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Looking good Jay, that's the definition of what you call rare.
Bennett

021 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 1:32 pm Very nice! I don't have Clayton's book with me, but these look like the ones in it, IIRC.

Good call, it's been a while since I had that book out of the bookcase. After looking in Clayton's book it appears he used four of the six prints for reference in the Design and Mechanics section.
Bennett

chet15 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 11:47 am Curious what the postmark date is on the USPS label.
Never seen those before, so probably rare.
Chet15

December 22, 1969
They were shipped to Kenosha, WI and I got them from Racine, WI, about 20 minutes from each other. It appears they been in the shipping tube since then.
Bennett

Continued from Early No.1 factory cutaway prints #1
Bennett

I recently picked up a set of 6 cutaway prints of the Ruger No.1. They are 11" × 16 1/2" and came in the original shipping tube postmarked December 1969. First ones of these I've seen. (See Early No.1 factory cutaway prints #2 for other pics)
Bennett

Don, set one aside for me, I'll get a check in the mail.
Bennett

Hate to hear of his passing, he was a fine fellow indeed and surely will be missed.
Bennett

This would be the one you're looking for, it was the 1969 employee Xmas gift. Good luck, they don't pop up for sale that often.
Bennett

I lucked up and found a patch to go with it, got it from Simon's neck of the woods over in the U.K.
Bennett

Congrats Jay, now you just need to find the other three and dig up some more mason jars.
Bennett