Make sure and write down in an email, spreadsheet or a notepad all of your firearms make, model and serial numbers. If they're stolen the serial number is the most important identifier and your best bet at not only getting the firearm back but hopefully solving the crime.

I had a Glock 23 stolen out of my truck in 2011 in Grand Prairie, TX. I reported it stolen the next day and haven't thought about it until this morning. I received a phone call from the Grand Prairie police department and how my Glock was pawned at a Houston pawnshop yesterday and if I still wanted it. Well of course.

I'm assuming the person who pawned it was not the burglar and the firearm most likely changed hands numerous times before ending up in his but the gun is currently on police hold pending a property hearing. So moral of the story is keep track of those serial numbers because you never know when it's going to pop up.

Glad you're getting it back.

I've got a list, but I need to update it. Good reminder.

I have everything written down and saved for just about everything. I hope I never find myself in that situation but it doesn't hurt to have.

This reminds me, I need to buy some more guns

Nice try google/cia. You want email all of the serial numbers for my guns?

Damn, you just gave me a tinge of hope that I'll see my 1911 that was stolen in SA one day. I hate you for that. HATE YOU!



Glad you might get your gun back though, that's actually pretty cool. And rare.

Duncan Idaho said:

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Nice try google/cia. You want email all of the serial numbers for my guns?

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Maybe they'll try pawning my glock 23 that was also stolen out of my truck next...

Good luck bender. I've been trying to get my G19 out of an evidence locker in Brazos County since February 2016. Latest update from 8/19 is call us back in January, 2020.

been meaning to do this. do you guys just use a spreadsheet or is there an app out there that allows you do it on your phone?

I keep a spreadsheet listing of: manufacturer, model, caliber, serial number, and physical description (like if it has a scope, different stock, foregrip, etc) for every one of my guns.

Plus replacement cost in another column which is helpful when shopping insurance and I need to remember how much coverage I need. I'm sure most guys here already know this, but be careful on home insurance as a lot of companies specifically exclude firearms from the general personal property amount and have a separate (usually very low like $2500) max for them. Make sure you have adequate protection if something happens to your guns.

normaleagle05 said:

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Good luck bender. I've been trying to get my G19 out of an evidence locker in Brazos County since February 2016. Latest update from 8/19 is call us back in January, 2020.

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What is their justification for denying you your property?

I've actually been meaning to get firearms insurance. As many people on here that I've heard there guns fell in a lake. Like an epidemic or something.

Really good idea on both fronts.

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normaleagle05 said:

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Good luck bender. I've been trying to get my G19 out of an evidence locker in Brazos County since February 2016. Latest update from 8/19 is call us back in January, 2020.

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What is their justification for denying you your property?

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Probably pending trial if it's in an evidence locker

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normaleagle05 said:

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Good luck bender. I've been trying to get my G19 out of an evidence locker in Brazos County since February 2016. Latest update from 8/19 is call us back in January, 2020.

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What is their justification for denying you your property?

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**** head is appealing both his convictions. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with serious bodily injury and felon in possession of a firearm. Not that the appeals involve the actual firearm. It's all jury instruction.

Suspect name?

Marcus Nickerson, TDCJ #02116183, is no longer a suspect. I just call him **** head.

To Bender's point, I wish I'd had a better record of my serial numbers when **** head kicked in my door. I know I had a list but I'll be damned if I've been able to find it.

mine has 2500 / item thankfully

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normaleagle05 said:

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Good luck bender. I've been trying to get my G19 out of an evidence locker in Brazos County since February 2016. Latest update from 8/19 is call us back in January, 2020.

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What is their justification for denying you your property?

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**** head is appealing both his convictions. Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with serious bodily injury and felon in possession of a firearm. Not that the appeals involve the actual firearm. It's all jury instruction.

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Seems like if the trial is over and a conviction is handed down, the use of the evidence by the court is complete and you should get your property that was stolen back. Court has no more use for it, even on appeal. That's some grade A BS right there IMO.

03ki11erAG said:

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Make sure and write down in an email, spreadsheet or a notepad all of your firearms make, model and serial numbers. If they're stolen the serial number is the most important identifier and your best bet at not only getting the firearm back but hopefully solving the crime.

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This, one of my co-workers had a rifle stolen and recovered but despite identifying it as the rifle in question the local PD refused to return it because the person didn't have a record of the serial number.

I learned a hard lesson about 35 years ago when our house was broke into in San Antonio. Just married and bought home and did not have a safe yet. Hid my guns in a closet. House was broke into and they got every single gun. I had a record of serial and description and some receipts on some of them. Insurance company is a well known brand. They would not pay me for anything I did not have a receipt for.
The agent then told me from that point going forward to record every purchase and details of that firearm and store it ALONG WITH A PICTURE of left and right side of the firearm and a zoom in on the serial number if possible. He suggested a CD or zip drive and to make two copies and store one of those in another location lest the house burned down. He said without pictures or receipts you stand a good chance of never getting whole.

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been meaning to do this. do you guys just use a spreadsheet or is there an app out there that allows you do it on your phone?

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I think BATF has an app

My gun was stolen out of my truck in Pearland while visiting the in laws.

I have the serial number, but the police department has made it impossible to report. Won't do it online, won't take report over phone. I am not driving to from Dallas to Pearland to file a report.

Fill it out and get in-laws to file it?

My Glock 19 was lifted out of my pickup in June. I reported it but have no hope that I will ever get a similar call. Happy for you man.

Mine was stolen in a town where I do not reside. Their PD filed a report over the phone; however, I had to go to my local PD and they had to verify my identity while on the phone. Worth a shot for you.

No longer a suspect if he is convicted. A jury certified as fact.

I had a cheapie .380 that got stolen in Austin. The police got it back to me in about a month because it was juveniles and they got a slap on the peepee. Dubi's parents' house got hit in CS and they stole a bunch of firearms. By the time they got recovered, they had gotten an insurance settlement, so the guns went to the insurance company, except for one that got recovered about 20 years later. The insurance company no longer had records, so they got the gun back. I now have it.

T & P for that glock. I had a buddy get the same call on a revolver stolen from his truck. Thing looked like it had been through all world wars when he got it back, rusty as hell.

Gunny456 said:

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I learned a hard lesson about 35 years ago...
He suggested a CD or zip drive...

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Sounds legit

IamGroot said:

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highvelocity said:

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been meaning to do this. do you guys just use a spreadsheet or is there an app out there that allows you do it on your phone?

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I think BATF has an app

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I bet they do.

Is there an app for serial numbers
I use a spreadsheet but would like something different