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It’s really fun to get paper goods from Bill. I’ve never seen such clever packaging. It’s worth buying whatever he’s selling just for the experience!

TomD

Here’s one for you Hinckley. -TomD

Beautiful pair, Frank! That has to be a hard pair to give up.

TomD

One day Bill, a trip to Fargo. Such an incredible collection you have built and the display is amazing. Great job!

TomD

That’s a beautiful stash, Troy. I have a feeling it’s only the tip of the iceberg! Very well done.

TomD

Yes, mine was a bit of a pain to put back together. Jokes aside… the rod didn’t want to go back in the hole.

Thanks for looking up yours! That’s a good sampling of them to know about.

Now I’m ready to own a real early one with the original bolt. Rod said it would cost me so let’s see…

TomD

No worries here. I was just happy that I could pay online. It’s probably always been there but it’s the first time I noticed it.

Thanks Taryn for stepping in!!!

TomD

Well, actually Ron was quoting me looking for early Red Eagles. But yes, thanks for the reminder, these are still going up. I’m almost two years past my heart attack and finally feeling like I’m ready to start collecting again. Now I just need a few guys to realize they’ve enjoyed their’s long enoug...

Well, with no reply from the experts, I’ve formed my own theory. Using info from Mr Dougan’s book and from Ruger’s patent: The first Ruger's manufactured in 1949 started to get returned in January 1950 for broken firing pins. By March 1950 Ruger had developed the new bolt which addressed the firing ...

Here is a picture of what I’m looking at. Just curious if this was the way they made some of the early recoil springs. IMG_2832.jpeg The arrow points to where the spring and moon end would normally be staked. The rod end is not broken, in fact it is very clearly machined this way. Thanks for any inf...