Single Six
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AirForceShooter
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You done good.
Assuming it's in good condition
AFS
Assuming it's in good condition
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Ben Shepherd
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Yep, if it's in 90% or better, you did real good. If it's a 3-screw, ruger fans, myself among them, will claim you stole it.
Ben Shepherd
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It's official, you STOLE it! Why, oh why, can't I find deals like that?:banghead:
If it's in very good condition, you made the find of the year right there.
If it's in very good condition, you made the find of the year right there.
bambam1723
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That Single Six is on my short list. Great find Bro
Also...not to thread jack, but, why is the 3 screw version so sought after when it comes to these?
Also...not to thread jack, but, why is the 3 screw version so sought after when it comes to these?
Ben Shepherd
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Because they usually have better triggers than newer models that are built with the "transfer bar" safety mechanism, and they haven't been built since 1972.
Without the transfer bar feature, the hammer rests directly on the firing pin. So to carry it loaded safely, it's effectively a 5 shot gun. You load one chamber, skip the next one, and then load the remaining 4, finish cocking it, then set the hammer down. This puts the hammer on the empty chamber instead of one of the loaded ones.
With an old model Ruger or Colt SAA or clone that DOESN'T have a transfer bar system, always remember- "Load one, skip one, load four."
EDIT: 3pairs12: Ruger will "fix" it for free by converting it over to the transfer bar system. Most times what you'll get back is a gun with a nasty trigger vs. what it is now. I encourage you to NOT do this. Just learn to load and carry it correctly.
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My nieghbor was telling me that this had the transfer bar and was the newer model. Is it possible to have a 3 screw post 72. I don't know if serial 3s mean anything to you date wise but its 60-60***. it doesn't have the warning billboard.
Ben Shepherd
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Pull the hammer back. Does a little piece of metal stick up behind the firing pin where the hammer will stike it?
So I found that it is a single super six made in 1971. Also just talked to the nieghbor again he never said it was the newer model but it has the conversion kit in it. I offered it back to him becuase he is a great nieghbor and he said he knew what it was and wants me to have it, but can return it if I want. I said I'll keep it.
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Ben Shepherd
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Hold the hammer back as you pull the trigger. Then slowly set the hammer down while keeping the trigger pulled. You'll see that the hammer will come to rest on the transfer bar. If you release the trigger before setting the hammer down, the bar retracts. (If it didn't, the conversion would accomplish nothing.
) Make sense now?The Lone Haranguer
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A "converted" (it came that way) Super Blackhawk I owned had a very heavy trigger pull. My brother "stoned" the cylinder pawl and halved the pull weight. Later (for unrelated reasons) I sent it back to Ruger for repair and it came back with a new pawl ... and the heavy pull.Ben Shepherd said:
Hell of a deal. You did great.
Quoheleth
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Sir, this is a fine example of High Road-ness. Offering to return a gun that you find out is more valuable than either understood...nice job.
It's all the sweeter that he honored the sale and you are able to keep it.
Well played.
Q
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Thank you sir, he's a good nieghbor and having money problems. I just figured he could do better than what he sold it to me for and if he wanted to do that no hard feelings here. He wants me to give to my daughter when she gets out on her own in 10 years so.
Kernel
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$250 is a fair bargin. Enjoy it. I think you both done the right thing.
Backpacker33
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Just saw one in very good condition at a local gunstore, both cylinders, $300.
I'm going back tomorrow to buy it. It's an older "three screw" model, five inch barrel. New ones, with the modern action (which is just fine, merely not "vintage") are over $400 I think.
Backpacker33
I'm going back tomorrow to buy it. It's an older "three screw" model, five inch barrel. New ones, with the modern action (which is just fine, merely not "vintage") are over $400 I think.
Backpacker33
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Confederate
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Everyone Should Have At Least One!
Three-screw, whatever. My Single-Six has a GREAT factory trigger pull, and it's a tremendous gun for anyone's collection. It's even fun to CLEAN! Make mine stainless, though! My first single action .22LR revolver was a crummy RG 66. Chrome finish, aluminum frame, plastic grips. Sixty-nine bucks.
I think everyone should have a Ruger Single-Six in their collection!
And this is my little RG, which got me started. I most likely never would have bought a Single-Six if it had not been for the RG 66. Light, with fixed sights, the grips had to be tightened before each outing.
Three-screw, whatever. My Single-Six has a GREAT factory trigger pull, and it's a tremendous gun for anyone's collection. It's even fun to CLEAN! Make mine stainless, though! My first single action .22LR revolver was a crummy RG 66. Chrome finish, aluminum frame, plastic grips. Sixty-nine bucks.
I think everyone should have a Ruger Single-Six in their collection!
And this is my little RG, which got me started. I most likely never would have bought a Single-Six if it had not been for the RG 66. Light, with fixed sights, the grips had to be tightened before each outing.
Matt-J2
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I just got one as well and love it, hope you like yours too. I need to take pics today sometime.
I need to take pics today sometime.- Status