Tallbald
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OK. A happy story of an Old Army coming back home. Will try to keep it shorter than I posted on another fine forum. Back in early spring , my loving wife and I found ourselves in need of a little extra money to buy her insulin and pay car insurance. We live on retirement and a little savings, and she is in the "doughnut hole" on medicare paying toward her medicines. Despite her protests, I put up one of my three stainless ROA's. This one was a pre-billboard 1978ish beauty I had given a high polish to remove years of tiny scratches. It sold quickly on consignment at a LGS, and the $500 it brought helped a lot.
Monday of this week my wife and I visited the LGS again to browse and say hello. In the case was a beautifully polished ROA stainless that I asked to see, and sure enough it was my old gun. The tag was $515 plus tax, and although my loving wife said "Don buy it back!" I declined, even though we have since payed off a hospital bill and built up some savings. She urged me again at home, so I caved in and called to offer $500 out the door and it was accepted. The beautiful thing is that the fella who bought my ROA, enjoyed it and traded it back in, had fitted the gun with a beautiful set of Altamont imitation ivory grips that some wonderfully talented artist had scrimshaw ornamented in a period motif. The "S" on the grip is also my initial. The gun also has its original walnut Ruger grips from 78 I sold it with and with the gun came a rather basic hand made made holster.
So happy to have the ROA back. My wife says the "S" on the scrimshaw grips means this whole situation was meant to happen. Thanks for looking. Don
Monday of this week my wife and I visited the LGS again to browse and say hello. In the case was a beautifully polished ROA stainless that I asked to see, and sure enough it was my old gun. The tag was $515 plus tax, and although my loving wife said "Don buy it back!" I declined, even though we have since payed off a hospital bill and built up some savings. She urged me again at home, so I caved in and called to offer $500 out the door and it was accepted. The beautiful thing is that the fella who bought my ROA, enjoyed it and traded it back in, had fitted the gun with a beautiful set of Altamont imitation ivory grips that some wonderfully talented artist had scrimshaw ornamented in a period motif. The "S" on the grip is also my initial. The gun also has its original walnut Ruger grips from 78 I sold it with and with the gun came a rather basic hand made made holster.
So happy to have the ROA back. My wife says the "S" on the scrimshaw grips means this whole situation was meant to happen. Thanks for looking. Don