MaDuce Posted June 13, 2014 Report Posted June 13, 2014 not in the way you think. Someone broke in to my house and stole a Beretta 92FS among other things from me 5 or 6 years ago. I just today got a letter in the mail from Mr. Robobot's department informing me that they recovered it and want to return it to me.
98Z5V Posted June 13, 2014 Report Posted June 13, 2014 That's GOOD news. It's not often that they're recovered and returned. Awesome news, man. <thumbsup>
StainTrain Posted June 13, 2014 Report Posted June 13, 2014 Awesome. I guess criminals don't appreciate the design of the Beretta.
MaDuce Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) I had a hell of a time with it. I told police and they came out and took a report. Neighbors said the detectives came by a few days later when I wasn't home but that was pretty much it. I figured out who it was who stole it (neighbors watched it happen but thought he was a visiting friend) and that guy is serving 36 years for man slaughter as he supposedly killed someone while drunk driving or something like that. After several attempts to get through to the detectives, I eventually flagged down a cop and gave him my collected evidence. That was the last I heard until the guy got convicted of man slaughter. I have always been a little haunted by the though of someone using the gun in a crime but otherwise I just moved on after learning of the thieve's conviction. It is or at least was a peculiar Beretta. It had a rare gray Hogue 1 piece grip on it, black frame and stainless slide with orange and white details. I had a video of it on youtube for years and allot of people were swearing up and down that it was an airsoft gun. It was also the test prototype for my automatic slide release and had one in it. The magazine; which contained part of the features needed to make it work had it's component crack after 3000 uses (it was made to prove the concept, not last forever) and had been taken apart for repair when the gun was stolen, so the thief only got part of it. I am hoping and guessing the criminal/s who had it didn't even know it was there. Edited June 13, 2014 by MaDuce
MaDuce Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Posted June 13, 2014 These are pictures taken of it shortly before it was stolen:
StainTrain Posted June 13, 2014 Report Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Nevermind...I see pics. It actually looks better than is sounded. Did you do the accents? Edited June 13, 2014 by StainTrain
MaDuce Posted June 13, 2014 Author Report Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Did you do the accents? Yes. Everything on it that's not stock I did myself. BTW. people often ask me how much my auto slide release design effects the size and handling of a gun. If you ever wonder and want a partial real-world answer, that gun had a working auto slide release in it when those pictures were taken. Edited June 13, 2014 by MaDuce
Toolndie7 Posted June 13, 2014 Report Posted June 13, 2014 Thats not real its an air-soft gun! Glad to hear you will be reunited, its like a lost dog finding its way home to man. Oh the stories she could tell.
Grendel Posted June 13, 2014 Report Posted June 13, 2014 Yea, I have two of those air-soft guns....one with a kool silencer!
MaDuce Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) I just spoke with the lady in evidence and she said the gun has a couple minor dings on it and needs a thorough cleaning but is otherwise in perfect shape. Edited June 16, 2014 by MaDuce
Microgunner Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 It'll probably only operate in the homeboy hold now. You'll have to retrain it. Where does the CO2 go?
MaDuce Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Posted June 16, 2014 It'll probably only operate in the homeboy hold now. You'll have to retrain it. Where does the CO2 go? You're never going to let that rest, are you?
StainTrain Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) I just spoke with the lady in evidence and she said the gun has a couple minor dings on it and needs a thorough cleaning but is otherwise in perfect shape. That is good news. Edited June 17, 2014 by StainTrain
MaDuce Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Posted June 17, 2014 Was it converted? To the newer sight system? Mounting those sights on the side of a Beretta 92 is going to be tricky
survivalshop Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 Double sided tape , the industrial type , should hold them . <dontknow>
shepp Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 Double sided tape , the industrial type , should hold them . <dontknow> Or JB weld
DNP Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 Jb weld would work wonders. There can't be all that much recoil from firing plastic BB's.....
Microgunner Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) I think JB Weld will melt a plastic slide though, won't it? Edited June 17, 2014 by Microgunner
shepp Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 I think JB Weld melts plastic though, doesn't it? Idts I've made a few plastic repairs with the putty.
MaDuce Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Posted June 18, 2014 jb weld is junk. Most epoxies and resins I use are considerably stronger.
Microgunner Posted June 18, 2014 Report Posted June 18, 2014 2p10 is the shiit!! Is that one that you use MaD?
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