Article: Ahead of its time: this sixgun's time wasn't very long, unfortunately.(CAMPFIRE TALES[TM])

I was shopping at Shapel's when I saw it! I've seen them before, but not like this one. There on the second shelf mixed in with all the semiautos was one of the most beautiful sixguns I had never seen. I had been looking for one ever since I knew they existed. This one looked perfect and had a price tag commensurate with its condition. My first new car was a 1965 V-8 Ford Station Wagon and what I saw in the display case had a higher price.

There was no way I was about to buy it, but I had to look. It was about 99 percent nickel, had beautiful mother of pearl grips, and if it had been fired at all it wasn't very ranch. The marking indicated it was chambered for ...

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