re: Are stolen pistols ever recovered?

I had a keltec 9mm (cheapo had been my truck gun for over 5 years) stolen from my truck out of my driveway in Rayne. It was recovered about a year later in a traffic stop in Rayne. I got it back and it had some rust on it. Had it cleaned up and it still shoots as good as it ever did (which is to say ok not great lol).....It sits today in my truck exactly where it did back then