Single Six

JMHO, but I would pay $400.00 for a good condition SS no matter what type of sights it has.

Price seems fair enough. Looks to be in pretty good shape. Is there anything else that goes with it like the original paperwork and box?

Original box is good. Call Ruger and they should send you an instruction manual for it. I picked this extra .22 Magnum cylinder at a local gun show and had it fitted to my Single Six.

$400 to $450 in that condition? That would be hard for me to pass up.

Buy it buy it buy it buy it......

I gave $400 each for mine.

In today's market, $400 is a bargain.

After Ruger introduced the .22 magnum cylinder models, they increased the bore size to the larger diameter .22 WMR. As a result, these “do it all” Single Sixes have a reputation for mediocre accuracy when firing standard .22LR. I have fired my fair share of them over the years and non of them have grouped particularly well.

If buying a Single Six, I’d try and hunt one up made before the transition to the .22 WMR bores. But I’d rather search out a Standard Automatic if you’re desiring a gun that will actually group well.

Few .22 handguns are a better value for dependability, accuracy and looks than the Ruger Single Six...Just one man's opinion...and that one is in vary good shape, especially for its age. The price is right, you'll buy it, shoot it, forget about it for a time, come back find it again and fall in love again. That minute mark on the stock can be rubbed out with some 0000 steel wool, and touched up with tung oil.

We've had three of them over the years: an early 3-screw from '69, a new model, like the one you are considering, and a much newer one from 2017. All three shot very well indeed: .22 LR's of the Mini-Mag persuasion holding at 2" or less at 25 yds, and the Magnums at 2-1/2"...these are groups shot from a rest at 25 yds. The first two had 5-1/2" bbls. as does your intended, and the latest sports a 4-5/8". I'd be hard pressed demonstrate any difference in accuracy. My experience differs sharply with that of Cooperfan's.

For an all around fun gun, suitable for squirrels while big game hunting, for training new shooters. for rolling tin cans along an abandoned two-track, you can't do better.

Best Regards, Rod

Rodfac

For an all around fun gun, suitable for squirrels while big game hunting, for training new shooters. for rolling tin cans along an abandoned two-track, you can't do better.

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Couldn't have said it any better myself! The Single Six in any configuration is one great little plinker!

If someone is looking for something better in the accuracy department then I would suggest a Ruger Mk.IV Target or Competition Model.

Rodfac said:

My experience differs sharply with that of Cooperfan's.

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Same here. The biggest accuracy problem for me was learning follow through with the long swing of the SA hammer and how the gun moves when that hammer hits home.

Also for consideration is that a lot of folks (me included) will use bulk .22 LR ammo. Which may go pop, pop, or POP when fired.

I got mine for 250.00 before tax and nics check. It was this year.

bsparker

I had been looking at a mark iv (target). I still really like the idea of one but something about the look and function of these I love. Also like buying older for some reason.

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Well if you would like something a bit more vintage in a Ruger .22 semi-auto target pistol, then I would go with a Mk.II Model 512. The 5 1/2" bull barrel is just the right size for weight and balance.

Im after a Mark 2 myself. I have a 3 and 4 and a 22/45 target models with the bull barrels.

400 is a good deal for the gun pictured. It has the more expensive adjustable target sights on it too. The other type is just a gutter milled into the top strap. Those walnut grips are begging to be stripped and finished with danish oil...

I own 5 various single sixes and a wrangler. They are all good guns and fun to shoot. With the new model you can carry 6 safely in the cylinder too.

I have one of each and the Single Six gets lots of use, its simply a fun gun to shoot. Every time I bring someone to the range with me, they enjoy it as much as I do. I was fortunate to run across this 2004 USA Shooting Team Mark II 5.5" slab side about 12 years ago. Its also a fun gun, but I dont shoot it as often as I try to maintain its condition. They're the only 22 handguns in my collection.

I got a Single-Ten a couple years ago, in SS (brand new). Just before the Wrangler came out. It is drop-dead accurate. I am quite happy that it did not have the option of the mag cylinder, considering how relatively useless it is in a handgun (much more suited to a rifle). I put a Burris FastFire3 red-dot on it, after I made the mount for it. Wow.

Holy crap have prices gone up. I purchased a SS Single Six with both cylinders for $225 7 years ago. Came with the original box and a holster. My first Single Six was purchase in 1979 for $55.

With the sights and the two pin action, it is post 73. Is it a convertible? 22-22mag. Buy it.

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After Ruger introduced the .22 magnum cylinder models, they increased the bore size to the larger diameter .22 WMR. As a result, these “do it all” Single Sixes have a reputation for mediocre accuracy when firing standard .22LR. I have fired my fair share of them over the years and non of them have grouped particularly well.

If buying a Single Six, I’d try and hunt one up made before the transition to the .22 WMR bores. But I’d rather search out a Standard Automatic if you’re desiring a gun that will actually group well.

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I have a couple of them. 200 bucks is the most I ever paid. "Mediocre accuracy" is an understatement for the two convertable models I have. My long barrel gun (maybe 6.5 idk. Never measured but it's in that area) will shoot an inch at 25 yards with 22 mag. With LR you would be doing good to keep 12 rounds in a b29 at 25 yards. It was my first single six actually, and as a broke kid I was let down by the fact my j-22 or 21A shot as well with cheap 22 and I couldn't really afford a lot of magnum. I left it at my folks house and forgot it for 10 years. I gave 125 bucks for it on my first construction summer job back in school. My later stainless model is a bit better but hitting a non-domesticated squirrel would be highly unlikely. I squirrel hunt with any of 20 or more 22 handguns. Its not all the shooter. Not this time. Lol.

Both shoot great with magnum ammo.

I know most here like the guns but for a shooter of LR I wouldn't give 400 for one. Id jerk an arm off if I was offered 400 for my blued one. Lol. Regardless of "market". Id find a k frame or Ruger gp 10 shot and pay less than double and have a better shooter with a factory warranty.

All up to what one wants though. Ive paid plenty for guns that weren't really great. My money. I pick their value.