1949 Corp Seal

[d findley]

Sturm, Ruger & Co. original corporate seal. An employee retrieved it from the trash several years ago. The bronze disc is worn but still makes a clear mark.

[flattop44]

Simply FANTASTIC !!!!! That is a treasure to go along with Bill Ruger's first FFL.. that is great Don!
FT44

[Brass Frame]

Don, how unique is this! Why would anyone throw this away, probably did not realize the importance. Don, I have read your book twice and now I am still excited about what you are showing us. Great stuff from your collection. Thanks for sharing.
Brass Frame/Lee E

[RocDoc]

Do you have the stamp? If so can I bring your latest book to DACA show to stamp it? Is a new book in your plans?!

[chet15]

Don, how unique is this! Why would anyone throw this away, probably did not realize the importance.
Brass Frame/Lee E

That's nothin"!! You should hear about the historically important guns that were scrapped!
Chet15

[Coogs]

Over 5000 Maxi's and two "pallets" of Hawkeye's and Hawkeye parts that I know of for sure.Coogs.

[d findley]

RocDoc, I will take the stamp to Dallas in April. You can get a good look at it. It was the property of the legal dept. I would imagine it was to them like discarding a well used stapler. I would think the decision to destroy barreled receivers & Hawkeyes & Maxis would have come from higher up.

[d findley]

Pictures of the well used 1949 seal.

[flattop44]

Don, you are right about it just being a worn out tool. As Jack Behn once told me when I asked him about them disposing of something, he chuckled and said "To us its just a widget, it ain't Romantic to us like it is to you collectors".
FT44

[chet15]

Just wish they'd have saved those single-digit autos that I'd heard they scrapped.
Those could have been put on Ruger auctions and done well for a great charity....and made a few happy collectors as well.
Chet15