Hi guys and gals,
There's a lack of pics of the Ruger New Vaquero Montado on the web so I figured I'd post mine. I got lucky and checked the Davidson's website when they had 2 .45cals in stock. I picked it up from my FFL yesterday. It's a very good looking gun. The grip is not as roomy as my Old Vaq but it's also a more all around trim pistol. The spur seems to be in a more intuitive position for repeated one hand firing. The loading gate action is very gritty because of casting marks, I'm sure that will smooth through use.
Mine is a later model so it doesn't have the grooved front strap, removing it was apparently a Ruger concession to CASS shooting or something. I don't keep up with that really. As I found someone stating on another forum the ejector housing along the barrel is a little more of a dull finish than the barrel and gun, although it is ferrous not aluminum even though it looks like it. I can't say much more about it without a trip to the range.
Oh and the 2 rounds in the first pic are not factory ammo if someones trying to figure out what brand of ammo, they're hand loaded Speer flying ashtrays.
Sorry for the quality...phone pics
There's a lack of pics of the Ruger New Vaquero Montado on the web so I figured I'd post mine. I got lucky and checked the Davidson's website when they had 2 .45cals in stock. I picked it up from my FFL yesterday. It's a very good looking gun. The grip is not as roomy as my Old Vaq but it's also a more all around trim pistol. The spur seems to be in a more intuitive position for repeated one hand firing. The loading gate action is very gritty because of casting marks, I'm sure that will smooth through use.
Mine is a later model so it doesn't have the grooved front strap, removing it was apparently a Ruger concession to CASS shooting or something. I don't keep up with that really. As I found someone stating on another forum the ejector housing along the barrel is a little more of a dull finish than the barrel and gun, although it is ferrous not aluminum even though it looks like it. I can't say much more about it without a trip to the range.
Oh and the 2 rounds in the first pic are not factory ammo if someones trying to figure out what brand of ammo, they're hand loaded Speer flying ashtrays.
Sorry for the quality...phone pics
