bigpower491
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Dunno what came over me a few years back, but I really have taken a huge liking to revolvers. I have watched my collection of em grow over this time, a bit of a variety, and somehow, lots of 357 Magnums. I can't really say I'm a this brand or that brand type, but I have some fine examples of a few. One of those is a revolver I bought almost 2 yrs ago. I always heard these Ruger Redhawk 357 six shooters from the mid 80s were somewhat of an oddity, and whilst cruising the broker one day I came across this specimen.
Now I had seen some of these go for stupid money(too me, anyway)and the $800 they had on this one seemed like a decent deal. It didn't seem to many were interested in it, most likely due to the engraving on the bottom of the barrel. This lovely gem was somebody's Christmas gift from the missus and Jr, 1984. Me, I figured what the heck, I've got access to the laser welder at work, a little stainless rod and some bench work, you'd never ever know it was there. So I was the only bidder, and home it came with that plan in mind.
When I got it on my bench here at the house and gave it a good look over, I could see how this guy missus really went all in for him. You can tell she had it polished before he took a handle on it Christmas day, 1984. Of course, that lead me off into thinking about the look on this person's face the first time he seen it. I mean, if my missus would have presented me with something like this, Holy. It then got me to wondering how it ended up on GB. What happened to the original owner? How come the kid doesn't own this if dad passed on? Questions ill never know the answers to, but if I had to guess, I would say the original owner is deceased
Wasn't such a bad day yesterday, I grabbed that Redhawk out of the safe and run a few cylinders thru it, a salute to the original owner on the 40th anniversary. Superstition told me long ago to leave it as is, how is, and that how it will be. It is a very fine shooter, and I'm sure he was extremely proud of it. I'll continue to put a few cylinders thru it every Christmas day in his honor.
Now I had seen some of these go for stupid money(too me, anyway)and the $800 they had on this one seemed like a decent deal. It didn't seem to many were interested in it, most likely due to the engraving on the bottom of the barrel. This lovely gem was somebody's Christmas gift from the missus and Jr, 1984. Me, I figured what the heck, I've got access to the laser welder at work, a little stainless rod and some bench work, you'd never ever know it was there. So I was the only bidder, and home it came with that plan in mind.
When I got it on my bench here at the house and gave it a good look over, I could see how this guy missus really went all in for him. You can tell she had it polished before he took a handle on it Christmas day, 1984. Of course, that lead me off into thinking about the look on this person's face the first time he seen it. I mean, if my missus would have presented me with something like this, Holy. It then got me to wondering how it ended up on GB. What happened to the original owner? How come the kid doesn't own this if dad passed on? Questions ill never know the answers to, but if I had to guess, I would say the original owner is deceased
Wasn't such a bad day yesterday, I grabbed that Redhawk out of the safe and run a few cylinders thru it, a salute to the original owner on the 40th anniversary. Superstition told me long ago to leave it as is, how is, and that how it will be. It is a very fine shooter, and I'm sure he was extremely proud of it. I'll continue to put a few cylinders thru it every Christmas day in his honor.
