Corrales police are checking with federal authorities to learn more about a handgun found in the dirt along Corrales Road Sunday night.
Police Chief Victor Mangiacapra told the Corrales Comment the loaded .45-caliber Springfield Armory 1911 pistol had not been reported stolen, though its serial number was intact.
He said the weapon was severely rusted and caked in mud and dirt, and thus probably inoperable. However, Mangiacapra said, the finder did the right thing by leaving it alone…