Latest RENE . . .

[Ale-8(1)]

. . . arrived today. The usual great stuff.

I gotta say, Ruger's constant release of dozens and dozens of slightly different variations and new models has essentially made collecting them an endless, very expensive endeavor. Not sure what this means for the future of the hobby.

:shock:

 

[wunbe]

It isn't just the "slightly different" and "new model" releases that stretches the serious collectors' investment resources.

Another real sting comes when they dump a new run of an older, very scarce, model just after a collector dipped deep in his wallet to acquire one of the rare originals!

Add to that the lack of precise dating of manufacture, and the potential for mixed era parts on newly assembled items and you have a lot of unknowns.

wunbe

 

[contender]

And that's why I prefer to collect the OM stuff.

But that has nothing to do with the RENE latest issue,, except that Chad does an excellent job of reporting as much as he can!

 

[Jimbo357mag]

. . . arrived today. The usual great stuff.

I gotta say, Ruger's constant release of dozens and dozens of slightly different variations and new models has essentially made...

...shooting enthusiasts very happy. Ruger may actually be making the revolver we want. Take for instance all the 44 specials. Why does anyone feel the need to own every variation of a certain model? I guess I just don't understand collecting.

 

[ditto1958]

How does one get the RENE?

 

[hittman]

How does one get the RENE?

http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=30544

 

[hittman]

Oh the humanity! :mrgreen:
Our favorite gun manufacturer is .... wait for it .... wait for it ....







manufacturing guns!

I agree with Contender though; and prefer the Old Model stuff whether it be single action or double action.
There are so many handguns and variations made by Ruger in the 50's through 80's it'll make your head spin. Many times these great "old" guns are no more expensive than the MSRP carried by new stuff today.

Right now for example there's a RST6 from 1968 in our very own Classifieds with the box for under $400.00. :shock: Yeah, I'd way rather plunk down $400 on a 50 year old gun in the box than $600, $700 or more on anything "new". But, differing opinions, likes and dislikes are part of what makes the hobby fun.

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

Great issue as usual.
There is however a mistake (typo) in the classifieds involving the email contact info for Mr. LaVerne Dratt. The 1 in the email address should be the letter l instead. He has some vary good offerings.
Terry

 

[Ale-8(1)]

It isn't just the "slightly different" and "new model" releases that stretches the serious collectors' investment resources.

Add to that the lack of precise dating of manufacture, and the potential for mixed era parts on newly assembled items and you have a lot of unknowns. wunbe

Serious collectors refer to all those "unknowns" as "variations".

:wink: :lol: :lol: :wink: