This is my first old model Single Six, a convertible, 6 1/2 gun. I has had a lot of ammo put through it. It is a transition gun, small serial numbers with an aluminum ejection rod cover.
I bought the little revolver, new, for $69.00 from Dick Riley of Hokseltt, New Hampshire in 1961 for my own Christmas present, while in HS. I used to sweep and clean up in Dick's shop. I traded Dick part of the price for gun stuff I had, Dick loved to trade. Dick later became the president of the NRA.
Dick was the gunsmith that told me to:
Go get a real job, that pays real money, retire and work on guns after. Do not try to support a family by gunsmithing. Dick was right.
This is the last of my 150 unit OM Single Action collection, the first.
I bought the little revolver, new, for $69.00 from Dick Riley of Hokseltt, New Hampshire in 1961 for my own Christmas present, while in HS. I used to sweep and clean up in Dick's shop. I traded Dick part of the price for gun stuff I had, Dick loved to trade. Dick later became the president of the NRA.
Dick was the gunsmith that told me to:
Go get a real job, that pays real money, retire and work on guns after. Do not try to support a family by gunsmithing. Dick was right.
This is the last of my 150 unit OM Single Action collection, the first.
