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    Expensive lesson learned from fire.

    December 30th of 2012 I learned too always have two things. A gun safe and insurance. I had neither so when I got home that night and seen the Fire Department at my house my heart stopped. I got as close as I could and seen my room was on fire. After everything was safe for me to enter the house I found my BCM RECCE-16 in a state of ruin. Luckily nobody was hurt in the fire. I did lose a few animals which also sucked big time. The rest of the house was just smoked up which can be cleaned up and fixed.

    Fast forward too today. I got in my room to clean and gut the room and I found my Springfield Armory Loaded Operator 1911. It was in the same condition my RECCE-16 was in. The Recce-16 hurt cause the amount of money and pride I had in that rifle. Losing the 1911 really hurt cause if felt like I had lost an old friend that can never be replaced. That exact model 1911 is impossible to find from what I have seen since the loaded operators don't come with the full length light rail anymore.


    What I am getting at with this thread is don't make the same mistakes I did. I sure as hell won't make them again. Also stuff like this hits you at the worse times because replacing my RECCE-16 is basically impossible at the present time.

    What wouldn't of happened if I had a gun safe.


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    Sorry to hear about your animals, especially if it was dogs.
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    Glad your OK. That picture was almost too unbearable to look at. Good luck and hopefully you'll soon be able to find suitable replacements.

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    Expensive lesson learned from fire.

    You can replace or rebuild those guns...as important as the safe is an insurance policy for the full amount of the guns...however, insurance can't replace your loved ones...I'll be praying for your best friends, and your losses. God speed friend!

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    Sorry to hear it dude. Hate to say it but "shoulda had a safe".

    Hope you recover your losses quickly.
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    Oh wow man. I feel bad for you. I am needing a nice safe as well but the ones that are supposedly fire prove are damn expensive. Granted cheaper then replacing my firearms. We had a house catch on fire once. We lost several thousand rounds of ammunition, a Raging Bull .44, Remington 7mm mag, and a few other rifles.

    We managed to save the above mention gu s but never fired them again due to the stock being severely burned and barrel didnt look right afterword. The raging bull got new grips and reblued but now it just sets in a case looking pretty.

    There was a guy on the Hk forums one time that was moving by boat and lost multiple gun safes into the ocean when the boat sank. He claimed it was like 50k worth of stuff and from seeing a lot of his pictures he had a Very large and quality collection. After a loss like that I wouldn't be a me to recover.


    Dod the ACOG survive? If so you could make a pretty good case showing durability with trijicon.
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    I wonder if the receivers, bcg, and barrel are still usable?

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    That trijicon couldn't have been nice to lose ether.

    Sorry about the animals thats really rough. Practically speaking i've spent more money on my dumb ass Australian Cattle Dog then my BCM. (Pickup truck to the head). So even feelings aside animals are investments to.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stickman View Post
    Sorry to hear about your animals, especially if it was dogs.
    I lost a dog, cat and 6 snakes.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kenneth View Post
    Dod the ACOG survive? If so you could make a pretty good case showing durability with trijicon.
    The RMR is cooked for good and I am not sure about the ACOG. The fiber optic tube on the ACOG is completely melted.

    Quote Originally Posted by Koshinn View Post
    I wonder if the receivers, bcg, and barrel are still usable?
    I have no clue. All I know if it got hot in that room.

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    Sorry to hear about the loss of your pets as well as your possessions.

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