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Nixon Pistol
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:01 pm
by d findley
This Ruger .22 pistol was given to Vice President Richard M. Nixon in 1954. Grips are real pearl.
Re: Nixon Pistol
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 3:27 pm
by flattop44
Don, you never cease to amaze me, another very special Ruger pistol. Thanks for posting this one.
Bill
Re: Nixon Pistol
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 4:54 pm
by d findley
Thank you, Bill. I enjoy doing research. Thank God for Google & Spell-Check. I have a lot of time to research things (now days). If I were getting paid to do it I'd be rich!
Re: Nixon Pistol
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:30 pm
by Hawkeye28
Does the record note SN and the engraver, please.......Good work, again, my Friend!
Re: Nixon Pistol
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:29 am
by gunman42782
Beautifull gun!
Re: Nixon Pistol
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:53 am
by d findley
The serial number is 47698. I have not been able to find out who the engraver was. Maybe John can help.
Re: Nixon Pistol
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:41 pm
by T.A. Workman
Great piece of history.
I believe there was a picture in an old RCA Journal of the presentation.
Terry
Re: Nixon Pistol
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:16 pm
by Watertender
I read somewhere that the Nixon Standard Model .22 pistol had been dropped and one of the grips broken. I can't find the article and wonder if anyone else had seen the same information.
Re: Nixon Pistol
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:18 am
by d findley
Several years back a cleaning lady knocked the pistol off a table and broke a chip off of one grip.
Re: Nixon Pistol
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:26 am
by flattop44
I knew Don would know.
Bill