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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3795396" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Long story, so for just the highlights, a set of brothers and another guy broke into my car as a buddy and I were walking back to it after quail hunting when we were seniors in HS. They were totally drunk on lime vodka, passing the bottle back and forth while everything after was going on.</p><p>All of our ammo had been expended on birds but we walked up and told them to GTF away from my car. One in the back seat came out with the fully loaded .22 rifle and pointed it at us telling us to get in the car. </p><p>Finally saying he was going to kill us he fired through the back seat at my buddy. The bullet hit a spring and ricocheted into an English Lit book on the floorboard. He then stepped out of the back seat and put the rifle to my head, chambered a new round and pulled the trigger. A sound I'll never forget was the firing pin hitting the rim and it not going off. Turned to my buddy and said we have to fight, so we did. We overwhelmed them as they were drunk and both of us were on the wrestling team. Buddy got the rifle away from the main perp and said lets go. We bailed out and then he also showed me the car keys he lifted from the pocket of the guy he had taken to the ground. Drove to the farmers home nearby that gave us permission to hunt and he called the Sherriff. They went to jail and finally prison. </p><p>The rifle remained as evidence for over a year until the court proceedings were over. My dad called the sheriff's office and was told all appeals were done and we could come claim the rifle. </p><p>It was a pump action 1890 Winchester with an external hammer. It's been at a couple ENS with OSA. </p><p>Getting home, found the rifle was still loaded by partially ejecting the round in the chamber. </p><p>The round was the one that misfired as it had a dimple on the rim. They never cleared the rifle.</p><p>Closed the action, went to the back yard and it fired. </p><p>Had years of nightmares after that which would probably be called PTSD today dreaming of looking down a rifled barrel with a bullet screaming down that barrel headed for me, waking up right before it got to me in a cold sweat. </p><p>So, long story although there is much more to it but my experience is that we got the gun back from LEO without any issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3795396, member: 5412"] Long story, so for just the highlights, a set of brothers and another guy broke into my car as a buddy and I were walking back to it after quail hunting when we were seniors in HS. They were totally drunk on lime vodka, passing the bottle back and forth while everything after was going on. All of our ammo had been expended on birds but we walked up and told them to GTF away from my car. One in the back seat came out with the fully loaded .22 rifle and pointed it at us telling us to get in the car. Finally saying he was going to kill us he fired through the back seat at my buddy. The bullet hit a spring and ricocheted into an English Lit book on the floorboard. He then stepped out of the back seat and put the rifle to my head, chambered a new round and pulled the trigger. A sound I'll never forget was the firing pin hitting the rim and it not going off. Turned to my buddy and said we have to fight, so we did. We overwhelmed them as they were drunk and both of us were on the wrestling team. Buddy got the rifle away from the main perp and said lets go. We bailed out and then he also showed me the car keys he lifted from the pocket of the guy he had taken to the ground. Drove to the farmers home nearby that gave us permission to hunt and he called the Sherriff. They went to jail and finally prison. The rifle remained as evidence for over a year until the court proceedings were over. My dad called the sheriff's office and was told all appeals were done and we could come claim the rifle. It was a pump action 1890 Winchester with an external hammer. It's been at a couple ENS with OSA. Getting home, found the rifle was still loaded by partially ejecting the round in the chamber. The round was the one that misfired as it had a dimple on the rim. They never cleared the rifle. Closed the action, went to the back yard and it fired. Had years of nightmares after that which would probably be called PTSD today dreaming of looking down a rifled barrel with a bullet screaming down that barrel headed for me, waking up right before it got to me in a cold sweat. So, long story although there is much more to it but my experience is that we got the gun back from LEO without any issues. [/QUOTE]
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