P-85 Number 4

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d findley
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P-85 Number 4

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The P-85 serial number 300-00004. Engraved by Paul Lantuch.
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That is pretty awesome!!!
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These P-85s were also engraved and gold inlaid by Paul Lantuch for Bill Ruger.
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Real nice!! You never seize to amaze me with the guns you come up with.

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Wow, both are real nice. Way above my price range.
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Another image.
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The grip frame on the P-85 is cast aluminum. The last image with, William B. Ruger, has a special hand-made, steel grip frame. Lantuch did not engrave or inlay on aluminum.
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Hmmm...didn't know the first three in this thread existed.
Two additional guns are pictured on page 212 of "Ruger & His Guns", now for a total of five Lantuch P85's known.
Had Walt Berger passed away by the time his #300-00004 was made? The gun probably came off the assembly line in 1987?
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