Thread: Combat Masterpiece 38 special marked USMC Property
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Old 03-21-2017, 10:55 AM
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This (above) is from one of the smart guys---no "dim recollections" for him. "Big bear" is another one of those smart guys----woke me up this morning with one of those clandestine messages----Evaluators Ltd.--Quantico, VA---husband and wife team-----he a retired Marine Corp. officer (General??)---she a friend/kin (??) to someone of weight at S&W. As the story goes, she had the inspiration for the Combat Masterpiece----and the Highway Patrolman.

So-----bottom line is your daddy's gun may very well be something with uncommon history------special---to us at least----never mind the outside world.

Ralph Tremaine
Sorry that some of us have posted "dim recollections". Yes, some folks havve access to more information than the rest of do. So "dim recollections" of our experience is all we have to go by.

AJ Glaser
1stSgt. USMC(RET.)

I hope for the OP that is does turn out to be a piece owned by the Corps. Will increase it's value and desirability.
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