Friend retrieved stolen gun 3 years later

My Facebook friend messaged me this story earlier.

When he was 18, he was moving out of his parent's house. He had his AK in his car when he stopped by a friend's house for a few hours. It was stolen.

Our local Sheriff's Office contacted him yesterday and told him they had received his gun. He went to pick it up this morning. Apparently the guy who stole it dumped it in the woods not far from there. Another person happened along and found it. It had been sold twice and was on its way to a gun show in Ocala (about an hour to an hour and a half south) when somebody ran the serial numbers (there are registries where you can search these numbers). They found it was registered as stolen and contacted the police who returned it to him.

It was the first firearm he ever bought and he is happy to have it back. He said there was a little surface rust on it but he cleaned it up and had happened to order new AK furniture that is now going on this one.

Very nice that this story turned out this way and it reminded me I need to keep a good storage of the Serial number of my CZ

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Possibly the most innovative 1911 in years.

Possibly the most innovative 1911 in years. As folks know last year Colt won the contract for supplying up to 12,000 new 1911s to the Marine Corps' Special Operations Command. The guns are upgraded versions of of the stainless steel Colt Rail Gun.

The Marine Corps' MARSOC had for decades been rebuilding the Colt 1911s it had been using since it last received guns from Colt at the end of WWII. This is the first new order of 1911s for MARSOC in some time.

MARSOC worked closely with Colt on the development of the gun. Areas strengthened included the slide and frame, the recoil spring system, the grip screws and bushings, a number of internal parts, etc.

In the link I'm attaching below Hilton Yam, the pistol smith, reviews these items at length in several parts. There is a discussion there as well that is worth reading.

The gun is in production. The identical gun is also being offered for civilian sale as well.

http://modernserviceweapons.com/?p=3126

This looks to be one of the more innovative and well designed 1911s in years. Colt and the Marines did a good job it seems.

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