1961 BKH34 #35734

This .357 BKH34 from 1961has a great serial # 35734. I guess that will be a good one for the Bob Campbell list....I would be surprised if this one ever had more than a few rounds through it. No wear marks but for a tiny turn line if you squint just right. Also this is an 8 twist gun.

Wow, that's gorgeous!

flatgate

WELL --you got me on this one --will take it over the .44 mag :lol: The plum and grips are great 8)

This '61 has a much higher polish than my '58. Is that the norm for this period? Still not as shiny as my '60 SBH.

Mike

Where do you guys find such gems? Any old model I run across looks like it has been at the bottom of an outhouse for a few years.

gunman42782 said:

Where do you guys find such gems? Any old model I run across looks like it has been at the bottom of an outhouse for a few years.

Click to expand...

Ironically I had just been complaining about the same thing a few months ago. I thought all the good ones were hiding stateside but I guess there were a few that escaped to the great White North. Only problem here is that you seldom see them come with the box. Maybe with our cold Canadian nights we needed them for ....Oh! I can't even say it :shock:

That indeed is a nice one.... congrats.

MISSED something in the serial # :!: :!: 357 8) 8) 8) I miss a lotta things lately esp. my car keys :lol:

Mike, that one appears on Bob's List . . . right between 35623 and 35763.

Guns in that immediate range shipped in very early 1961.

Yours is indeed very shiny.

Thanks for sharing.

americal said:

MISSED something in the serial # :!: :!: 357 8) 8) 8) I miss a lotta things lately esp. my car keys :lol:

Click to expand...

You got the 357 but did you catch the 34 (BKH34)

Ale-8(1) said:

Mike, that one appears on Bob's List . . . right between 35623 and 35763.

Guns in that immediate range shipped in very early 1961.

Yours is indeed very shiny.

Thanks for sharing.

Click to expand...

It must have been reported by the previous owner, a member here.
Mike

Could have been, Mike. It was already on The List when I started helping Bob with it. We don't keep names, so there's no way of knowing who reported it, or when.

And yes, that's an amazing serial number.

WOW-- :lol: thought about the 4 forgot the 3 these Ruger serial #'s are a good part of the enjoyment in Ruger handguns--my friend has RSS 188188 bought from forum member--chromed :arrow: ANYBODY know what that stands for :?: --- 8)

americal said:

WOW-- :lol: thought about the 4 forgot the 3 these Ruger serial #'s are a good part of the enjoyment in Ruger handguns--my friend has RSS 188188 bought from forum member--chromed :arrow: ANYBODY know what that stands for :?: --- 8)

Click to expand...

I can only think of aces and eights - Wild Bill Hickok's "Dead man's hand"...

CORRECT :!:

americal said:

CORRECT :!:

Click to expand...

Maybe if he had a Ruger the story would have ended differently! Maybe not tho since the story goes that he was back shot...
Mike