The highlight for the members was having Dick Baker attend the show with us. He was an engineer at High Standard for many years. We enjoyed hearing about the workings of High Standard in those days, and he had a lot of stories to tell. We learned interesting things concerning the design and production of the Crusader revolvers. One thing I did not know before was that the Crusader project turned out to be not profitable for the company, and thus the life of the project was not long.
We had the annual meeting during the gun show on Saturday, and after the show we went to a local BBQ restaurant for a nice meal and discussion time with the members. Dick Baker spent a good deal of time answering questions and talking about his time at High Standard.
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| Advertising items. |
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| Ken Rabeneck's display of memorabilia and related items. |
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| High Standard patches. etc. |
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| High Standard catalogs and papers. |
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| Members in attendance: Seated, Wayne Davis, Dick Baker Standing: Ken Rabeneck, Jack Page, Jon Miller, Dave Lehman, Tom Horner, and Tom Bolander |
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| Jon Miller's Crusader display |
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| Prototypes
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| Salesman sample |
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| Dick Baker with the Crusader revolvers |
