I've been given a few guns in my life. This one was new in the box:
A fellow on a board commented they might be worth more money if they didn't say "Richland Arms" on them, and he might be right. Anyway, it was new, in the box, and the good friend who bought it new and saw to it that it ended up with me has passed on to greener fields.
He was a hell of a guy. The Japanese didn't get the chance to train their 18" guns on many ships, but, they got a bead on his, the USS Gambier Bay, and blew it out from under his ass. He survived without a scratch.
Nobody has offered me a free G. Granger as of yet.
Best,
Ted
