 “You’re so lucky! All you do is travel throughout the world and hunt. Must be a great life! I wish I could do that!” He hesitated then added, “Don’t you feel a little guilty about having it so good, compared to the rest of us who like to hunt?” I smiled, having just . . . → Read More: Real Life – Larry Weishuhn This is a Memorial Day of 2012 tribute to the 2nd Battalion of the 12th Infantry Regiment; 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division out of Ft. Carson, Colorado. My son, and your Webmaster of Classic Sporting Arms, is LTC Brandon Newton, who is 4th from the left in the photo below. . . . → Read More: MEMORIAL DAY 2012-Tribute to the 2-12 Infantry  A couple of years ago I had an opportunity to acquire one of the Lipsey’s Exclusives in the .25-06 AB. The forearm had been somewhat “modified”. I was thinking this was to be a hunting rifle. About the same time, my cousin, Dr. Bob Collard bought some stock blanks. He generously said he would . . . → Read More: A Custom Ruger No.1 in .25-06 When Pete Brown’s Ruger collection was sold in April of 1991, this Prototype GP-100 was in it. Jerry Lee Wilson purchased the .44 Deerstalker #22; Mark May acquired the GP-100 Prototype and my Brother-in-Law(Tom Hutton) and I purchased the remainder of Mr. Brown’s Ruger collection. Just recently, I was able to obtain the GP-100 . . . → Read More: A Prototype Ruger GP-100; #880-00003 At the 2009 NRA Convention in Phoenix, my cousin(Dr. Bob Collard) and I visited with Kelly Glenn-Kimbro at the Ruger exhibit. Kelly’s father, Warner, was also at Phoenix and I met him. Bob is from Silver City, NM and had hunted lion with Warner and Kelly several years previous. I have said several times . . . → Read More: 2011 Arizona Mountain Lion Hunt 
In November, 1983, I visited with Mr. Roger Barlow in his home at New Market, Virginia. The purpose of the trip was to purchase his Ruger No.1 “21 Club” presentation rifle. He also showed me a really interesting Ruger shotgun. This was a 12 gauge Red Label, but it was missing . . . → Read More: A Singularly Unique Ruger Shotgun  It would nearly be sinful not to have a Ruger No. 1 as the first featured rifle. I had been considering doing a Schultz & Larsen Model 54J in 7×61 Sharpe & Hart, but guess it can move down the list. Ruger No. 1 serial #50 was originally a 7mm Remington Magnum with a . . . → Read More: Ruger No. 1 Serial #50 .300 H&H Magnum 
Mexico 9-Point Whitetail & Ruger No. 1 .25-06 AH In field judging game, Jack O’Connor is often quoted: “The big ones always look big!” That quote is found at least in one place on page 326 in Hunting Big Game in North America. I will remind myself of that many times on future . . . → Read More: 2008 Mexico Hunt with Ruger No. 1 .25-06  It was a beautiful October day in the Big Hole area of Montana. The Elk season was underway so Don Hartmann and a hunting buddy Bob Perkins decided to hunt in the area southwest of Wisdom. Don had picked a location in the Cow creek area. He was scouting along a ridge overlooking Cow . . . → Read More: Ruger No. 1, The Untold Story by Carl Ross  The 1967 Catalog stated(in very small print): Engraving: Our engraving is done in the English pattern(i.e., floral scrolls and borders, monograms, game vignettes) but no bas-relief engraving will be undertaken. We cannot furnish inlays or carvings of stocks. Prices for engraving (3 patterns available) start at $125.00, which is in addition to the basic . . . → Read More: Engraved Ruger No. 1′s |
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