FS Ruger Security Six box for Columbian Gov't SOLD

[Ruger168]

Here is an empty box that was for the Ruger Security Six being shipped to the Columbian Gov't. Box and manual with plastic Ruger bag are all like new. Manual is a 1984 edition in english. The shipper has a label designating the gun as a CL-82 Columbian.
Asking $25 shipped. I'll take it here with PM.
Email me at [email protected]

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

I'll take it.
PM sent!

 

[dougader]

Except it's Colombian for the South American country.

Can't Ruger spell, or is it for the Columbian gov't in British Columbia, Canada? Or even the gov't in The District of Columbia (Washington, DC) ? 8)

 

[Neezer]

dougader,

you have a very interesting point. if it is indeed a spelling error, i cannot believe these types of things are not double checked before 2000 boxes are printed. shame on ruger, or should i say rugar...lol

 

[Ruger168]

The sad part is, that it was probably someone in the office that did the order and spelled it wrong and the shipping clerk just copied what they saw on the order without thinking about it. I've seen worse. When I worked at Ruger we used to get packages all the time for Strum Ruger. When I was in Wyoming working for Prill Brothers we got stuff addressed to Prell Bros., Pearl Bros. and Peel Bros. So it's not just Ruger, the people there are human after all and when you have a boss breathing down your neck some people get nervous and make mistakes. Just makes this box a more interesting collectable to me.

 

[41MAGMAN]

Eat lux gud tu mi .

 

[Bearcat]

Wikipedia info...

Etymology



Colombia, the land of Christopher Columbus named after the "discoverer" of America.
The word "Colombia" comes from Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón). It was conceived by the Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda as a reference to all the New World, but especially to those under the Spanish and Portuguese rule. The name was later adopted by the Republic of Colombia of 1819, formed out of the territories of the old Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern-day Colombia, Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador).[22]
In 1835, when Venezuela and Ecuador parted ways, the Cundinamarca region that remained became a new country – the Republic of New Granada. In 1858 The New Granada officially changed its name to the Granadine Confederation, then in 1863 the United States of Colombia, before finally adopting its present name – the Republic of Colombia – in 1886.[22]
To refer to the country, the Colombian government uses the terms Colombia and República de Colombia.

 

[marlin1881]

Many years back, I was a "programmer analyst" for a computer company, and I received a package that had abbreviated my title as "Anal Prog"... :shock: