Ralph Shattuck

[spangy]

Originally Posted by hayhugh

Well Norm at the time of purchase I had no idea what a Navy list was. Today it is nothing but a mixed parts gun, a shooter and what's that worth?

Could we see pictures of the gun in question ??? Perhaps someone here would be interested in buying it ??

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by spangy

Could we see pictures of the gun in question ??? Perhaps someone here would be interested in buying it ??

Winter's coming up, isn't it

Reason I say that - bought a Winchester from a friend of mine about 10-14 years ago. He said they lived along the Canada / USA border and they had hunting camps in Canada (we are talking 50-80+ yrs ago) and one evening they heard a vehicle coming across the frozen ice. It was a military Jeep (this was middle of WW2) and this grizzled sergeant had a case of M1 Carbines that he was selling for $50 each, sold a couple at their camp and drove down to the next.


Ed

[spangy]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Winter's coming up, isn't it Ed

Yup it sure is Ed ... and I can't even duck down to a nice warm lower48 because of covid


Was planning on doing that when the thermometers got about -25 -30 F


Was going to look around for a nice navy or an artillery to bring home but i guess everything will be on hold until this 'nonsense' dies down or i freeze to death.
spangy

[lew1]

Many years ago at the Tennessee Gun Collectors show, I purchased a pre war Hi Power from Ralph. A high price but not outrageous. It had an interesting marking on the grip. For years I and a couple others could not figure out what the marking represented. So was it legit or a fake?

About 10 years ago, I noticed the same marking on a bayonet. So I purchased a book that dealt with German bayonets. It turned out the marking was for the Luftwaffe Schule. Apparently some K98ks and pistols, including Hi Powers were issued to the Luftwaffe guards. So far, only 2 are known - mine and one in Denmark.

Ralph had a tendency to come up with unusual things.