Stumbled into-

[Robb Barnes]

a rather eclectic group of guns a friend of mine wanted to sell. The guns were his stepfathers who had recently passed away but before he died, he asked my friend to take his guns and sell them for his wife. I went over yesterday to see what he wanted to sell after being told the guns were mostly old model Rugers. While there were 4-5 unconverted three screws, only one of those guns came home with me. I did come home with a 256 Hawkeye pistol, a Ruger 44 mag carbine and a Remington XP100 in 221 Fireball. I passed on the chromed single six, the super single six with both cylinders, the other single sixes and both Security six revolvers. These are the ones that made the move.

These things are like 10-22s on steroids.

I don't think I have ever seen or owned an old model gun with this much red lightening streaks in it.

Looks like a Buck Rogers space gun to me.
This little girl was wandering the neighborhood as I drove home.

 

[contender]

It sounds as if you stumbled upon some NICE ones. I don't know if I could have passed up the other OM's myself! BTW; What's the number on the Hawk?

 

[Robb Barnes]

The Hawkeye is S# 2895

 

[contender]

Whew,, not close enough to one of mine to make me sweat!

 

[Mike Armstrong]

Nice finds! You PASSED on the Sixes? How close are you to the CA line?

(Kidding--I'm a long way from the Land of Rain! Where's Dallas--I only know The Dalles.).

 

[Robb Barnes]

Dallas is 14 miles west of Salem, 268 miles north of the CA border.

 

[Mike Armstrong]

Well, that USED to be "The Land of Rain!" Hope it still is. Been over that way a long time ago on the way to the coast, but I was probably behind a logging truck and missed you! Blacktail and Roosevelt Elk country as I recall.

 

[WendyZXZ]

Sounds and looks like a few great finds!

 

[Robb Barnes]

There are still a few town deer here in the valley but between the cats and the timber companies defoliating all broad leaf plants after replanting, the deer numbers are much lower as are the elk numbers. I see as much cat sign as I do deer and elk sign when I'm riding in the hills.

 

[Mike Armstrong]

I remember when a "clearcut" started a local population explosion of deer, elk, and black bears....because of the population explosion of berries and brush, even poison oak! So now "clean farming" has reached the tree farmers?

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

Robb, I know how it is when you run into a lot of good guns. Makes it tough to decide what you want to spend your $ on. Tell us more about the security sixes. :mrgreen:

 

[Robb Barnes]

There is a nice 4" with factory grips and what looks like a 6" with rubber bumper grips.

 

[sixshot]

Robb, you are the luckiest stumbler I've ever met!!

Dick