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Offline ajcraig

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Oerter rifle stolen in 1971 recovered!
« on: July 21, 2021, 02:45:23 AM »
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Offline WESTbury

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Re: Oerter rifle stolen in 1971 recovered!
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2021, 03:04:02 AM »
AJ,

Thanks for the update. See Nov 2, 2019 post on this rifle.

Kent
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Re: Oerter rifle stolen in 1971 recovered!
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2021, 03:12:05 AM »
A typically brilliant piece of un-edited newspaper writing....
He waited 47 years to sell the rifle?
But the purchaser claims he knew it was stolen in 1980...
You'd think someone would ask those questions BEFORE it was published.
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Re: Oerter rifle stolen in 1971 recovered!
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2021, 03:15:19 AM »
Kent: Thanks for the clarification.
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Re: Oerter rifle stolen in 1971 recovered!
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2021, 03:42:43 AM »
AJ,

It would be a good idea for everyone to read all of this again, as this type of $#@* happens all the time. This time, the public was deprived of admiring and appreciating a very historical rifle for many decades by a selfish, self-serving individual.

Kent
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Re: Oerter rifle stolen in 1971 recovered!
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2021, 05:45:30 AM »
Like my dear old daddy  used to tell me " Son, be sure your sins will find you out"... 

Sounds like the thief was pretty active.   
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Re: Oerter rifle stolen in 1971 recovered!
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2021, 11:40:49 PM »
Museum burglaries are terrible.  There have been a lot of artifacts (notably engravings in books, and entire books) stolen from national libraries the past few years too.  Caretakers cannot trust that people wanting to see things are not also wanting to take things. 
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