When did Richland start operations? A local shop sold these in the late 50s and early 60s. The ones I remember were sideplate box lock guns of decent quality, I don't recall Richland marking on them.
I don't know exactly when Richland started, or, more importantly to this discussion, started importing Prandelli & Gasperini doubles. The sum total of what I can say for sure is that, like Mike pointed out, P&G doesn't seem to be in business anymore, Richland definitely isn't in business anymore, and some very good finishing effort went into the P&G guns, considering what they cost.
If I find another P&G like the one I've got, at the price the Blue Book says they are worth, I just might buy it.
Nice guns. Not much money. My favorite combination. As it goes with smaller gun manufacturers sometimes, that may be all the hard information we ever get about them.
Best,
Ted
