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Old 06-03-2018, 11:08 AM
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By the way, why does the Super BH in your picture still have perfect bluing? Is that not the SBH you had in your youth?
Sadly, I traded the Super B I owned as a youth off for something else I wanted more. It had the original varnished grips and black eagle emblem. It was a "white box" issue made soon after Ruger quit providing a wooden box with the gun. Those boxes, made for a very short time, are now worth more than the guns they contained. Again sadly, my wife threw that valuable box out during a residence move. When I found out she had done that, I patiently explained that she should NEVER throw out a gun box again without my express permission! By the way, the serial number on that Super B was 10030. I still have a box of ammo I handloaded back then, and the label bears that number. If anyone here now has it - please PM me immediately!

Years later, I found a later gun made in 1973, just before the changeover to the "new model." It's as new in the box. That is the gun illustrated. For the record, I kept both guns in extremely nice condition - number 10030 did have just a tad of holster wear, though.

John
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