One last gun.....

[gunman42782]

I have wanted this gun since I started working at the range 4 years ago.  Finally talked the boss into letting me have it for a decent price.  This is one of the last 5000 Standard Autos ever built, in stainless, with Bill Rugers signiture on it, shipped in a reproduction salt cod box, just like the first ones to leave the factory.  Today is my last day at the range.  Got a job in Corrections.  Hope I made the right decision!

[ellis4538]

About the gun, YES...about the job good luck!

Richard

[tt11758]

About the gun, YES...about the job good luck!

Richard

What he ^ said!!

[Jrlobo]

The only bad decision is the one you regret! Hopefully you will have none.

[gunman42782]

Well, I ended up staying at the range.  Got a pretty decent offer, and I decided to stay.

[Sponsor]

[twyacht]

Congrats to both.....Sounds like they wanted you to stay more than they wanted to see you go.

Sure has that "Lugeresque" look to it....

[GASPASSERDELUXE]

YOU made the right decision by not going into corrections. My son was in Security Forces in the USAF. Spent 30 months  on the island of Crete. He loved it there.   Came back to the states and was stationed at Ft Leavenworth Military Prision. After he was discharged he wound up working for the Missouri Dept of Corrections. Finally got on with the Feds at Leavenworth Penitentiary which is just down the street from where he worked in the military priison. He was there for 12 years. Pay was great, lots of overtime at the civilian hospital when one of the cons tried to kill another one.  He was becoming a basket case mentally and finaly quit. He paid for some schooling and now works as a train  conductor for Union Pacific. He loves it.













































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came back to the states

[blackwolfe]

Nice one.  Saw one of these about 20 years ago with white grips with red medallion.
Unfortunately I had no money to purchase it at the time and have never seen another with the white grips.
I haven't been able to find out anything about the white gripped one as to whether it was a special one or not.

[alfsauve]

Only thing cooler would owning Ian Fleming's MKI.  Of course that would have involved parting with $6,000+ at an auction earlier this year.

Mine is circa '78. Not collectible, but a great shoter.

[billt]

This is one of the last 5000 Standard Autos ever built, in stainless, with Bill Rugers signiture on it, shipped in a reproduction salt cod box, just like the first ones to leave the factory.

I have a similar gun. This one is supposed to be the last of the Mark II's produced. It is the NRA, Bill Ruger Commemorative. It has the Bill Ruger and NRA crest roll markings on the frame, with Cocobola grips. I'm told, and have seen pictures of, a similar model with polymer fake Ivory grips as well. They came either way.