Springville Herald | 1969-03-20 | Page 7 | Gun Collector

- 4- GUN COLLECTOR Speaker at the Rotary Club meeting held last Wednesday was Dix Larson, Orem engineer, who told of his antique gun collection. His talk was interspersed -with historical data of men and places where the guns were used in the Old West. His collection includes guns from the U old Spanish hording pistol on up through those of 1903, and he demonstrated how each one operated. Also he gave a historical background of the firing powder from black ,. powder to the cap and through the prasent-day cartridge pistols. President Bill Averett was in charge of the meeting and introduced his speaker. Mr. Larson pointed out the im-measureable im-measureable value of his collection to him and stated that one pistol In his collection was valued at around $3500.