Unique Registered Magnum shipped to King
This 5 inch Registered Magnum, Serial number 55662, Reg. Number 3357 (appropriate for a .357) shipped from the factory on December 15, 1937 and went directly to King Gun Sight in San Francisco. The factory letter notes “It was shipped to King for special modification for their customer”. It has a very interesting rib, King red dot front sight, a #112 rear sight, and a Cockeyed hammer. According to the registration certificate, the single action pull was set at 3 1/2 pounds and the double action pull at 10 pounds. It was sighted with a dead center hold at 25 yards. It was registered by M.P. Juarez of San Francisco. After quite a bit of research, I believe this to be Moritz Percy Juarez who lived at 134 Joice Street (now demolished) in San Francisco. He later moved to Placerville, California. He was born November 26, 1890 and died April 14, 1970. He came from a prominent family who were influential settlers of Napa Valley. The original shipping tube accompanies the registration certificate. I also have a handwritten sales receipt in the name of W.F. Cobb dated November 29, 1937 with a selling price of $48.00 plus 1.44 tax. About the only thing I can find about W.F. Cobb is a couple of results in shooting competitions where he was competing against Ad Toepperwein’s wife, Elizabeth “Plinky” Toepperwein. I’m not exactly sure how Cobb figures into the ownership of the gun but it would appear, according to the dates, that he owned it for a short time prior to Juarez.
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