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My Dad's pistol #8200614 03/12/21 06:56 PM
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My Dad passed about 5 years ago. A lot of times when I think about him I pull out his old 38 revolver. What is cool is that he used the bones of his stud horse to make the grips. He had to put him down after a broken leg with this pistol. I do a lot of gun trading and to me this one is priceless.

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Cool story! What is it? Looks like a Ruger Vaquero, but you said .38. I've only seen the Vaquero in 357...not .38.

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Originally Posted by unclebubba
Cool story! What is it? Looks like a Ruger Vaquero, but you said .38. I've only seen the Vaquero in 357...not .38.



My dad had one of those too. I forget the brand/maker... but it was a double action .38 special.

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Great gun and great story!


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It’s stories like this and pictures like this that keep me coming back to THF every night. Thanks for sharing. I didn’t know your Dad, but I damn well know I would have liked him. Keep honoring him.


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Originally Posted by BbarVRanch
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Cool story! What is it? Looks like a Ruger Vaquero, but you said .38. I've only seen the Vaquero in 357...not .38.



My dad had one of those too. I forget the brand/maker... but it was a double action .38 special.


You did not answer the question.


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Thanks for sharing , great piece of family history.

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Cool story! What is it? Looks like a Ruger Vaquero, but you said .38. I've only seen the Vaquero in 357...not .38.



My dad had one of those too. I forget the brand/maker... but it was a double action .38 special.


You did not answer the question.



I did some looking and found those double action 38's were imported by Rohm of Germany.

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Great story!

Thanks for posting it up!


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Originally Posted by BbarVRanch
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Cool story! What is it? Looks like a Ruger Vaquero, but you said .38. I've only seen the Vaquero in 357...not .38.



My dad had one of those too. I forget the brand/maker... but it was a double action .38 special.


Looks like an RG.

Posted before I finished the thread, you already identified it.

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Yep that’s the model. Nothing fancy but again priceless to me.

Thanks for the comments on it!

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