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Congrats Terry, another sweet one to the collection and with it's own personality. Thanks for sharing.
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They were experimenting with that round from the beginning, according to RENE serial number 30 was chambered in 358 Win. and was in Stan Terhune's collection. Yet it's first appearance in the catalog was 1978 (pic below). Show us some pictures when you get it.
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Here's a pic from the 1975 catalog, they offered a .338 Mag. and a .458 Mag. Are you sure it's not one of them?
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Very cool addition to the display cabinet Jay, thanks for sharing.
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Congrats Terry, that's a very cool find and you've got it looking good. I remember reading Sonny's article but that's the first one I remember seeing. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for the response Dan, your reasoning for it makes as much sense to me as anything else I could figure.
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Does anyone know why there's a cut in the top of some of the yellow and black boxes used between 1979 and 1994? The majority of the ones I've seen have been used as return boxes for old model single-action conversions with a stamp indicating original parts being inside, but I have an early MK-6 that...

Welcome to the forum Kevin. I've had a couple of the Chamber Seal RST6 pistols and you are correct there were 303 made (301 and 2 prototypes). The engraving was done by Ray Verimontez including a RCA serial number. They were also the first special edition pistols that the RCA commissioned, the rest ...

Jay, we should have been paying attention 20 years ago, here's a Pic from the 2006 Ruger Sportswear & Accessories catalog.
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I'll take it Bill.
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