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Tank Hoover wrote a nice tribute article about JT
Friday, October 23, 2026, 09:03

The photo he used was Taffin firing his Reeder #5 custom .44. I think Dot surprised him with it as a gift. I forget the specifics on the in house Reeder #5. Gary had them special made to build the “All Reeder” guns. Same for the stretch grams I think. Actual numbers of #5, in stainless and a few blue (?) are around 100 total? Maybe we can get him to tell us the story again?

I’ll certainly never sell mine! Commissioned in 2007 for my 44th birthday present to myself. A .44 for the 100th year of the .44 Special! Compared to the much larger chassis of the Reeder #6 above it. That gun was based on a Ruger .44 Mag. Blackhawk frame.