Reno surprise- 5-screw Highway Patrolman with cokes

[northslope]

The Reno show is not disappointing...lots of stuff, can't buy it all...

But I did settle on this minty looks-unfired highway patrolman that is inexplicably paired with a pair of equally mint coke grips. serial is S 111xxx.

$800 out the door. the condition of both the gun and the grips proved irresistible.

--Neill

 

[bgrafsr]

$400.00 for the gun and $400.00 for the Cokes. Great buy.

 

[usm1rifle]

I can see why you couldn't pass that up...

 

[STCM(SW)]

Nice buy!
Now, let me get one like that!

 

[stmry]

That piece is amazing.

 

[beagleye]

Cokes on a 28 are unexpected and great.

 

[dotdsd334]

Impressive and at a great price. Where is that "jealous" button on here again.......

 

[RobertJ.]

I can only imagine how pleased you must feel with that score! Very nice!

 

[b.guggenmos]

WOW! Very nice.

 

[Bill Bates]

Well done!

 

[Warren Sear]

"Minty"? I'd say that is NRA "cherry"!

 

[snake803]

Contact me if you want your $$$$ back!!!!!!!!!!
JIM...................

 

[A10]

There is something just totally cool about an early Highway Patrolman with Cokes. The old girl deserves some up-town shoes! Congratulations!

 

[DWFAN]

You should be arrested for theft. That was the steal of the month for sure.
DW

 

[Retired W4]

WHAT A SCORE !! I have 111760 but it didn't come with cokes. Wow.

 

[RKmesa]

Beautiful gun and stocks.

Congrats and thanks for sharing,

 

[4-Screw]

Congrats!

I'm assuming you did not get any additional information on the gun? The conversation did not start with...."So, nice gun but at what point did you take off the stock Magna grips and put on these $500 'Coke Bottle' grips?"

 

[northslope]

Congrats!

I'm assuming you did not get any additional information on the gun? The conversation did not start with...."So, nice gun but at what point did you take off the stock Magna grips and put on these $500 'Coke Bottle' grips?"

I never even mentioned the grips...it wasn't clear the price factored in the fact that they were cokes..after the deal was finished,the dealer winked and said "and you want to keep these grips, right?"

To be fair, this gun was the red headed stepchild of the table. This guy had some really really nice stuff w/boxes that stood out. Including a model 15 with and 8 3/8" barrel in nickel...pristine.

 

[DWFAN]

The model 15 with the 8 3/8 barrel is uncommon in itself. They were produced in small numbers because the model 14 people were asking for them after the 14 had been discontinued. I sold one I had for a crazy amount of money last year. I still can't get over it. The interesting factor is it being in nickle. Did you look to see if it was stamped as such?
DW

 

[northslope]

The model 15 with the 8 3/8 barrel is uncommon in itself. They were produced in small numbers because the model 14 people were asking for them after the 14 had been discontinued. I sold one I had for a crazy amount of money last year. I still can't get over it. The interesting factor is it being in nickle. Did you look to see if it was stamped as such?
DW

I did not check to see if it was stamped nickel or not. The box matched as I recall, and I think the asking was $1175 or so. Nothing about the gun suggested a refinish,so I didn't look much closer.

There was a "matching" 4" model 15 in identical condition right next to it. What a pair!.....