Oldest brother and me used go hunting frequently. He then moved about 30 miles away and he usually came back once a year for a coon hunt. I bought a Winchester lever action .22 magnum in about 1969 and after we went hunting he shot it, liked it and next time I seen him had a Winchester 290 .22 auto. He died in 1993 and a few months later his wife asked me what his Ruger pistol was worth, somebody offered her about 80 bucks for it. Told her I didn't have any idea but I'd give her more than that, brother was hard on equipment so didn't know what I was buying for sure, few weeks later she brought the pistol and think I gave around $140. Then she pulls the Winchester out of the back seat, says this is junk you can have it. Gun was 80% black tape, stock busted, plastic magazine support on the end of barrel busted, inner and outer mag. tubes bent and knob broke. Took it apart, didn't know what to do with it so I stuck the pieces in a box under a cupboard and forgot about it until winter before last, got new stocks on Ebay, couldn't find any of the other parts even on Numeric??? gun parts or another place. Used a little JB Weld on the end of the barrel, the white retaining pin is out a brush holder in a Delco alternator. The inner mag. tube knob is off a Freon fill port on a car a/c system. Spent many hours on this thing, shot it three times and called it good. The pistol seems to be a real nice gun, spends it's time in my nightstand.