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Birmingham Pistol Parlor A man repairs the wall at the Birmingham Pistol Parlor in Tarrant, Ala., Tuesday, Aug 4, 2015. About 20 guns were stolen during a break-in at the store. A similar crime happened Sept. 25, 2016. (AL.com)

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Thieves again smashed their way into a Tarrant gun shop, stealing about three dozen weapons.

Authorities are now offering a reward for information into the thefts. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, along with Tarrant police and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, today announced a reward of up to $5,000.

The break-in happened about 1 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 at Birmingham Pistol Parlor on Pinson Valley Parkway. It is the second burglary at the shop in which the thieves busted in to the store through the exterior brick wall. "It was just about four feet away from the last time,'' said Tarrant police Sgt. Phillip George.

A motion detector inside the store sounded, and police responded to the scene. ATF officials about 30 guns were stolen. ATF industry operations investigators are in the process of conducting an inventory to determine the exact number of guns taken.

An almost identical incident happened just over a year ago - on Aug. 4, 2015 - at Birmingham Pistol Parlor. In that case, about 20 guns were stolen in the break-in.

ATF posted $2,500 towards the reward, and that amount is being matched by the NSSF. This reward is part of a larger national cooperative initiative between the NSSF and ATF in which NSSF matches ATF's reward in cases involving the theft of firearms from federally licensed firearms retailers. ATF works closely with members of the firearm industry to curb the criminal acquisition and misuse of firearms, said ATF spokesman Michael Knight.

Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to call the ATF at (800) ATF-GUNS or 1-800-283-4867.