Recent content by rugerguy

come on, the squashed chicken medallions are silver eagles,( first ones) the one you picture on the left is N0. 7 on the list, with the neck feathers........... :cool: :rolleyes: compliments of the late Bob Campbell...........may he rest in Peace;)

wow, totally awesome and I agree G1, you gotta be REAL proud of her, thank you for sharing.........(y)(y)

...too many checks and cracks and LONG ago dried out...seen better drift wood off the York River in Ontario...........back in the 60s,,,,,,,,, don't get your hopes up :rolleyes: cut off the best looking part and make a desk set for your pens & memories:cool:

....Uno or war.......sorry boys and girls:rolleyes::cool: ...and its been over 30 years, no time for games.........:(

welcome back and glad to have you here Pam...wish I could use, operate even know a little bit of 'how', but way too busy taking care of Momma the past year and a half, just got her up to bed now and its chores time,,take care and God Bless.......

Nice gun and I agree with 'AT 123', being it was made so late in the war, BUT always buy the gun ,not the story.........GUYS CAME HOME WITH ALL KINDS OF STUFF ,BOTH COMING AND GOING!!!:cool::rolleyes:

is that the "new" parts??? ( the safety updated parts) or the original lockwork parts they took out of the gun????? :unsure:

high polished and cased are two different finishes........... and like 'hittman' points out , just variations of the basic whether blued, or stainless, and the blued ones are often plated, they also are the base metal of the guns build, as stainless is a material, and blued steel may be an...

yes, from what I recall , the ones we had to repair in the shop the lugs sheared off, they were a round bolt I believe different than the later flat style and the last one, I had talked with Dick B , service mgr at Ruger and he could not get us any more bolts, and offered to replace with the...

welcome to the forum, and as noted above definitely aftermarket due to the color ,my guess is chrome, and the prep work beforehand leaves a lot fo be desired, reminds me of an old Colt 1911 my brother in law stationed out on the coast had done, I believe in Tijuana, lots of cross hash marks in...

I am left handed , left eye dominant, but shot handguns right handed, and shot with others in the of the same persuasion, as for that picture, I was given that from my late friend Fred Price Navy Seabee, was stationed with the Marines up at Dong Ha ,near the DMZ when the ammo dump was blown up...

sorry M118LR, but many of the guns our shop ( and myself before hand) had fixed over the past 60 years , that may have , at any given time , and had gone back, were still serviced by the factory and most of the time free, no charge, so you Sir are wrong.......:cool: I know what a project...

Hey at least you are trying and able to, at what ever extent,,,GOOD for you(y)

or how about when you cannot make up your mind and you have the "spare" parts..:unsure: sorry could NOT keep it, did not care for how and who did the "nickel"......:cool: ........just another 'project gun' back in the day......:rolleyes:

No Sir, my first duty gun late 1960s was a model 19 4-in I had to pay $107 for and had countless thousands of round of ammo through it and S& W even rebuilt it for me for free, then I had it Metalifed SS by Ron Mahovsky in Reno,Pa. sold it to my partner in our first gun shop late 70s, brings...