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Hey Dan, I have the # 14 but not the # 22.

Keep looking! Good stuff still being found. With a lot of help from my friends a package of Sturm correspondence came yesterday. Here are a couple of letters written to Alexander Sturm's neighbor.

During that time with Walt, John and I were "pumping" him for any bit of info we could get. He said those ivories for the alphabet Single Sixes were sent to Ruger with the holes for the medallions already drilled. Walt actually installed the medallions himself.

Newspaper photo from 1934. Gene Tunney was the world heavyweight champion boxer from 1926 to 1928 and light-heavyweight champ 2 times in 1922 & 23. He defeated Jack Dempsey twice. He was a friend of the Sturms. Retired, undefeated in 1928 after 68 pro fights. Sturm presented him with Standard Auto #...

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Single Six S/N 14. Original owner Julian Hatcher. For comparison: grip on right from # 14 - Grip left is regular optional 50s ivory. Bottom is "squared off" on #14 panel. Medallion set a little different. I questioned these grips when talking to Walt Sych at an NRA meeting several years ago. Walt st...

One more picture of Lee and that great buck.

Justin Sturm was an interesting person. He was a sculptor, author, and Yale football star. He wrote & produced at least 2 Broadway plays. He married Katherine McCormick, daughter of Chicago newspaper millionaire.

The latest to fall from Lee Newton's Joe D. Clayton No. 1 280 Ackley Improved (S/N 10). Saturday November 23, 2019 Lee took this huge Texas WT buck. Congratulations!! (After several tries not sure why this pic insists on posting sideways) Left click on pic to get a straight shot.

Bust of Joanna Sturm - Daughter of Alexander Sturm - by Grandfather Justin Sturm, 1948