Pictures of Old Busses

[Tony G]

Skunk....

I remembered....

Have you seen or have any of Bob Chow's work?

 

[OldPhysics]

Skunk....

I remembered....

Have you seen or have any of Bob Chow's work?

I have only heard his name ... spoken with reverence. Serious, touchy, and superbly skilled.

Kept this old post on my home system. Came from a 2002 post on pistolsmith.com:

There is museum in Elcho(?), Nevada that has F.Bob Chow's Gun Collection in it. I believe it is called the County Western Museum, not positive. Anyhow, if ya'll are ever in Elcho, check it out. It's a beautiful collection, and the rest of the museum is pretty interesting, also. The American Rifleman had a great article on him a good few years ago, if I recall. All the best. Joe

Joe means Elko, NV. I've never been to the museum he mentions -- but it is probably worth a stop. I've heard tales of pistols Mr. Chow accurized that were still putting up sub-1" groupings a decade later. In 2002, Mr. Chow was over 90 years old and reputedly still doing a little part-time coaching of pistol teams in the San Francisco area. Definitely what is meant by 'a living legend.'

 

[rbmcmjr]

Holy Crap!
What is that?!!!!
Did anything like this go into production?

What Scott didn't tell you is that he snagged that off fleabay for a song. That was just around the time I started getting interested in Busse, three years ago. I saw that knife and decided it was too focused for my needs. I had a delusion that I could only consider buying users. I have grown out of that phase.

Rick

 

[Tony G]

The way I came to know of him is that woman I knew married a guy (Buddy) that held a few national records in silhouette. Bob worked on his match guns for years. So Buddy talked me into giving my Gold Cup to him to give to Bob. But as I said I came up short on having a hunk of history.:grumpy:

I have only heard his name ... spoken with reverence. Serious, touchy, and superbly skilled.

Kept this old post on my home system. Came from a 2002 post on pistolsmith.com:

There is museum in Elcho(?), Nevada that has F.Bob Chow's Gun Collection in it. I believe it is called the County Western Museum, not positive. Anyhow, if ya'll are ever in Elcho, check it out. It's a beautiful collection, and the rest of the museum is pretty interesting, also. The American Rifleman had a great article on him a good few years ago, if I recall. All the best. Joe

Joe means Elko, NV. I've never been to the museum he mentions -- but it is probably worth a stop. I've heard tales of pistols Mr. Chow accurized that were still putting up sub-1" groupings a decade later. In 2002, Mr. Chow was over 90 years old and reputedly still doing a little part-time coaching of pistol teams in the San Francisco area. Definitely what is meant by 'a living legend.'

 

[OldPhysics]

The way I came to know of him is that woman I knew married a guy (Buddy) that held a few national records in silhouette. Bob worked on his match guns for years. So Buddy talked me into giving my Gold Cup to him to give to Bob. But as I said I came up short on having a hunk of history.:grumpy:

You came a lot closer than the rest of us! :thumbup:

 

[Tony G]

You came a lot closer than the rest of us! :thumbup:

Well that may be why that Gold Cup is still stock. I can go to the range and say "Hey you know what.... Bob Chew may have touched this gun once... maybe" :foot: :foot: :foot:

 

[rt014]

Here are my oldest two. And guess where they came from?....Idaho.

4" Filet:

Argonne Assault (next to an FFBM):