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Make, model, S/N, caliber, barrel length. Record it. Store it off site. Free email works great, you can access it from anywhere.
I just heard a guy run a "Sig 9mm, I think the model is PARA" over the radio. Control advised a Sig Scorpion was reported stolen, they both assumed it wasn't the right gun. I had the guy call me, walked him through telling me the size, controls, and color, figured out he was holding a P938 that was probably a Scorpion, dug up the report, and it matched. Stolen gun recovered, but only due to me happening to hear the call and knowing that Sig doesn't make a PARA and that's just how they abbreviate parabellum on the barrel.
Not all cops are gun guys. Many of the ones that are don't know much beyond Glock. YOU need to know what you have and report it correctly, and the more detail the better.
BTW, if you had a Sig stolen while you were getting a massage, you'll probably be getting your gun back soon. You're welcome.
I just heard a guy run a "Sig 9mm, I think the model is PARA" over the radio. Control advised a Sig Scorpion was reported stolen, they both assumed it wasn't the right gun. I had the guy call me, walked him through telling me the size, controls, and color, figured out he was holding a P938 that was probably a Scorpion, dug up the report, and it matched. Stolen gun recovered, but only due to me happening to hear the call and knowing that Sig doesn't make a PARA and that's just how they abbreviate parabellum on the barrel.
Not all cops are gun guys. Many of the ones that are don't know much beyond Glock. YOU need to know what you have and report it correctly, and the more detail the better.
BTW, if you had a Sig stolen while you were getting a massage, you'll probably be getting your gun back soon. You're welcome.
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