Factory presentation guns
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:03 pm
We have read about guns made special and presented to different important people, but have you heard about the factory making up a special gun for a collector for his work with his collection? Well I have a special one of a kind that the factory made up for my collection several years ago after I helped out at the Grand American Trap shoot where my wife and I would go to meet the factory employees at this show. Over the years were on a first name basis and even helped at the both. One year we stopped by after driving back form the NRA collector show in Pittsburg, PA and had the privilege of meeting Jerry Bersett the CEO of Ruger at the time. After a nice visit I went back to the car for pictures of my collection to share with him. To make a long story short they were flying out that afternoon and the replacement person did not show up on time due to car trouble so I helped work the both. Once the replacement showed up I was thanked for helping and visited with the replacement person who I knew. Jerry said he would call me next week when I got back in the office.
Well I was busy the next week and did not here form him and did not think to much about it as I was only helping out friends. The next week I received a letter in the mail from the factory. Inside was a letter thanking me for helping and information on a special one of a kind 10/22 for my collection. WOW was I surprised!! The gun was already at my local gun shop and I could hardly wait to go pick it up that evening! All the while my wife had known about this gift and did not share it until it was here. The gun is a one of a kind rosewood burgundy laminated stock with a blued action and barrel. It is also the only 10/22 known out side of the factory with a factory jeweled bolt and it came with a factory installed sling with the round cornered RUGER patch on the sling. In talking to other collectors over the years I am the only one with such a presentation 10/22 to date.
If anyone else has received such a gun form the factory I would like to here from you.
Happy collecting,
Charlie1022
Well I was busy the next week and did not here form him and did not think to much about it as I was only helping out friends. The next week I received a letter in the mail from the factory. Inside was a letter thanking me for helping and information on a special one of a kind 10/22 for my collection. WOW was I surprised!! The gun was already at my local gun shop and I could hardly wait to go pick it up that evening! All the while my wife had known about this gift and did not share it until it was here. The gun is a one of a kind rosewood burgundy laminated stock with a blued action and barrel. It is also the only 10/22 known out side of the factory with a factory jeweled bolt and it came with a factory installed sling with the round cornered RUGER patch on the sling. In talking to other collectors over the years I am the only one with such a presentation 10/22 to date.
If anyone else has received such a gun form the factory I would like to here from you.
Happy collecting,
Charlie1022