Will the first Combat Magnum please stand up ?

[handejector]

Did anyone notice that Bill Jordan said "Hartford" in his letter to Rex Applegate instead of Springfield?

That ain't nuthin'.
He merely wrote the wrong town.
In my younger days, I've woke up in the wrong town.

 

[rags]

Ok, now who's on first?

rags

 

[mikepriwer]

Chuck

Needless to say, I agree with you 100%. Thanks for your comments.

I am still curious about the engraving of K260003, and why the gun
was never delivered to President Kennedy. There is a shipping date in
November 18, 1960, which presumably is right after the presidental
election. I assumed, but could be wrong, that it corresponded to
sending the gun to Alvin White. That would have been more than
enough time to complete the engraving, and make the presentation.

Maybe management changed it mind ? Maybe some event changed
their mind ? Very curious.

Regards, Mike

 

[Muley Gil]

"There is a shipping date in
November, 1959, which presumably is right after the presidental
election."

Elections are in even years. Kennedy ran in 1960 and took office in 1961.

 

[mikepriwer]

Muley

My error - its Nov 18, 1960 .

Regards, Mike

 

[RKmesa]

Richard

Just for you !

Regards, Mike Priwer

There we go... Now I'm feeling the love...

Thanks!

 

[Kavinsky]

does anyone have a snipet from that film/show where Bill first showed off his model 19?

 

[mikepriwer]

Roy Jinks has a copy of the film.

Mike Priwer

 

[sigp220.45]

Bill Jordan accidentally killed fellow Border Patrolman John A. Rector with a .357 Magnum revolver on October 16, 1956. I wonder if it was K260001?

 

[bullmack]

Bill Jordan accidentally killed fellow Border Patrolman John A. Rector with a .357 Magnum revolver on October 16, 1956. I wonder if it was K260001?

Holy Cow!

John A. Rector
Date of Birth: August 23, 1898
Entered on Duty: March 13, 1928

Title: Patrol Inspector

End of Watch: October 16, 1956

Details:
At approximately 11:30 a.m., October 16, 1956, Patrol Inspector John A. Rector was accidentally shot by the firing of a .357 Magnum revolver by a fellow officer. The mishap occurred at the Chula Vista Sector Headquarters where two officers were discussing various guns and their limitations and advantages. During the course of the conversation, the .357 Magnum was unloaded, examined, then reloaded, and placed in a desk drawer. The two officers then examined a .22 revolver and soon the discussion returned to the .357 Magnum. At this point one of the officers reached into the desk drawer, picked up the pistol, and without realizing that it had been reloaded, pulled the trigger.

The bullet passed through a partition wall into Patrol Inspector Rector's office where it struck him in the left jaw and ranged up through his head. Upon arrival of an ambulance and a doctor, Patrol Inspector Rector was removed to the Paradise Valley Hospital in National City. Two neurosurgeons from San Diego were called; however, nothing could be done for Inspector Rector. He died at approximately 2:00 p.m. the same day.

 

[Kavinsky]

Hmm then the question is who reloaded the revolver, and I'm surprised he didnt remember that old addage, always check the gun again before pulling the trigger if someone else has handled it in the meantime.

 

[Sprefix]

I got a beat-up old S-prefix four screw 29 and none of the "problems". I'm plumm wore out after this thread..................

 

[Engine49guy]

does anyone have a snipet from that film/show where Bill first showed off his model 19?

Somebody does have a link as I watched the segment from a link posted on this site about a year or so ago,
I thought it was on Youtube but a quick search found zip.
I would like to see it again as well.

GREAT stories great guns...what more could one ask for.

 

[JSR III]

I wonder if the accidental death of this Border Patrol Officer had anything to do with the gun never being presented to Kennedy. Maybe Teddy put the kibosh on it and began his career of anti gun activity.

 

[rednichols]

Holy Cow!

John A. Rector
Date of Birth: August 23, 1898
Entered on Duty: March 13, 1928

Title: Patrol Inspector

End of Watch: October 16, 1956

Details:
At approximately 11:30 a.m., October 16, 1956, Patrol Inspector John A. Rector was accidentally shot by the firing of a .357 Magnum revolver by a fellow officer. The mishap occurred at the Chula Vista Sector Headquarters where two officers were discussing various guns and their limitations and advantages. During the course of the conversation, the .357 Magnum was unloaded, examined, then reloaded, and placed in a desk drawer. The two officers then examined a .22 revolver and soon the discussion returned to the .357 Magnum. At this point one of the officers reached into the desk drawer, picked up the pistol, and without realizing that it had been reloaded, pulled the trigger.

The bullet passed through a partition wall into Patrol Inspector Rector's office where it struck him in the left jaw and ranged up through his head. Upon arrival of an ambulance and a doctor, Patrol Inspector Rector was removed to the Paradise Valley Hospital in National City. Two neurosurgeons from San Diego were called; however, nothing could be done for Inspector Rector. He died at approximately 2:00 p.m. the same day.

Really sorry to resurrect this otherwise worthy thread; but it's worth clarifying that the 'fellow officer' in this story is Bill Jordan, as the 'fellow officer' to John Rector; according to the contemporaneous article about the death in a Chula Vista newspaper. Neither was it a bullet from a different officer's .22 that struck Rector; it is explicitly stated to have been from Bill's .357.