I was in contact with an acquaintance who works for Rock Island and told him I don’t believe Bob Owen was ever within 100 miles of that gun. Initially, he was a bit upset with me and repeatedly said their (RIA) “experts all verified the gun”. I nicely (well, I thought I was nice) told him their “experts” were wrong. I also question whether the gun had ever been owned by Elmer Keith as I highly doubt that as well. I’ve never heard of any connection between the two and have never read anywhere that Keith mentioned Owen. But that part I don’t know for certain. I am 100% certain Bob Owen never touched that gun.
