Good news sir - and good info on a TPH gunsmith - i've saved his info. Mine is (I think) a Ranger pistol and it's NIB so I haven't worked up the nerve to shoot it ...
"My" local kitchen-table FFL picked it up from an estate sale and sold it to me for a sorta-reasonable price. One of the mag floorplates is damaged - still functional but damaged. I have been looking in vain for a replacement but even the .22 mags themselves are over a $100 on both Crook Broker and fleaBay ...
Edited to add: Looking at your photos, I just noticed the tiniest of SN's on the frame of your TPH. Having lived in Germany for 16 years, it was interesting to see that the SN is tiny and almost an afterthought ... since (as I'm sure you know) the barrel is the key/controlled item there. Well, it was while I lived there. I have a P38k, also NIB, that has a not-so-pretty added SN on the frame (done by the US Rod & Gun Club) so that I could import it into the US... The frame originally did not have a serial number on it ... or at least I was never able to find one.
Edited to add: Looking at your photos, I just noticed the tiniest of SN's on the frame of your TPH. Having lived in Germany for 16 years, it was interesting to see that the SN is tiny and almost an afterthought ... since (as I'm sure you know) the barrel is the key/controlled item there. Well, it was while I lived there. I have a P38k, also NIB, that has a not-so-pretty added SN on the frame (done by the US Rod & Gun Club) so that I could import it into the US... The frame originally did not have a serial number on it ... or at least I was never able to find one.