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Offline Josey Walls

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Got this in 1970
« on: January 06, 2013, 06:04:33 PM »


I was 16 years old and in Germany with my dad, he was in the army. I was pretty good at hunting dove and quail with my 870 back home in Kentucky, so I signed up one Saturday to try my luck in a skeet tournament at Rhine Main air base. I came in first place in my age group and won a $50.00 gift certificate at the Rod & Gun club. For just a few dollars more, 29 to be exact I was the proud owner of a 357 Magnum Blackhawk. It keeps my freezer full of deer meat. I turned 59 this past December.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Got this in 1970
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2013, 06:31:58 PM »
Nice gun.  Always good to have an old friend like that.   My first Ruger is a MK 1 target I got about 1979.
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Offline Lloyd Smale

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Re: Got this in 1970
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2013, 11:11:55 PM »
looks to be in great shape still for an old flat top. Quite a few of them went through my hands years ago. Most used for conversions to differnt calibers or used for trading stock. Never been a big fan of the 357 but kind of wish i would have kept one flat top just to shoot. I had one real nice 4 5/8s gun that should have stayed here. even in the 80s they a guy could find nice ones for around 200 bucks. NOT ANY MORE!
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Re: Got this in 1970
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 05:22:46 AM »
Nice vintage keeper there and well done for the way you got it!
I dragged my feet on getting a BH until recently and finally got the 50th An. 357, which is very nice BTW (check one out Lloyd, if you can) in fit, finish and function. Im glad I waited.
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Offline Lloyd Smale

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Re: Got this in 1970
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2013, 01:51:07 AM »
ive had two of the aniversary flat top 357s and still have an aniverary 44 mag that dustin linebaugh installed a custom 4 5/8s barrel on. there nice guns but just not the same as an old 3 screw.
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Re: Got this in 1970
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2013, 01:06:56 PM »
i had that same gun i purchased early 80's.hunted with it and shot it for years. during a stupid moment i sold it to my brother.he will not sell it back to me!im very dissapointed in him.
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