Engraving and new life for an old Ruger

[Greg Dennis]

Far from a fine double but I’d like to think she is a little better than she was.
I found this old Ruger at a pawnshop and she was pretty rough but it felt good and was mechanically sound and the price was right. After all busting into the south Texas brush where everything bites and scratches you ,a new gun doesn’t look new very long. I stripped off all the old varnish and was happy to find some really nice tiger stripe underneath. Sanded her down to the white, did some silver inlays, and scrolled her out with some old western style bright cut. Finished it off with a French gray blueing and back to the brush she goes. I feel confident that one day my grandson will bang out a limit of dove while my son overseas the action carrying one of the Parker‘s. I of course plan on being there to soak it all In. I present TEXAS RED. She’s nothing fancy but she’s hell on South Texas Dove and Quail.