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P-85 Number 4
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:56 am
by d findley
The P-85 serial number 300-00004. Engraved by Paul Lantuch.
Re: P-85 Number 4
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:21 am
by gunman42782
That is pretty awesome!!!
Re: P-85 Number 4
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:46 pm
by d findley
These P-85s were also engraved and gold inlaid by Paul Lantuch for Bill Ruger.
Re: P-85 Number 4
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:02 am
by O M CRAZY
Real nice!! You never seize to amaze me with the guns you come up with.
O M CRAZY
Re: P-85 Number 4
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:07 am
by JeHB36
Wow, both are real nice. Way above my price range.
Re: P-85 Number 4
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:23 am
by d findley
Another image.
Re: P-85 Number 4
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 12:23 pm
by d findley
The grip frame on the P-85 is cast aluminum. The last image with, William B. Ruger, has a special hand-made, steel grip frame. Lantuch did not engrave or inlay on aluminum.
Re: P-85 Number 4
Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 5:27 pm
by chet15
Hmmm...didn't know the first three in this thread existed.
Two additional guns are pictured on page 212 of "Ruger & His Guns", now for a total of five Lantuch P85's known.
Had Walt Berger passed away by the time his #300-00004 was made? The gun probably came off the assembly line in 1987?
Chet15