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Post by Lee Martin on May 12, 2015 19:49:36 GMT -5
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Post by Markbo on May 13, 2015 0:48:42 GMT -5
What makes the 03 one of a kind?
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Post by bradshaw on May 13, 2015 4:03:50 GMT -5
Marko.... the Ruger 03 is a factory-one-of-a-kind, as are the Hawkeye .357 Maximum and No. 1 .357 Maximum, because Sturm, Ruger, Inc., made them.
David Bradshaw
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Post by squawberryman on May 13, 2015 4:49:29 GMT -5
Has the story of the JB welded (appears) grip been told?
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Post by bradshaw on May 13, 2015 7:56:37 GMT -5
squawberryman.... yes. Do not remember the thread. While attaching a bushog to a tractor, applying a bit of muscle as these things oft require, and pivoting, the 03 banged against the armature on the bushog. It was faux ivory versus thick steel. The steel won, breaking the grip. Chips of faux ivory vanished in the brush. Glued the two pieces with Marine-Tex Epoxy, a very strong, zero-shrinkage epoxy with which I've bedded numerous rifles. Marine-Tex comes in grey or white. Obviously, white would have been more discrete. Perhaps I was appalled at the fragility of the faux ivory, and chose the grey to make a statement. My experience is not unique: recall at the first report John Taffin reporting similar episode. Meanwhile, back in the jungle, Fermin Garza suggesting dignity be served with the real stuff.
David Bradshaw
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Post by 2 Dogs on May 13, 2015 8:28:31 GMT -5
If you're gonna have character, do it with your head held high!
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Post by alukban on May 13, 2015 8:55:00 GMT -5
Years from now, when many of us have passed, someone will find that gun and immediately recognize it as "that repair"  |
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Post by Markbo on May 13, 2015 9:55:58 GMT -5
Marko.... the Ruger 03 is a factory-one-of-a-kind, as are the Hawkeye .357 Maximum and No. 1 .357 Maximum, because Sturm, Ruger, Inc., made them. David Bradshaw Im confused...so every gun Ruger makes is a factory-one-of-a-kind??? Or are there no other 5.5" factory .45 Colts? Surely there is a reason for that tag other than Ruger made it. |
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Post by bradshaw on May 13, 2015 11:22:22 GMT -5
Markbo.... take a deep breath. You step towards the anti-semantic precipice. One of millions of 10/22's is not a one-of-a-kind. Having an individual serial number does not make it unique. One-of-a-kind means no others of that configuration were made.
Examples of factory one-of-a-kind Rugers
* Red Label 20 gauge over/under with ultra-thin barrels, specified for light trap and field load only. One-of-a-kind.
* Red Label 20 gauge over/under barreled in .375 Holland & Holland Magnum and bushed for rifle firing pins. One-of-a-kind.
* Blackhawk long cylinder .357 Maximum on Super Blackhawk frame, chambered for original experimental 1.490-inch Maximum case. One-of-a-kind.
* Hawkeye single shot .357 Maximum. One-of-a-kind.
* No. 1 .357 Maximum. One-of-a-kind.
* Ruger 03 Bisley Blackhawk .45 Colt/.45 ACP. Stainless, 5-1/2" bbl. Maximum/KS411N ejector assembly, shortened 1/4-inch. Super Redhawk front sight. First stainless ACP cylinder. The Ruger 03 is at once a celebration of Ruger's influence on handgun silhouette, and this shooter's participation, and a commemoration of William B. Ruger's contribution to disciplined marksmanship.
In general, a factory one-of-a-kind is complete and finished as for production, with no further examples made. Distinct from toolroom guns lacking completion or finish. Many toolroom guns are made to try out ideas, without consideration given to finished appearance. Technically these are one-of-a-kind.
David Bradshaw
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Post by serialsolver on May 13, 2015 11:39:38 GMT -5
Better to have cracked the grip workin on a brush hog than to have cracked the grip droppin it in the bathroom.
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Post by Markbo on May 13, 2015 22:45:21 GMT -5
Thank you David. That is one heckuva lot clearer now that you actually explained yourself. That wasnt so hard was it? |
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Post by bradshaw on May 16, 2015 9:20:08 GMT -5
alukban.... grips are clothes, or shoes, as some folk call 'em, from overalls to tweed, sneakers to dress shoes, subject to occasion and mood. Naturally, grips must fit----fit the shooter, that is----and the faux ivories slapped on the 03 when I picked up the gun at the factory are thicker at the hump than factory rosewood, which incorrectly taper to the hump. Of course ivory has warmth only living things produce. My mother played her 1892 Steinway six hours a day, the warm white ivories never tiring of her touch.
David Bradshaw
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