Howland937
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I don't shoot revolvers a lot, and have only owned a handful in my life, all rimfire.
With the exception of a Rough Rider I owned briefly (thumb safety on a revolver? No thanks), every other one is/was a Ruger.
The first I ever owned is a Single Six convertible I picked up for $250 back in about 2000-01. It was built in 1962 IIRC, had never had the "recall" done and is in my dad's safe still. Over the next couple years I picked up a new Bearcat, a new Single Six Stainless in 17HMR and a newer Single Six convertible with box and papers. All the new/newer ones had the notice about the voluntary recall for the 3 screw models.
I never sent the old one in, so it's still "unsafe" in the safe, and gets used on occasion. It's not going anywhere, so I'm leaving it alone.
Yesterday, with the help of gift cards and sale prices, I picked up a new Wrangler for about $100 of my money. I was surprised to see Ruger still putting recall notices in the boxes of new revolvers some 20+ years after the last one I bought. That might be more nostalgic than the gun itself ever will be.
With the exception of a Rough Rider I owned briefly (thumb safety on a revolver? No thanks), every other one is/was a Ruger.
The first I ever owned is a Single Six convertible I picked up for $250 back in about 2000-01. It was built in 1962 IIRC, had never had the "recall" done and is in my dad's safe still. Over the next couple years I picked up a new Bearcat, a new Single Six Stainless in 17HMR and a newer Single Six convertible with box and papers. All the new/newer ones had the notice about the voluntary recall for the 3 screw models.
I never sent the old one in, so it's still "unsafe" in the safe, and gets used on occasion. It's not going anywhere, so I'm leaving it alone.
Yesterday, with the help of gift cards and sale prices, I picked up a new Wrangler for about $100 of my money. I was surprised to see Ruger still putting recall notices in the boxes of new revolvers some 20+ years after the last one I bought. That might be more nostalgic than the gun itself ever will be.
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