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absolutely incredible
53hawkeye
Member Posts: 4,673
I'll try to make this as short as possible, but I have to share.
I inherited 2 Great Western pistols. It was here on ATE that I learned of their, dare I say, rarity. Not the pistols exactly, but the fact that they were never catalogued in the .22 Hornet caliber. The word is there were only 50 of these made. These pistols BTW are as NIB with the grease paper, factory boxes etc. Therein lies the story.
I very recently found and joined a forum devoted to the Great Westerns. One of the forum administrators and I have been communicating via e-mail and he happened to inquire about the serial numbers. After learning of the SN he happened to ask about the numbers on the boxes I had. I had never paid much attention to much about the boxes other than they are the correct factory boxes. (also told to me by a member of this forum) I checked the paper on the boxes ends. They both have this brittle paper and the number on one was all there but the last digit. All 4 existing digits were correct, but we'll never know about the last. The other box serial number was all there, however. It was not the same as my pistols serial number. It was off by 3 digits.[:(]
My new found friend just e-mailed me and told me he knows who has the box that matches my pistol and, you got it, I have his. What a dang small world after all. Last word I had he is going to link us up and then we are going to make history. (at least to him and I) My now deceased DIL, I am convinced, is somehow behind making this happen.[;)]
I am still in shock. What are the odds? [:0][:D][8D]
I inherited 2 Great Western pistols. It was here on ATE that I learned of their, dare I say, rarity. Not the pistols exactly, but the fact that they were never catalogued in the .22 Hornet caliber. The word is there were only 50 of these made. These pistols BTW are as NIB with the grease paper, factory boxes etc. Therein lies the story.
I very recently found and joined a forum devoted to the Great Westerns. One of the forum administrators and I have been communicating via e-mail and he happened to inquire about the serial numbers. After learning of the SN he happened to ask about the numbers on the boxes I had. I had never paid much attention to much about the boxes other than they are the correct factory boxes. (also told to me by a member of this forum) I checked the paper on the boxes ends. They both have this brittle paper and the number on one was all there but the last digit. All 4 existing digits were correct, but we'll never know about the last. The other box serial number was all there, however. It was not the same as my pistols serial number. It was off by 3 digits.[:(]
My new found friend just e-mailed me and told me he knows who has the box that matches my pistol and, you got it, I have his. What a dang small world after all. Last word I had he is going to link us up and then we are going to make history. (at least to him and I) My now deceased DIL, I am convinced, is somehow behind making this happen.[;)]
I am still in shock. What are the odds? [:0][:D][8D]
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http://www.greatwesternfirearms.com/htm/models.htm
{Elsewhere}
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=187326718
Here are a few links.
http://www.greatwesternfirearms.com/htm/models.htm
{Elsewhere}
http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=187326718
The box I have is one of the three mentioned in link number 2. The pistol is the number of one of the others.
i was looking at one of the sites listed here and came across a reference to "kit" guns. were the parts all finished and you just assemble? or were the parts rough, requiring some smithing?