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    Tragedy near Kerrville

    Remember, just two weeks ago 13 people lost their lives in flash floods in San Antonio proper early morning rains. There have been numerous NWS flash flood watches and warnings over the last few days as well for the area.
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    Tragedy near Kerrville

    I do not know if that CodeRED system was activated or not though.
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    Tragedy near Kerrville

    Yes, please. I live in Boerne just a couple of miles from Kerrville and the Guadalupe River. I was watching the weather forecast late Thursday and neither saw nor heard any severe river warnings. The NWS was predicting a manageable 4-5" of rain in the area and the Kerrville/Guadalupe River head...
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    NRA National Firearms Museum

    I was visiting N, Virginia so I stopped by the NRA National Firearms Museum yesterday. It's very impressive with a tremendous collection of firearms and displays from the Revolutionary times to present day. I spent about 2 hours there and saw most of the displays. Well worth visiting if you are...
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    Supremes nix Mexican gun lawsuit.

    6 of the 8 original defendants in the case had already been dismissed. I'm sure S&W and Interstate Distributors, who were the remaining two defendants, are breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning.
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    Texas Shipped RM

    Trivia - Kirby Smith Hull, Jr (1896-1954) was listed in the 1940 U.S. Census as living at 507 N. 3rd St in Temple, Tx and was a Game Warden with the Texas Game Commission with a salary of $400 in 1939.
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    Family or Inherited Guns

    It took some time but I was able to take possession of my Dad's Winchester Model 62 Gallery gun a few years back. It's not worth a whole lot but is priceless to me. It will go to my son & then grandson at some point. Here's a rough photo.
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    A Provenance Story

    Yes I did, the 1940 U.S. Census.
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    A Provenance Story

    Doc White Gravestone Doc White's Gravestone in the Masonic Cemetery, Austin, TX and a current view of his 1940 home in San Antonio.
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    Firearms you are embarrassed to admit owning

    I inherited a Phoenix Arms Raven .25 caliber semi-auto. $59.99 new in about 1995. I've never shot it nor taken it out in public.
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    NIB 686-4 Plus 4”

    My 686-4 +, 4 inch. Bought it new in Jan '97 and it will be passed down to my grandson some day.
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    Smith & Wesson Dishwasher 1930

    There was one offered for sale in 2019 at The world's coolest Washing Machines, Dryers and Dishwashers for $8,000. Don't get your hopes up yet, that could be a one-off. The listing was at Conver$ation Piece: Very Rare Smith & Wesson 1930 Dishwasher - $8000
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    686-3 Hunter???

    A rabbit hole about a similar gun: Smith 686 Competitor Lew Horton price advice
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    Something weird about my Schofield

    Webb is right, "US" looks fairly clear with a little enhancing and rotating. ....
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    686+ Question

    My 4" 686-4 Plus pre-lock circa 1997.
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    Unknown engraving on a blued 29-2 with 4" barrel

    Original photo with a little PhotoShop enhancing.
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    The Sheriff's .357

    Max Mayfield's headstone.
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    25 ACP Pistols

    For some reason my late brother bought this .25 Raven at Sportstown in Dallas in the mid '70s for $59.99. It makes a nice paperweight these days. I just checked - $60 in 1975 is about $330 in 2022 dollars. :eek:
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    And the search begins

    Yes, JADARE is correct, that info & photo came from Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records. Another source is BillionGraves and I'm not a fan nor subscriber to ancestry.com but I do find a lot of good genealogy info at FamilySearch • Free Family Trees and Genealogy Archives . I attempted to...
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    And the search begins

    Eugene A. Haverfield BIRTH 15 Feb 1886 Sedalia Township, Pettis County, Missouri, USA DEATH 15 Aug 1951 (aged 65) BURIAL Mount Washington Cemetery Lenapah, Nowata County, Oklahoma, USA
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