]

The rifle has been returned to it's owner Good job Hooligan's

Very good news.