Bad story with a somewhat funny twist.
My favorite gun store, for whom I work from time to time to help support my "gun habit", got robbed Sunday night. Seems that two or three fellows in dire need of firearms tossed a big brick through a window, climbed over a steel grate, stole 4 or 5 rifles that were secured to the wall with wire rope, and climbed back out. Yes, that sucks out loud.
The thing is, they stole a bunch of Romak-991's (that's an AK variant that only takes a 10-round, single-stack magazine for those who don't recognize it) worth about $200 each. Sitting right next to those rifles on the rack was a Steyr AUG, a national match M1A with stainless barrel and synthetic stock, a Norinco bullpup in 7.62x39, and a Colt AR-15 in the LE-4 configuration (telescoping stock, flash suppressor, carbine-length barrel). Bottom line is that any one of the firearms these punks left sitting there was worth more than all the ones they stole put together.
I told the owner, a friend of mine, that if he knew he was going to be robbed and could have provided a list to the thieves, those rifles would have pretty much been it. Doesn't make it stink any less, but he did sort of catch a break.
My favorite gun store, for whom I work from time to time to help support my "gun habit", got robbed Sunday night. Seems that two or three fellows in dire need of firearms tossed a big brick through a window, climbed over a steel grate, stole 4 or 5 rifles that were secured to the wall with wire rope, and climbed back out. Yes, that sucks out loud.
The thing is, they stole a bunch of Romak-991's (that's an AK variant that only takes a 10-round, single-stack magazine for those who don't recognize it) worth about $200 each. Sitting right next to those rifles on the rack was a Steyr AUG, a national match M1A with stainless barrel and synthetic stock, a Norinco bullpup in 7.62x39, and a Colt AR-15 in the LE-4 configuration (telescoping stock, flash suppressor, carbine-length barrel). Bottom line is that any one of the firearms these punks left sitting there was worth more than all the ones they stole put together.
I told the owner, a friend of mine, that if he knew he was going to be robbed and could have provided a list to the thieves, those rifles would have pretty much been it. Doesn't make it stink any less, but he did sort of catch a break.