Folks, I was browsing around on an auction site, looking for Webleys in 455. I found one that the seller had some other interesting guns, so I went to check out all of them. In his other listings (this is for a Dallas TX gun store) I found a custom Cimarron Thunderer that I had built years ago. It was distinctive. I built up a pair of them. I sold them to a friend last December. So after I spotted it, I sent him a message asking him why he sold one of the revolvers. He messaged back that he didn't sell one, that one had been stolen from his house along with 2 other pistols. The thief had left the rest of his guns alone, just took the three. Fortunately, I had the serial number and photos of the gun that was listed on line. I compared the pictures and the patterning of the color case hardening, sort of like a fingerprint, confirmed it was the same gun. I asked my friend if he still had the box, and after some digging, he found that. So he can prove with the serial number, the box, SN and photo I sent him that it is his. Sad part of this story is that he is having a little trouble retrieving it. Oh, it has nothing to do with the fact that he can prove it was the one he bought. It's all about his failure to make a police report on the stolen guns when he discovered them missing. That is holding him up a little right now. He told me he did not report it because his insurance was not going to cover it anyway.
The point here is simple. Always report a lost or stolen firearm. Regardless of whether your insurance will cover the loss, report it to the police immediately. I'm pretty sure he will be able to get it back eventually. But there is a lot more red tape because he did not report it in a timely manner.
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