This Smith held up pretty good
Castaic Lake in LA County (Golden State) is at near-record lows. In fact , that bad boy has dropped 150 feet in recent months. As the lake pulls away from the banks its showing off parts of the mud that are rarely seen. This left a local Castaic fisherman spotting a muddy old backpack in the flats. When he opened it, he got a shock:
Yup, a Federal T-badge, a pager, calendar from 1992 (what a way to perfectly date it!) and one hell of a corroded Smith and Wesson. You gotta hand it to that Smith though. It looks like a 5904 wondernine (with the safety still on) to me but if not, its definitely in that series. Id like to see what it looks like field stripped. As you may have guessed, all of the above came from a ATF agent who lost them when his fishing boat was swamped 22-years ago and is still with the agency.
More if you are interested here in my column at Guns.com
