Recent content by baxter007

4 hours left on my old model Ruger 44 Flat-top. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=112224665Ruger 44 Flat-top.

Sorry, I duplicated my post.

Here it is: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=112224665

I took some of your advice and instead of trading I'm selling the old girl on gunbroker.com. This is the one that I have ground out some SSN engravings and now I'm hoping to get enough to get a good auto pistol. Check it out and thanks for all the input.

I hear ya Foppy D. I'm 49 and have two girls and no grandkids (yet) and they could care less about my grandfather's guns. I figure that I might as well get the guns that interest me and let these guns go to someone like you that will treasure them.

I may just do that! I may just list it on gunbroker. Thanks for the input and by the way, I have quite a few of my granfather's guns including a 38 Fitz-Special!

I just can't believe that it's worth that much with the damage. Maybe I should rethink this.

I would like to trade my old (1957, SN 1804) Ruger 44 Blackhawk Flat-top for a new Bersa CC .380 or very similar. You may remember me talking about this gun that my grandfather engraved his SSN in and then I ground out with the Dremel. I know that it has lost most of it's value but it should...

Would it have been better to leave the engraving? I can't imagine leaving the SSN on it. I don't know why my dad and grandfather insisted on doing this!:cuss:

I'm the guy that asked about the 38 fitz-special last week. Thanks for all the help. I've requested a letter from Colt so we'll see what I truely have. I have another of my grandfather's guns to research. It's a Type 2 Ruger 44 mag Flat-top, 6 1/2" barrel, SN 1804. Probably shipped in 1957...

Here's some pics. Thanks for all the great info and taking it easy on a newbie! It has the VP stamp and all the other stuff but not the checkered hammer.

No, this is the genuine article. My grandfather bought it and gave it to my dad.

Hello all. I'm brand new to this forum. I'm interested in pricing and maybe selling my 1931 Colt 38 "Fitzgerald Special" Detective Special. Any ideas? I know a little about guns but I'm no expert. I do know that this is a pretty rare gun. It's in pretty good shape. Only problem is that my...