A One and Only

On 17 September 2010 Dr. Davis and I were bidding on the same rare revolver listed on GunBroker. I let him have it for the RPRCA collection.

Fast Forward to 12 June of 2020. Thanks to October Country I now own that very revolver that is still Uber rare being that there is still not another one known to exist. The revolver is a Gregorelli and Uberti steel frame, .36 caliber Sheriffs Model Leech and Rigdon with a blank cylinder, Navy Arms Barrel Address, and a 1961 Date code. It has never been fired and appears to have never been cocked. It is as pristine as the day it was made Pictures follow:

J-Bar said:

Fingers, I can see you grinning from here!

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You are correct. It has been a good day.

expat_alaska said:

That is a beautiful revolver! I did not hook up with the OC site until early December 2019 and missed quite few amazing deals. I think OC did not know what a Davis/RPRCA motherlode they had, and they vastly undersold them at very nice prices. I got two cased sets for a very good price. I think they have wised up lately as what they have left is highly priced and it will take some dickering on their part to move those guns. Dr. Davis died in September last year, and if you bought that gun in June 2020 you had advanced knowledge that most of us did not have. Kudos to you!

Regards,

Jim

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I've communicated with Dr. Davis about replica percussion revolvers for more than ten years, so I knew generally what the collection contained. I was saddened by his passing last year and will miss our chats.

From talking to October Country, there are still some GUs that havent been listed yet. I'm also waiting on some pocket models.

Talked with John at OC a few minutes ago. He's sending me pictures of the last ten GUs he has. I'll post them when I get them.

Fingers McGee said:

Talked with John at OC a few minutes ago. He's sending me pictures of the last ten GUs he has. I'll post them when I get them.

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Pictures are on Facebook.

Looks as though he has em priced right. The G&Us should be a little higher than an ASM, Uberti or Pietta because of their scarcity and age. There are a couple I'd like to have; but I've already bought 4 from Dr. Davis's collection, and there are a couple on Rock Island I would like, and the piggy bank is empty.