Tucson Guns Newsletter Aug 17th, 2015

Tucson Guns Newsletter View this email in your browser Tucson Guns & Western Artifacts 8556 E. Broadway    520-722-6886  LOCAL GUN SHOP ON THE EAST END OF TUCSON NEW, MODERN, UNUSUAL AND ANTIQUE FIREARMS BUY - SELL – TRADE Summer Hours:  Closed Sunday & Monday Tues - Fri 9am – 6pm & Sat 9am – 5pm All In Stock safes are 10% off A message from Bob, In addition to being a gun shop owner, a business I very much enjoy, my career started as a mining engineer which I followed for many exciting and interesting years In several locations in the US as well as in Canada and South America.  I try to keep up with the business with monthly meetings with other professionals  and field trips periodically to mine locations.  Recently, I was in Durango Colorado with 9 other mining engineers I went to college with to tour the mine areas North of Durango into Silverton.  I left the area 1 day before the spill at the Gold King mine north of Silverton that discolored the water from there into Southern CO, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.   Having worked with the EPA, Greenpeace, Canadian Environmental agencies etc., I know that if a mine operator had been responsible, the manager would have been hauled off to jail in handcuffs.  Since the EPA is responsible, it is being called an accident and the damage is being downplayed to being not that serious, and no one is being held accountable!   Anyone involved in mine management accepts the fact that any of their actions that cause environmental or safety violations could result in jail time and  disgrace for them and their families.   When I took over management of a large chemical plant operation in Connecticut, the previous manager was not there, he had been arrested for supposedly burying hazardous waste on the property.  (Joe Lieberman was running for congress at that time and was serving as attorney general in the state of Connecticut and was responsible for the charges)  It took me three years of digging and testing to prove there was no hazardous waste, but the former manager had been embarrassed in front of his family and the general public.   I guess with all the anxiety I and other mine managers have been through with the high level of expectations of their performance, I am disappointed the EPA and their contractors are not held to the same level of expectations.   By the way, the trip was very enjoyable and we took the narrow guage railroad to Silverton.  The railway was built in 1880 and is still in use.  There are some almost vertical drop-offs to the Animas River and for many miles, there are no people or roads so there is a lot of undisturbed beautiful areas.  The locomotive was steam and the people running the railroad have a total of 7 steam locomotives, all dating from the late 1800's and early 1900's.  There is no shortage of good eating places in Durango or Silverton and there are many interesting activities including river rafting.  Also, Mesa Verde is close which has the most numerous and largest ancient cliff dwellings in the country. - Bob Fort Knox Vault Current Inventory Includes: 10 qty Mavericks 5 qty Maverick +'s 5 qty Defenders 3 qty Protectors 2 qty Guardians THE EXECUTIVE VAULT The Fort Knox Executive Vault is built with 4 gauge (1/4″) solid steel walls.  More steel = more security. When you need solid, heavy, thick protection, the Executive Vault is the way to go.  The Executive Vault comes with the 5 to 1 gear reduction in the handle, the star corner bolts and a finished in either our texture or gloss finish. Handgun Auctions:   Unfired Smith & Wesson 422 Pistol Colt Special Edition Sam Colt 1911 .38 Super Smith & Wesson 686 Competitor in 357 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 19-3 in 357 Magnum  Colt Official Police Revolver in 38 Special  Kimber Pro Carry II w/Crimson Trace Grips  Smith & Wesson 329PD  Colt Python, 4" barrel, 357 Magnum NIB Glock 19, Gen 3, RTF2, Vickers Tactical, FDE  Wilson Combat Protector  Springfield Armory TRP 1911-A1 Colt Colonel Sam Colt Sesquicentennial 1814-1964  Wilson Combat Tactical Elite Unfired API Citadel M1911-AICS in 9mm Colt SAA John Wayne Revolver in 45LC  High Standard Supermatic Citation w/two barrels  Colt Woodsman 3rd Series Sport Model 4.5 Barrel  Long Arm Auctions:   Remington 700 Custom Rifle in 308 Win  Weatherby Mark XX II Rifle  Colt Dragoon 44 Cal Black Powder Revolver  Walther Rifle in .22LR w/Custom Koa Wood Stock Remington Nylon 66  Winchester 94 Rifle 32 Win Spl  Mossberg .30-30 Tucson Heritage Rifle Gatling Gun Magazine Pima Pistol Club Since 1920 Pima Pistol Club is a member managed and operated facility. The range property is owned by the club and PPC is self-supporting. Pima Pistol Club is an outdoor shooting range located on 15 acres in the western foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, about 15 miles north of Tucson, Arizona. The facility includes several ranges for various uses and distances (Please see Ranges for more details). The range is open year round to members and non-members.    TucsonTrapAndSkeet.com     Our Website Facebook Copyright © 2015 Tucson Guns, All rights reserved. Thank you for signing up for the Tucson Guns Newsletter Our mailing address is: Tucson Guns 8556 E. Broadway Tucson, AZ 85710 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences