Accidentally bought a New Vaquero…

[Blkhrt13]

I wish I could accidentally find a good single action somewhere. I haven’t seen a good one around in forever. All I see are rough riders. At least in the pawnshop I stumble into looking for deals. That’s where I trip and drop money on the counter anyway.

 

[KarateHottie93]

Post 1 looks like a 4.62" barrel to me (I like the 4.62" looks-wise).
Nothing wrong with that, but the post talked about it being a 5.5".
Either barrel lengths' MSRPs are $1019.
$800 sounds like a good deal to me.
Congratulations.

I agree with L-2 that it’s a 4 5/8” barrel which I happen to prefer over the 5.5” especially in a .357.

As Driftwood said the Ruger will almost always show a turn line. It is not an issue. I’ve been shooting a pair in cowboy action shooting for about 12 years. They just get better the more you shoot them.

The .357 is very versatile. A New Vaquero in .45 Colt is fine but not robust enough to handle the “Ruger Only” level loads.

There are Colt replicas out there with nice cosmetics but if you want to carry with six I think Ruger has the best design. They’ve been making them that way since 1973.

I have bought a few guns by mistake. The most plausible were the mistakes where I bid so low that I didn't reasonably expect to win them. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I have an inexpensive Italian clone that seems to be the same barrel length as the OP's. It's a little under five inches. Four and seven/eighths or whatever they call it. It's a very nice barrel length for 357. It's light and handy and points well.

Cimarron Model P in 357 magnum

• Tallball
• Apr 24, 2021

Well I believe you guys were right. It’s probably the 4.6. It doesn’t have any paperwork with it but not too hard to compare to a real 5.5. Opinions please. Serial starts with 512. Could that mean it’s the 5102 4.62in?

Edit: I just remembered the TRR8 is NOT 5.5…it’s just 5 even. You guys were definitely right. This must be how parents feel when they forget their kid’s birthday.

 

[Tallball]

It's a nice barrel length. You'll like it. I prefer it to 5.5".

 

[.45Coltguy]

https://texasgrips.com/

Appreciate that. Thanks.

 

[plainsdrifter]

I was looking for a 4.6 but heck, beggars man beggars. I was really looking for a convertable .45 for years, Ha fahgetabout

 

[PzGren]

I didn't buy a 5.5" New Vaquero by accident but for the price of $250.

 

[Pat Riot]

Hmm I haven't really paid much attention to it but that was just what he told me...like when he told me the wrong caliber. I'll check the specs tonight. I know it's a hair shorter than my 5.5 TRR8 barrel. Maybe that hair is almost a full inch lol. Should have probably checked. It feels good though.

Yep, that’s a 4 5/8” barrel. Nice length for a Vaquero, New or original, in .357.

I have owned 3 New Vaqueros. I currently own one. The one I have now is .45 Colt and I had a .45 ACP cylinder made for it by Ruger.
After purchasing this one for $600 in 2020 right after the CoVid virus hit I realized what I didn’t like about the New Vaquero (now called Vaquero - Thank you Ruger for adding yet more confusion to your single action line ups). I truly do not like the smaller Colt SAA style grip. Too small. So, I fitted an original Vaquero grip frame to my New Vaquero and I really like the feel and operation of it now. It is a work in progress and on hold due to my move from CA to WV.
Had I known about the grips @plainsdrifter posted above I may have saved myself a lot of time and money. Oh well, it’s fun to learn new things…like finishing a rough stainless grip frame.

Anyway, I before anyone gets too excited, I got mine for $600 because my LGS threw me a bone. At the time they were running $725 and up in retail. They felt bad about a loss I took on a couple of guns and made me a deal on it.

Congratulations on your shooter @KarateHottie93
I am sure you’re going to love it. It should be a wonderfully balanced sixgun.

 

[Ks5shooter]

Going to look at a gun is like going to look at a puppy You're coming home with it. Just need to figure the details of it all.

 

[Buckeye63]

I can’t believe I don’t have a Blackhawk, Super Blackhawk or Vaquero in my safe .. seems like I always have a couple
One of my favorites

 

[CraigC]

They're good guns. No doubt it's a 4 5/8". Though $800 is more than I'd spend on one.

 

[jstert]

excellent buy, a ruger blackhawk vaquero 357/38 is a multitool.