So you're hiking thru the woods and you see...

I'd probably figure it belonged to FUD. With his luck he could lose a rifle in some state he's never even been in, lol

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Happens more often than you would think, except it is usually a shotgun laying on the edge of a road, leaned against a fence, or laying in the entrance to a field. It seems that at least once or twice a year I see ads in a local paper or flyers tacked up in the gas stations about a lost gun. Seems a few guys get too busy loading up the dogs and gear, admiring their birds, etc, and forget that they left the shotgun leaning against the side of their vehicle or whatever, get in and drive away, not realizing their major f**k-up until they get to their next hunting place, home, or wherever they are headed. I don't think think too many of them ever get their guns back.
bergie
 
It depends, unfortunately, on the local poltical situation.
In most Missouri counties, I would turn it in to the local Sherif's department with the understanding that they would either be the most logical place for the owner to check or, if not, that they would dispose of it in accordance with their procedures (not destroy it), maybe even give it back to me in a year or two.
In places where you cannot trust the police, I would keep my ear open for the rightful owner, but most likely I would have a new gun to do with as I please. It stands to reason, that if the gun had in fact been used in a crime, the police and residents of such areas would never recover the evidence that they must be looking for. I have no sympathy for them, they made their own problems and must live with it.
I take it that there are whole states like this now (New York, New Jersey, California).

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Keep it! If you feel a guilt trip for some unforseen reason, run an ad in their local paper for one week only. Require the owner, if he/she calls, to describe it in detail and give you the complete serial number.
 
I agree ... this definitely depends on the location. No way would I trust our local 'authorities' to deal with this in an honest manner. That's a shame, but too many in 'public service' have taught us well when it comes to trusting them.

In a small, rural area, I'd make a few local inquiries. In an area like Phoenix ... I'd have a new firearm. The alternative would probably be to hear it had been destroyed, or simply expropriated by the local LEO's ... they might mix it up with their booty from the War on Some Drugs.

Regards from AZ
 
I'll stay with my own chunk of real world, knowing that FUD hasn't been there. I'd tell the local constable and Terlingua Ranch Hq that I had found it and that I was holding it for the owner. As I understand Texas law, I'm within my rights.

In the interim, I'd probably clean it and use it some. If nobody called in whining about their foolishness, I'd obey the ancient dictum: "Finders, keepers; losers, weepers."

:), Art
 
Hey, you guys found my Stoner SR-25. Can I please have it back? Pretty please??? I found it in the swamps of Florida. FUD probably left it there but the alligators ate it. When I shot the alligator, I found FUD's rifle in its belly along with the ghost ;)
 
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