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I was hoping for your knowledgeable imput on this thread Terry. Thanks. The pic I saw was of the lug, showing RM 1. Do you have that as well?
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That picture (of the crane) is in the book by T. J. Mullin.
Retired FBI SA Larry Wack was a personal friend and many in the FBI will always consider him the true historian for the Bureau. Larry lost a long battle with cancer several years ago but his Faded Glory: Dusty Roads of an FBI Era lives on.
Here is the story behind the above picture of RM #1 s butt serial number.
Searching For Hoover's #1 Registered .357 Magnum
Just some crumbs of tips on the whereabouts of #1 today for those of you who may be interested. The fun is in the hunt not so much the acquisition a famous member here once said. I found that to be true several times over the years.
Here is the story behind the above picture of RM #1 s butt serial number.
Searching For Hoover's #1 Registered .357 Magnum
Just some crumbs of tips on the whereabouts of #1 today for those of you who may be interested. The fun is in the hunt not so much the acquisition a famous member here once said. I found that to be true several times over the years.
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Maybe not top 10, but one of my favorite RMs is REG 319, an Alvin White engraved beauty. 
[Edited to clarify that this one unfortunately is not mine... When it came for auction I was not ready to pay what someone else paid for it...
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[photo source - RIA Auctions]
[Edited to clarify that this one unfortunately is not mine... When it came for auction I was not ready to pay what someone else paid for it...][photo source - RIA Auctions]
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Maybe not top 10, but one of my favorite RMs is REG 319, an Alvin White engraved beauty.
Maybe not top ten from a historical provenance perspective but it surely is in the top ten of engraved RMs!
Jeff
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Maybe not top 10, but one of my favorite RMs is REG 319, an Alvin White engraved beauty.
It is very nice! Any idea what it sold for, and what year?
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Spetember 9 2017 for $34.5K...
The engraved RM above was in the collection of Gary Garbrecht, Ray Cheely and whomever acquired it at auction. I have handled it many times at Gary's.
Bill
Bill
Well, maybe not generic Top 10, but certainly this RM is in my personal collection Top 10, along with my John Dubiel 300 H&H Magnum, built on a Mouser Magnum action. My dad bought this RM (RN 1396) from a sailor in Guam in 1946, after it (and he) survived WWII. It occupies a special niche from my childhood as one of the first pistols I ever fired. Along with his 38/44 Outdoorsman, with King Ventilated Rib sight plane, his competition pistol on a really bad day at Pearl Harbor. He was the R&P Team coach on the USS Pennsylvania, flagship of the Pacific Fleet. He was a really good coach to have as a father… And those were really good pistols to introduce me to the world of shooting, reloading, and casting bullets. Now, at 75, I ask a sad question: where did my eyesight go??? But I can still open my gun safe and hold these treasures!
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Cool Ivory grip adapter! Thanks for sharing.
Larry
Yeah, he sent the RM to Japan in 1946, where they were very hungry, to have the pistol engraved and the grips carved with a Dragon on each side. Angry-looking bugger. Back in the late 30's, one of the members of his Pistol Team on the Pennsy was the ship's dentist, and he made grip adapters for each member of the Bullseye team, out of false teeth material. They were incredibly pink-ugly, but also very effective, so while the other teams made fun of them, they made trophies. Dad sent the dental grip adapter to the Japanese craftsman and ordered it in ivory along with the grips. He liked it so much that he ordered ivory grips and a second adapter for his Outdoorsman. Those grips are copies of standard Walnut checkered grips, but the second adapter is just like this one. Sadly, the dental adapter never came back from Japan...
good stories all around this thread
