Rex Firearms Co. ?

[jhnttrpp]

I get calls from people quite often who have tracked me down.
I do NOT have any records remaining from my association with Rex, only the memories dimmed by the decades that have since passed.

The decades have dimmed a lot of our memories even though I was not quite born when you started your shop. I hope you are doing well.

 

[Tired Gunsmith]

my next birthday be the good Lord willing I will be 90.
Cannot travel much anymore, but look at various forums and try to help when and where I can.

 

[twaits]

I know this is a very old thread but I just found out that my S&W .44 Magnum shipped to Rex Dec 26, 1957. So in my Google search of Rex this thread came up. Very interesting!
Mine is S 179423

 

[Truckman]

Now I need to go back through all my letters because Rex Firearms has a familiar ring to it......Ben

 

[mikepriwer]

Here is a thread I posted a little over 12 years ago. It's about a pair of guns that I owned, with Blanchard front sight blades, fully engraved by Harry Jarvis, and shipped to Rex Firearms. Richard Garner owns these two guns now.

https://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-h...jarvis-engraved-357s.html?highlight=blanchard

Regards, Mike Priwer

 

[rct269]

And just so you know Rex dealt in regular, everyday guns, I had a .22 Combat Masterpiece shipped to them August 11, 1954----and a Model 41 shipped to them September 16, 1971.

The Model 41 was one of those with a 5 1/2" heavy barrel and the extendable front sight------- that might qualify as something other than regular and everyday, but you couldn't tell it by me.

Ralph Tremaine

 

[demkofour]

My only connection with Rex Firearms is my model marked Mod-23 that shipped from the Factory to Rex in January of 1960.
A cool gun from a real historical place.

 

[twaits]

I'm curious, how did Rex and other NYC gunshops deal with NYCs Sullivan Law? If you bought a gun directly from Rex in NYC did it have to get shipped out if the city or could you take it with you?

 

[HKSmith]

I'm curious, how did Rex and other NYC gunshops deal with NYCs Sullivan Law? If you bought a gun directly from Rex in NYC did it have to get shipped out if the city or could you take it with you?

Great question. I grew up in NYC in the 1940's and 1950's. At that time, long guns were essentially unregulated in NY, but handguns (even antiques) required a permit that listed all of your handguns. This is true throughout New York State, since the 1911 Sullivan Law is a state law. Even with a permit, you could not take possession of the gun until it was added to your permit. I had a permit from Orange County at one time (about 50 miles north of NYC) and if I bought a gun in NYC it would have to be added to my permit and then shipped to me. I also had residence in CT at that time and could buy a handgun in NYC and have it shipped to my CT address. That was pre-1968.

 

[demkofour]

I came across this copy of an advertisement for Rex Firearms tonight. Cool stuff from a bygone era…

 

[Raymond88]

As someone who has always been fascinated with NYC and somewhat recently developed an obsession with S&W - This is one of the best and most interesting threads I have seen on this forum. RIP tired Gunsmith. You became A legend to me after reading this!

 

[gjamison]

Got on the forum this morning and to my surprise I see one of my threads from 2009. This is great! Thanks for bringing this back around.

 

[Raymond88]

Got on the forum this morning and to my surprise I see one of my threads from 2009. This is great! Thanks for bringing this back around.

Man I have to tell you this thread brought me a lot of joy. Very very interesting. When I previously commented I was doing the math thinking that tired gunsmith said he was going to be 90 in 2009 when I re-read it just now it was 2017 when he said that not 2009. Lets hope he is still alive and kicking. I apologize.

 

[wcat94]

This model 1950 military 6.5" shiped to Rex firearms in April of 1954.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

A brace of zombies to go in this zombie thread.

Here's a Chiefs Special Airweight S&W shipped to Rex Firearms Company
on July 31, 1953. Aluminum cylinder.

A 3" Chiefs Special S&W shipped to Rex Firearms Company, one of three
in the order, on May 7, 1954.