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Hello Guys,

This large thin patch was probably intended to be sown on the back of a shop coat. I know Great Western Arms Co. had the same thing. I don't know if this one was a factory issue.

John

Hello Guys,

The story of the new design black and colored plastic and brass grip panels is explained in Vol. 34, No.1 on page 20 of the RCA JOURNAL.

Regards, John

Hello Guys, I suspect the sign is from Newport. I remember the one used at Southport was a white metal sign with black or red lettering. It was on a pole with a base, Mr. Ruger would call ahead and let the folks in Southport know of his impending arrival and someone would carry the sign out and plac...

Hello Guys,

They are very high quality and were expensive, I bought the last two of these at a discounted price and used one for travel. I don't know for sure where they are right now, but they are stashed somewhere in this house

John

Hello Guys, I realized after I submitted my post that I was mixed up! I always have 3-4 JOURNLS under construction and sometimes they run together in my mind, I like to use the excuse that I am 81 years old, sniffed too much Hoppes No. 9, and am confused, it works most of the time. None-the-less, my...

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The next RCA JOURNAL; as I write this, Vol. 36, No. 2 is being sorted and made ready to go to the post office, early next week. This issue contains the NRA/RCA show report and a very detailed story of the flat-gate Single-Six with lots of pictures.

regards, John

Hello Guys, There seems to be some merit to what Owen is saying, however, we shouldn't over think this, the change to the mold would only be to the third piece that I described. I have had one of the molds in my hands while Jack Behn explained how it works. I do not know how to describe the third pi...

Hello Guys, Hoober's recollection brings back a lot of fond memories from the Amarillo days. I was born and raised and lived in Amarillo until 1980. Donnie lived in Lubbock, 100 miles south and Jim lived in Canadian, 100 miles east, so the Pioneer Gun Collector's show was a perfect meeting place for...

Hello Guys, Measuring the slots is meaningless. The molds are precision machined to designated dimensions, when the "as cast" frames are formed there can be warping and shrinking to consider. Anticipated and predictable shrinkage is built into the mold cavity. Unlike a precision machined c...

Hello guys, 3 piece molds were utilized to die-cast these grip frames, the mold is made up of a right and a left side cavity and a 3rd piece that creates the trigger slot and the hollowed out space to accommodate the hammer. The slot is not machined. I'm sure that the slots were cleaned up during th...