Ruger Single six

Arkansas Paul said:

Keep doing that.

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Good advice

A testament to Mr Ruger I have 5 sons and all of them learned on my single six my oldest is 47 years old and if I had a dollar for every tree rat and chicken stealing raccoon I shot i could buy a new truck you will wear out before that revolver does believe that

I haven't managed to wear out the 32 H&R magnum version, either.

Don’t know within 10,000 rounds how many Have been fired through mine since I bought it new in 1959.... still locks up tight and shoots straight.

Simple answer. If you have kids, and they have kids. The ole Single Six will see several generations of your family pass on while it is still going strong.
I have a Bicentennial Model. It has chewed up so much .22lr and .22 WMR that I could fill my bathtub up with the brass. Hasn't missed a beat. Shoot it,
and love it.

Whoah there. Just stop for a second. Stop. If you and yours keep shooting it like that, the bluing might be worn by the time your great-great grandchildren get it. Unless it's stainless.

If you damage it, it's only because you've deliberately done so.

I'll trade you five cases of Angel Soft for it. Five. I'm talking lavender double rolls, bud.

kozak6 said:

Whoah there. Just stop for a second. Stop. If you and yours keep shooting it like that, the bluing might be worn by the time your great-great grandchildren get it. Unless it's stainless.

If you damage it, it's only because you've deliberately done so.

I'll trade you five cases of Angel Soft for it. Five. I'm talking lavender double rolls, bud.

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Wait a week or so and some of us might take you up on that offer. LOL

I have not shot mine nearly enough. It only has a few thousand rounds through it. I bought one several years ago that had been used as a trainers tool for new shooters. It supposedly had north of a hundred thousand through it, and I would have believed that based upon the handling wear. I sold it at a gun show about 3 days before buying my current single six, a 9” gun which normally has the mag cylinder installed. I wish I could stumble across a used gun missing parts where I could just have dedicated LR and Mag guns... pipe dream.

I remember an article by John Taffin about the Freedom Arms, 353 I believe, when they brought out a 22 on the wonderful single action of theirs. He waxed on about how accurate it was and I totally believe him. I lusted after one. I took my 70s Super Single Six out with a pile of different ammo, from bulk crap to Eley Club and others. I was, before glasses, a pretty good iron sights shooter. My single six just about duplicated the results John got with his Freedom Arms. I got carried away, bought a scope mount and a 2X scope and continued to amaze myself by routinely hitting sawn off bowling pin heads at 75 and even 100 yards on calm days. I've had probably a dozen over the years but this one has a forever home, at least until I go to mine. Almost all have been good, even great and I use this one quite often. I like bigger bores but nothing beats an afternoon down at the farm shooting cans, silhouettes, sparrows, a coon or two, and maybe even a muskrat. Can't damage these things with normal use. BTW, it is back to iron sights as the scope just doesn't mate up well with hip carry for me.
Bill Ruger did it right with a relatively massive frame, cylinder, barrel (for a 22) along with coil springs, adjustable sights (after a few years) back in '53. Colt tried to compete briefly in the 70s with the New Frontier and Peacemaker 22s but I've had one of each and neither hold a candle to the Ruger for accuracy or, I fear, durability.
My next range trip, in fact, is to side-by-side my Single Six, my New Frontier, an original Scout,and my wife's new Wrangler. (I think I know which will win the accuracy test)

Bought my Single Six new in 1999 and have fired many thousands of rounds through it and it shoot just as good now as it did 21 years ago - like EVERYONE else said about yours - Just keep shooting it!

I have the stainless model. I don't remember when I bought it. During hunting season or field trips it rides in the door pocket drivers side. It has been rained on, snowed on and in sub zero temperatures. It has never missed a lick. Very very accurate. I keep mine loaded with .22 mag most of the time and carry the .22 cylinder as back up. You cannot hurt it.

My too-long-barreled convertible...

Has anyone, anywhere, ever worn out a Single-Six?

Abused, yes.
Bubba'd, yes.
Neglected, yes.

Lots of ways to destroy one, but I doubt that one has ever worn out from use.

I bought my Single Six convertible in the early 70's. I was fired so much it became out of time, unless it was cocked smartly the cyl. woulden't always lock up and it would still fire, and spit lead out of the cyl. gap. I called Ruger they said STOP shooting it, they wanted it back for a safety ck. They sent me a shipping box and I returned it. They asked for a detailed explanation on my issues with the gun.I said it was spiting lead and always shot high even with the rear sight adjusted all the way down. about 3 weeks later it came back in perfect time, a new front sight that is right on now, recut the forcing cone and touched up the blueing !!!!! NO CHARGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, how's that for customer service ??? hdbiker

I have one from the same era. Haven’t worn it out but the transfers bar did have to have the attention of a gun smith. Broken spring if I remember right, it was a decade ago. You may not wear it out but it is a mechanical device and as such subject to breakage.