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Whenever I travel with an expensive Benchrest rifle I make it a priority of bringing it into my hotel or motel room along with my other luggage. Hope they're found. Good luck.
What do you do with your expensive Benchrest Rifle when you stop at a Restaurant for lunch or dinner or when you stop at a gas station? It takes less than a minute for a thief to grab your valuables from your locked vehicle. Glenn
Although my landcruiser is of 91/92 vintage I have a kill switch connected to the ignition system. It is located in an awkward and unusual place in the vehicle. You would have to know what the problem is in order to bypass it and have the necessary gear to do so if you want to drive the vehicle away. I also keep the rifle bolt in my pocket. Not a fail safe system by any means but a real pain in the ass if your a thief. Newer vehicles can have systems like this activated by mobile phones and even gps tracking systems.
Andy.
A Kill Switch will not prevent theft of property from a parked and locked vehicle. If possible,Its best to park your vehicle where you can constantly keep an eye on it. Or leave Rover in charge while you make a pit stop.
Glenn
Yep your right the kill switch just makes it more difficult to steal the vehicle. Perhaps they change their mind and go for an easier one. But the contents can be taken by anyone any time they want to. Keeping the vehicle in sight simply means you can watch the events unfold. I wouldn't chance confronting them because you might just find you die. I'd just call the cops to let them know the robery is in progress. If they are interested enough they might even send someone. Hell they might even catch them for all the good that will do and then call your insurance company.
Andy.
In response to Relodr I do keep the bolt separate from the rifle usually in my pocket.
In response to Randy. I don't know how the US criminal law works but if you were to kill a thief for breaking into your car in Oz even if they were armed you would see the inside of a jail cell. I don't think I would like that much. But even if you managed to avoid that your days of having a firearm licence would come to an end.
Andy
Depends on which state you're in. In some the thief could be shot out of hand and there'd be no charges, in others they expect property owners to act like little girls and run away screeching. If he were armed though a good case for self defense could likely be made after spending huge piles of money for lawyers.
The ideas of a dog in the car, and/or parking where an eye can be kept on the vehicle at all time are good. Unfortunately some locales have the notion that if your dog bites someone, even a robber, and is otherwise a sweetheart it is considered a "vicious animal" and will be destroyed. Then the bad guy will likely sue you for keeping a vicious animal that bit him and prevented him from earning his living (robbing people!).
I think the thief probably hocked the scope and threw the rifle away since it would be hard to sell to a pawn shop since one could not buy ammo for it.