After a long 40 some thing year's, the one of my dad's gun's has made it back home, although my dad and I have always loved old Ruger's and collected them most of our lives', my dad was a "closet collector" I still have 90% of his pile, but I have sold or up-graded as the saying go's.
Here's is what I'm sure is one of the gun's he once owned, I held this gun in my hand's back in 1979-80, Im 99.9% sure this is the same gun. I was in the U.S Army back then and did not pay much attention to the guns back then (at that age and on Leave, all I wanted was beer and woman...LOL) He told me he traded that gun away to some one in the North East, and I thought nothing more of it.
As fate would have it, I always wondered about that gun, well it popped up one day for sale from some one from the North East, I was to late to buy the gun, out of town, traveling, not sure, but it was sold before I could make a move on it. Then I seen on this Forum....I was thrilled just to see it again....I contacted to new owner and informed him of the history of that gun, he said that he would sell of or trade it away and give me first shot.....He was a man of his word. (I'll not tell you his name as I do not have permission, as of yet) and I thank you!
Here's some interesting questions I have about the gun? Dougan's newest book shows this gun (I think) and it has a Polished XR-3 frame with stag grip's on it and say's it has no marking or SER# on it....the one I now have has a O/M super brass frame dragoon grip frame with large super wood grip panel's. I have not had time to take it apart and see if there are any marking's of SER# on the inside of the gun, but there are none on the outside.
NOTE: Dougan's book list it as being from the W.B. Ruger collection, book state's the name on the top is R.H Sefried II, that is incorrect as well, his name was H.H Sefried II....(type-o?) who knows. show's the gun in a case....
Is there more then one gun? or was there change's made to the Sefried gun? It has bee way to long of time for me to re-call if or what grip fame was on the gun 40 year's ago.....I may have a photo of my dad holding this gun, it's more then likely in New York....Ill be there in Nov.....and Ill be looking for it.
Thanks for the help if you know any more about the gun....Scott
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Here's is what I'm sure is one of the gun's he once owned, I held this gun in my hand's back in 1979-80, Im 99.9% sure this is the same gun. I was in the U.S Army back then and did not pay much attention to the guns back then (at that age and on Leave, all I wanted was beer and woman...LOL) He told me he traded that gun away to some one in the North East, and I thought nothing more of it.
As fate would have it, I always wondered about that gun, well it popped up one day for sale from some one from the North East, I was to late to buy the gun, out of town, traveling, not sure, but it was sold before I could make a move on it. Then I seen on this Forum....I was thrilled just to see it again....I contacted to new owner and informed him of the history of that gun, he said that he would sell of or trade it away and give me first shot.....He was a man of his word. (I'll not tell you his name as I do not have permission, as of yet) and I thank you!
Here's some interesting questions I have about the gun? Dougan's newest book shows this gun (I think) and it has a Polished XR-3 frame with stag grip's on it and say's it has no marking or SER# on it....the one I now have has a O/M super brass frame dragoon grip frame with large super wood grip panel's. I have not had time to take it apart and see if there are any marking's of SER# on the inside of the gun, but there are none on the outside.
NOTE: Dougan's book list it as being from the W.B. Ruger collection, book state's the name on the top is R.H Sefried II, that is incorrect as well, his name was H.H Sefried II....(type-o?) who knows. show's the gun in a case....
Is there more then one gun? or was there change's made to the Sefried gun? It has bee way to long of time for me to re-call if or what grip fame was on the gun 40 year's ago.....I may have a photo of my dad holding this gun, it's more then likely in New York....Ill be there in Nov.....and Ill be looking for it.
Thanks for the help if you know any more about the gun....Scott
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