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RUGER OWNERS & COLLECTORS SOCIETY, INC


ROCS 9th ANNIVERSARY

WANENMACHER'S TULSA ARMS SHOW

November 12th - 13th, 2022

Narrative by Bill Hamm
Pictures by David Faulkner & Doc Cash

The Tulsa Arms Show once again invited the Ruger Owners & Collectors Society (ROCS) to bring our displays to this great Tulsa Arms Show. This show has about 4,200 tables with just about anything a gun person could desire. A lot of great Rugers of all types and variations were for sale and/or trade and some great treasures went home with collectors!

We want to thank all the displayers, many of whom traveled long distances, for sharing their outstanding Rugers with other collectors and the public. It was very evident that a lot of time, research and hard work was put into getting these quality displays ready for the show. Everyone really should plan to come to this great annual event. You will not be sorry!!

We signed up some New Members and several Renewals at the show. Many thanks go out to Bubba & Bekki Bright and Jackie Lutz who managed the ROCS table during the show. They did an outstanding job!!

AWARDS DINNER & AUCTIONS

Mike Kamler opened the Saturday Evening Awards dinner and auction event with a pledge of allegiance to the USA Flag and a prayer led by Lee Sundermeier. The event was a great success! Mike and Kim Kamler organized and ran this evening event this year and did a great job. We salute them for their hard work!! Special thanks to the Ruger Company for generously donating four Ruger firearms for our live and silent auction. These guns brought in quite a few dollars!!

Mike Womble oversaw the display judging and announced the class winners. 1 st Place winners in the Advanced, Intermediate and Novice Category received a personalized Crystal Trophy and cash award. A drawing was held for the Masters Class cash award. The winner of the “Best Ruger Firearm of the Show produced 1973 and pre-1973” and the winner of the “Best Ruger Firearm of the Show produced 1973 and post-1973” received ROCS/NRA Silver Medals #415 and #416 respectively.

Chad Hiddleson, owner of the Red Eagle News Exchange, gave a one-year free RENE membership to the class winners and an Award Certificate and one-year free RENE Membership for the RENE “Best Ruger Firearms of the Show”. We want to thank Chad for supporting our Ruger collecting hobby. Become a member of the RENE; the information found in the RENE quarterly issues is invaluable.

Terry Wolosek did his usual great auctioneering job. Many auction items were contributed by various members, and we want to thank them for their generosity. No item is too big or small, they all help raise funds for our displayer awards. I also want to give a big thanks to all of the members who bid so generously on the auction items, you made the show a great success!!

I also want to recognize David Faulkner and Doc Cash for their great pictures of the displays and event!! Also, a big THANK YOU to Kim Kamler for managing and tallying the auction results. Kim made my collection of the Auction funds easy!!

Please, plan now to come to our next display show in Huntsville, AL January 28 & 29, 2023. Then the OGCA July 22 & 23 and Tulsa November 11 & 12 !! Support ROCS with your attendance!!

Descriptions and pictures of the displays are shown below:





Troy & Taryn Riggenbach Awarded 1st Place Novice Class. Mike & Ruth Grabowski Awarded 1st Place Intermediate Class Dana Ralph Awarded 1st Place Advanced Class.



Jerry Hertel Awarded ROCS NRA Silver Medal #415 for Spanish Engraved Single-Six #8. Vince Carabetta Awarded ROC NRA Siolver Medal #416 fo his Stainless Steel Brass Frame Old Army Terry Wolosek awarded RENE's Best of the Show for his Bill Ruger's Red Label Shotgun.



Troy & Taryn Riggenbach great Award Winning .44 Magnum display. Troy & Taryn at their .44 Magnum display. Troy's first .44 Flattop that started it all!



Mike Grabowski's great Award Winning low number Rugers display. Mike & Ruth Grabowski at their Award Winning display. Two of Mike's fine NIB 2-digit Ruger single action revolvers.



Dana Ralph's great Award Winning Chief AJ 10/22 display. Dana standing at his Award Winning display. Two Chief AJ 10/22 Injuns.



Jerry Hertel's Award Winning display of Engraved Single-Sixes. Jerry Hertel at his Award Winning Straight Flush display of Engraved RSSEs #6 through #10. Jerry's ROCS NRA Silver Medal #415 winning Spanish Engraved RSSE #8.



Vince Carabetta's great Brass Option display. Vince at his great display of brass frame revolvers. ROCS NRA Silver Medal #416 winning Stainless Brass Frame Old Army from Hank Williams Jr. collection.



Terry Wolosek at his RENE Best of the Show Award Winning display. William B. Ruger's Engraved Red Label and name tag from an early NRA Convention. Right side view of the engraved receiver on Bill Ruger's Red Label shotgun.



Tim Bailey's great Ruger No. 1 rifle display. Tim and his wife at their great Unfinished Business No. 1 rifle display. Tim's beautiful Unfinished Business rifle closer view.



Joel Adamson's Lovely Long Barrels display. Super Redhawk rare single-digit #550-00005 from Hank Williams Jr. collection Rare .22 Hornet Caliber Super Redhawk.



Steve's great display of his Favorites. Single-Six Lightweight Tri-Color #30 with factory ivories. Blackhawk .357 Mag. #30 with factory ivories.



JC Gentry’s great .357 Flattop Ross Guns Display. JC with his out of sequence numbered Ross Variation display. Closer view of Blackhawk .357 Mag. Ross variation #15422.



Bill Hightower's great Complete Package display. Bill at his display of the Complete Packaged Blackhawk .41 Magnum #17. Closer view of the fine Blackhawk .41 Magnum BKH42 #17.



Ron Lutz's great Double Action display. Ron at his great Double Action display. Closer view of a first year GP-100 that has been case hardened by Bobby Tyler.



Bill Hamm's The Long & Short of It display. Bill at his display. The long & short Flattops up close.



Lee Newton's great Larry Koller Single-Six #22 Display. Lee Newton at his great Larry Koller RSS .22 Cal. #22 display. RSS #22 and holster it was carried in by Larry Koller.



Lee Sundermeier’s great Class of Brass display. Lee at his outstanding brass frame revolvers display. Lee's very scarce Ruger BKH41B Brass frame .41 Magnum.



Mike Womble's great Bearcat #26 display. Mike at his outstanding 2-digit #26 Cat display. Closer view of the NIB Bearcat #26.



John Dougan's great Hawkeye Display. John and Nina at his fantastic Hawkeye display. John beautiful engraved Hawkeye.



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