Seedy Character
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Cool rigs
If I didn't have Single Sixes, I would have Wranglers.
If I didn't have Single Sixes, I would have Wranglers.
Cool rigs
If I didn't have Single Sixes, I would have Wranglers.
My Wif
Well then it's settled!
Well, what she doesn't know, will not hurt me.
I am on the lookout for a .32 H&R and or .327 Fed
Blackhawk spring kit and some polishing has mine breaking at 2 or 3lbs.....cant remember.I guess I'm giving this thread a "bump" (or whatever it's called) by writing about my handling a Ruger Wrangler for the first time today. It was bronze, with a bird head grip, and I thought it was okay for the price. It didn't have a hard-to-open loading gate like I've read about here on THR, but the trigger was pretty darned heavy - crisp, but heavy.
Anyway, I would have bought it if wasn't for the fact that it was in "Al's Sporting Goods" in Logan, Utah. We're Idaho residents, and my wife and I were just out for a drive this afternoon - which cost us $52.00 in gas!
Oh, well. There's an "Al's Sporting Goods" in Idaho Falls, so I'll probably be buying myself a Ruger Wrangler with a bird head grip the next time we get up that way - after checking out how hard the loading gate is to open, of course.
I guess I'm giving this thread a "bump" (or whatever it's called) by writing about my handling a Ruger Wrangler for the first time today. It was bronze, with a bird head grip, and I thought it was okay for the price. It didn't have a hard-to-open loading gate like I've read about here on THR, but the trigger was pretty darned heavy - crisp, but heavy.
Anyway, I would have bought it if wasn't for the fact that it was in "Al's Sporting Goods" in Logan, Utah. We're Idaho residents, and my wife and I were just out for a drive this afternoon - which cost us $52.00 in gas!
Oh, well. There's an "Al's Sporting Goods" in Idaho Falls, so I'll probably be buying myself a Ruger Wrangler with a bird head grip the next time we get up that way - after checking out how hard the loading gate is to open, of course.
Don't know that we have a "Bi-Mart" around here, and if we do, they don't sell guns. We've lived, bought, sold and traded guns in this part of Idaho for 51 years - we pretty well know where all the stores are that sell guns. Besides, "Al's Sporting Goods" (which we've never known to have the lowest prices on guns) had a price tag of $205 on that Wrangler with the bird head grip. Like I said, I would have bought it if it wasn't for the fact that that "Al's Sporting Goods" store is in Utah and I'm an Idaho resident.Check your local Bi-Mart. I've seen tge all black bird head Wranglers there for about $210.
Don't know that we have a "Bi-Mart" around here, and if we do, they don't sell guns. We've lived, bought, sold and traded guns in this part of Idaho for 51 years - we pretty well know where all the stores are that sell guns. Besides, "Al's Sporting Goods" (which we've never known to have the lowest prices on guns) had a price tag of $205 on that Wrangler with the bird head grip. Like I said, I would have bought it if it wasn't for the fact that that "Al's Sporting Goods" store is in Utah and I'm an Idaho resident.
Yeah, after I replied I did a google search for "Bi-Marts near me" and saw the closest one is in Kuna. We're clear over on the other side (the east side) of Idaho, near McCammon.I'm in Meridian, ID and we have them in the treasure valley.
Well this thread cost me 220 dollars. Went to Cabelas this weekend and checked out the Wranglers they had for 209 dollars. The loading gate was far easier to operate than the one on my old one. Plus the loading gate was less sharp at the edge which was also nice. Couldn't resist it.
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My Wif
Is that not the same as with all New Model Blackhawks, Super Blackhawks, and New Model Single Sixes Ruger ever built?
That's a question - I'm not trying to be a wise guy. It's just that between my wife and I, I'm sure we've owned at least 20 different Ruger "New Model" single action revolvers over the years (including a half-dozen Super Blackhawks), and every one of them unlocked the cylinder when we opened the loading gate. Yet I'm reading in this thread that some folks are having problems opening the loading gates on some Ruger Wrangler revolvers.
Oh, okay. Thanks, jstert! I did not know that.by design of its loading gate mechanism, once open, the wrangler’s cylinder spins freely in both directions, unlike the regulated, unidirectional cylinders of ruger’s other single action revolvers.
by design of its loading gate mechanism, once open, the wrangler’s cylinder spins freely in both directions, unlike the regulated, unidirectional cylinders of ruger’s other single action revolvers.
i sanded the edge of both my rugers’ loading gates, i prefer comfort over looks. i got the regular plowhandle wrangler when it first came to market. my nongunner wife got me the shorter birdshead wrangler this past christmas. both are great fun plinkers and starter handguns, and feel much stronger than my heritage roughrider. i would love a shorter wrangler but with a plowhandle grip and any wrangler chambered in 32long or 38sp. one can wish eh…
Throw an aluminum XR-3RED grip frame on the short barrel Birdshead gun. I did and love it. It dropped the weight by 3oz too.
I also swapped in a different trigger and hammer.View attachment 1100601View attachment 1100602View attachment 1100603
Introducing an All New Ruger single action revolver... Chambered for the ultra sneaky 22 Colibri, i present to you, the Ruger Housecaaaaaaaaaaat!guess my new Wrangler is closer to a Housecat