radicalrod
Hunter
OK I will post the pics and let Mike tell the story.....RR
A few pics for HAWKEYE28....NICE STUFF
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Looks Very Nice Splitz! J/S
THANK GOODNESS FOR THE TECHNICAL WIZARDRY IN THE ROD KERIAN OFFICE COMPLEX. ( I NEED TO GET OFF THE COUCH AND JOIN TODAY'S WORLD WITH A NEW PICTURE PHONE AND LEARN HOW TO DO "THIS"!)
HERE'S THE STORY:.... YOU MAY RECALL THAT I DISPLAYED MY SN 28 RUGER SINGLE SIX AT THIS SHOW LAST YEAR. RECEIVED A SECOND PLACE AWARD FOR BEST MODERN HANDGUN AND TIED FOR BEST GUN OF SHOW( GO FIGURE ON THE DIFFERENTIAL THERE, BUT SOME JUDGES HAD TO BE "EDUCATED" DURING THEIR JUDGING ACTIVITY).
SO..........THIS YEAR, FOR THE MINNESOTA WEAPONS COLLECTORS' TROPHY DISPLAY AWARD SHOW, I CHOSE TO DISPLAY SN 35519 RSSE, ORIGINALLY SHIPPED TO THE GOPHER DISTRIBUTORS(MINNESOTA) AS THE FIRST GUN OF GROUP FIVE(SEE DOUGAN'S BOOK) THIS GUN IS NOTED IN OUR FORUM ARCHIVES AND WAS TRADED TO MIKE REBER BY VINCE C. AND THEN ACQUIRED BY ME FROM MIKE.
I THINK THE PIX SHOW MY ACCESORY CHOICES, BOOKS, PATCHES, CANDY DISH, CUP, EXTRA GRIP VARIATIONS, ETC. THE GRAPHICS ARE FROM INSTY PRINTS AND THEY DO A SUPERB JOB. THE RUGER RSSE AD AT TOP CENTER OF THE RAISED PLATFORM IS ONE OF THE ONLY TWO I HAVE FOUND AND CAME OUT OF AN EARLY "AMERICN RIFLEMAN". PERHAPS MOST OR EQUALLY IMPORTANT, AT TO MY MANY SHOW VIEWERS, WAS MY SECOND GUN, CLASSED AS AN ACCESORY. RSS NON-FACTORY ENGRAVED SN 2434 HAS AT LEAST 95% EXTENSIVE ENGRAVED COVERAGE, WITH A CASE HARDENED CYLINDER FRAME, NICKEL PLATED GOLD WASHED BARREL, EH AND CYLINDER, WITH HIGH SUPERIOR OLD STAG PANELS. WHEN LAID ALONG SIDE THE ENLARGED PHOTO OF THE AMBER RSSE PROTOTYPE, THE PATTERNS ON THE SN 2434 GUN ARE REMARKABLY SIMILAR. I ATTRIBUTE THIE SN 2434 GUN TO THE ENGRAVER OF THE AMBER GUN, COLE AGEE. AGEE REPORTEDLY NEVER SIGNED HIS APPROXIMATELY 2O WORKS AND THERE IS NO ESTABLISHED PROVENENCE FOR THE SN 2434 GUN. I BECAME AWARE OF THE GUN IN 2000 AND WAS OFFERED IT FOR PURCHASE SOME SIX YEARS AGO, FROM THE OWNER WHO RECEIVED IT FROM HIS DECEASED MANAGER'S FINAL WILL AND TEASTAMENT. THE HAND TOOLED BELT AND HOLSTER ACCOMPANIED THE GUN WHEN I RECEIVED IT AND WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE PACKAGE, I WAS ADVISED.
THE MWCA JUDGES AWARDED MY DISPLAY THE FIRST PLACE MODERN HANDGUN AWARD AND IT BEAT OUT SOME INDEPTH EXTENSIVE COLT AND S&W DISPLAYS. UNOFFCIALLY, I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS ALSO SECOND IN THE JUDGE'S CHOICE FOR BEST GUN IN THE SHOW. I WELCOME YOUR FUTHER QUESTIONS, OBSERVATIONS, CRITIQUE AND IDEAS. I AM PLEASED AND GRATEFUL TO BE THE CUSTODIAN OF THESE SUPERB FIREARMS.
HERE'S THE STORY:.... YOU MAY RECALL THAT I DISPLAYED MY SN 28 RUGER SINGLE SIX AT THIS SHOW LAST YEAR. RECEIVED A SECOND PLACE AWARD FOR BEST MODERN HANDGUN AND TIED FOR BEST GUN OF SHOW( GO FIGURE ON THE DIFFERENTIAL THERE, BUT SOME JUDGES HAD TO BE "EDUCATED" DURING THEIR JUDGING ACTIVITY).
SO..........THIS YEAR, FOR THE MINNESOTA WEAPONS COLLECTORS' TROPHY DISPLAY AWARD SHOW, I CHOSE TO DISPLAY SN 35519 RSSE, ORIGINALLY SHIPPED TO THE GOPHER DISTRIBUTORS(MINNESOTA) AS THE FIRST GUN OF GROUP FIVE(SEE DOUGAN'S BOOK) THIS GUN IS NOTED IN OUR FORUM ARCHIVES AND WAS TRADED TO MIKE REBER BY VINCE C. AND THEN ACQUIRED BY ME FROM MIKE.
I THINK THE PIX SHOW MY ACCESORY CHOICES, BOOKS, PATCHES, CANDY DISH, CUP, EXTRA GRIP VARIATIONS, ETC. THE GRAPHICS ARE FROM INSTY PRINTS AND THEY DO A SUPERB JOB. THE RUGER RSSE AD AT TOP CENTER OF THE RAISED PLATFORM IS ONE OF THE ONLY TWO I HAVE FOUND AND CAME OUT OF AN EARLY "AMERICN RIFLEMAN". PERHAPS MOST OR EQUALLY IMPORTANT, AT TO MY MANY SHOW VIEWERS, WAS MY SECOND GUN, CLASSED AS AN ACCESORY. RSS NON-FACTORY ENGRAVED SN 2434 HAS AT LEAST 95% EXTENSIVE ENGRAVED COVERAGE, WITH A CASE HARDENED CYLINDER FRAME, NICKEL PLATED GOLD WASHED BARREL, EH AND CYLINDER, WITH HIGH SUPERIOR OLD STAG PANELS. WHEN LAID ALONG SIDE THE ENLARGED PHOTO OF THE AMBER RSSE PROTOTYPE, THE PATTERNS ON THE SN 2434 GUN ARE REMARKABLY SIMILAR. I ATTRIBUTE THIE SN 2434 GUN TO THE ENGRAVER OF THE AMBER GUN, COLE AGEE. AGEE REPORTEDLY NEVER SIGNED HIS APPROXIMATELY 2O WORKS AND THERE IS NO ESTABLISHED PROVENENCE FOR THE SN 2434 GUN. I BECAME AWARE OF THE GUN IN 2000 AND WAS OFFERED IT FOR PURCHASE SOME SIX YEARS AGO, FROM THE OWNER WHO RECEIVED IT FROM HIS DECEASED MANAGER'S FINAL WILL AND TEASTAMENT. THE HAND TOOLED BELT AND HOLSTER ACCOMPANIED THE GUN WHEN I RECEIVED IT AND WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE PACKAGE, I WAS ADVISED.
THE MWCA JUDGES AWARDED MY DISPLAY THE FIRST PLACE MODERN HANDGUN AWARD AND IT BEAT OUT SOME INDEPTH EXTENSIVE COLT AND S&W DISPLAYS. UNOFFCIALLY, I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS ALSO SECOND IN THE JUDGE'S CHOICE FOR BEST GUN IN THE SHOW. I WELCOME YOUR FUTHER QUESTIONS, OBSERVATIONS, CRITIQUE AND IDEAS. I AM PLEASED AND GRATEFUL TO BE THE CUSTODIAN OF THESE SUPERB FIREARMS.
SATCOM
Blackhawk
NICE!!
SATCOM
SATCOM
Mike, you are looking 'well',,,,,,, fine job, we LIKE it !!!!
Chance
Buckeye
Very impressive display Splitz.
WOW in capital letters
WOW in capital letters
contender
Ruger Guru
That's the kind of display I enjoy studying. Attention to details,,, yet not overdone. Very nice Mike!
Im Impressed! and this might be a good time to mention that Im NOT easily Impressed!!!!
LOL....nice job Mike......Scott
LOL....nice job Mike......Scott
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radicalrod
Hunter
mr.deerstalker said:
NO your just EASY :lol: :lol: :lol: RR
radicalrod said:
NO, ROD, I SUSPECT YOU'RE A TACTICAL GENIUS AND MR D HAS TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE, OR, MAYBE TOO MANY PLANES IN THE AIR 8)
chet15
Hawkeye
HAWKEYE#28 said:
Just my opinion, but I think Agee did sign the prototype Engraved Single-Six shown on the cover of the 1954 Gun Digest. It hit me a few years ago when studying that picture that it sure seemed odd there would be two straight legs of engraving on the ball of the cylinder frame...where most engravers put a floral arrangement in large to small looping scrolls. I see those two legs as being the legs of a large capital letter "A". And inside is a small scroll, but going in the correct direction of a letter "C".
The engraving on that Single-Six is also the same as the engraving I've seen on an Agee engraved Colt, with the identical straight legs in an "A" fashion and the "C" within.
Chet15
gunman42782
Hunter
Utterly awesome!
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