Stolen Gun Returned 33 Years Later

Posted January 22, 2008 in News, Pistols by Steve Johnson with No Comments
Tags: blackhawk, handguns, newsm .44, ruger

A gun found almost 3,000 miles away was returned to its owner Monday, over 33 years after it was stolen from a Jamestown home.

Police found the Ruger Blackhawk .44 magnum pistol in tiny Clatskanie, Ore., after someone tried to sell it to a gun store in late 2007. A check on the serial number revealed the gun’s rightful owner was Fred Brown of Jamestown.

The .44 magnum Ruger Blackhawk

Steve Johnson

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