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SGL/GL Industries Selecter Pistol Rex Applegate Estate


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Colonel Rex Applegate was a long time resident where I live here in Southern Oregon and I would see him set up at local gun shows many a time when I was much younger. I never knew nor could I appreciate that he was a BIG deal at the time. I'm talking when I was in my teens doing shows with my dad and I am a bit past my teens now. I did talk with him on occasion but only chit chat. Once we were talking about knife fighting and his words to me were, "The best knife fighting tools you have are your two feet... Just haul ass as fast as you can because there are no winners in a knife fight!" I never purchased any of his little trinkets he had or bought his books he would sell and I have always regretted it. So at the last Oregon Arms Collectors show I had an opportunity to pick up this pistol that came from his estate. I over paid for it but sometimes the heart overrules the head.

 

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  • 4 weeks later...

It seems that anything worth having these days comes with a heavy price tag.

Great purchase!

Darryl

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  • 4 months later...

I was discussing this with another member.

 

A TG sales rep who had been in and around the business since 60s gave me some of his literature. He kept note books on competitors products as well as his own.

 

Selecter was sold under name of "Multi Strike" also. I have letters and price list also but none are dated.

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