Rick,
Congratulations!!
When I seen you & Weaselmeatgravy jump in the auction, I bid my set maximum and left the area...:). Checked back later and saw you won it.
Radical Rod once told me his secret to winning auctions "Be the last man standing with your hand in the air" :unsure: ;)
This was...
Congratulations Troy,
Great information BULL'S-EYE! You learn something everyday if you keep your eyes & ears open. ;)
Thanks to both of you guys for sharing.
Terry
To each his own, its your money buy what you want ! ;)
My grandfather only owned two new guns in his life both were Ruger's. He always told me, "you get more gun for your money with a Ruger".
Blue collar thinking. :unsure::) I agree with a John Taffin analogy....."Smith & Wesson's are...
Great 1st Post!! ;) (y)
IIRCC there was a member of the forum who visited Mrs. Kain after Robert passed and he had a list of all the RCA revolvers that he engraved for the RCA.
I tried to get that list but was not able to obtain it, he might have posted the info and I missed it ??
Golferboy...
Dan,
I am talking about the firing pin and firing pin bushing NOT the pin that goes through the recoil shield !! I don't know where you got that idea.??
As to the fitting of the cylinder to the gun I fully understand you, but the fitting is done before the gun is blued, not afterward. So if the...
As it was explained to me the guns are blued then reassembled and the last step is then installing the firing pin bushing & pin in the white.
Guns sent back to Ruger for re-bluing never had the firing pin bushing removed unless it was faulty, therefore the old bushing was re-blued with the rest...
maxfam,
Those NM Flattops in .41 Mag. are a tough set to put together!
Those five 4 5/8" 87- prefix guns were consecutively numbered, and in private collections.
Mine, All info RENE.
NM Flattop - S416N - .41 Mag, 6 1/2" - #87-79778 - N.I.B. Warning rollmark is under the EJRH.
NM Flattop -...