Had a great turnout for the Southwest Bunch as usual. Missed a few of the old standbys. Hope they are all doing well and will return next fall.

Had a great mini-auction with the proceeds going to help fund the digitizing for the Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation.

Thanks to the following: Jess Lucio, RM box; Bill Patteson, gold box; Larry Gaertner, box (darn, I forgot to write down what); Chad Gripp, early N-frame grips; Russ Lindenlaub, stag grips; Chase Gripp, grips. Also purchased were .44 mag books and the RM calendar by Bob Radaker, Dave Ballantyne, Jim Stark and Boyd Andrews. Warren Walker donated a group of blue boxes that were purchased by: Jim Stark, Butch McEwen, Rob Brewer, Bob Radaker, Bill Edmiston, Wm. Mullins, Jarvis Hurd and Rob Bruin. Couple of these I probably really messed up the name spelling on. So sorry. Over all raised $3955. This was matched by an additional $4045, making the total raised $8000! This will pay for a few more boxes.

Thanks to all! Much appreciated. If you are not a member, please see swhistoricalfoundation.com and join!!

Sheryl Cheely

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Sheryl, Chase and I had a great time as usual. It seems to get better every time. A big THANK YOU to you as well for all the things you do to keep the SWHF going.

Chad Gripp