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07-07-2013, 08:29 PM
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Arguably, the most talked about Registered Magnums are Reg. #1 which was given to J. Edgar Hoover and Reg. #1591 in .22 caliber. If a .44 Special original Registered Magnum were to turn up, it would certainly hold an equally high position. I can't believe that, with all of the research that has been done on the RM's, that one exists.
The reason that those two guns are so highly desired is because of the recipient in #1 and the uniqueness of caliber in #1591. In the over all big picture of the Reg. Mags., once you get past the original marketing value of #1, I would postulate that those reasons are pretty superficial ones. When it comes to the history of the guns, in the use for which they were designed, it is easy to love the more plebeian ones...even those "dreadful" KCPD guns.
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07-07-2013, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by bettis1
Arguably, the most talked about Registered Magnums are Reg. #1 which was given to J. Edgar Hoover and Reg. #1591 in .22 caliber. If a .44 Special original Registered Magnum were to turn up, it would certainly hold an equally high position. I can't believe that, with all of the research that has been done on the RM's, that one exists.
The reason that those two guns are so highly desired is because of the recipient in #1 and the uniqueness of caliber in #1591. In the over all big picture of the Reg. Mags., once you get past the original marketing value of #1, I would postulate that those reasons are pretty superficial ones. When it comes to the history of the guns, in the use for which they were designed, it is easy to love the more plebeian ones...even those "dreadful" KCPD guns.
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I'd take one of those dreadful guns..... 
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07-07-2013, 10:11 PM
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Where were you 7 or 8 years ago when I was selling several of them? I tried to trade 2 of them to "Blake" for his 1940 K22.
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07-08-2013, 11:13 AM
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Where were you 7 or 8 years ago when I was selling several of them? I tried to trade 2 of them to "Blake" for his 1940 K22.
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Heck, I didn't even know the forum existed 'till 4 years ago when I was doing some research on my dads Heavy Duty! If only I'd known, Dick. If only....
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