Dain Bramage
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Just got the email from Ruger announcing their new Single Nine. Nine shots, .22 WRF, 6.5" barrel, fiber-optic sights.
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they should have started with a nine in the first place and made it a convertible.
What is the deal with the goofy front sight? Will it hold up to holster use? The gun looks great but I just don't know about he sight.
Ok, thanks for the info.I don't know if they'll fit, but there are a bunch of aftermarket sights for the Single Six (and if they don't fit, I'm sure the sight makers will start rolling them out for the nine/ten).
That being said, the fiber optic "pipe" is protected at both ends and it appears to be protected in the middle as well in this case. It would be difficult (although not impossible) to break the FO pipe.
The answers is, Bill Ruger... (both of them)Very interesting. I'm really impressed with the quantity of new guns that Ruger has added to their lineup in the last 3 years or so. They used to be really limited, but now they have just diversified their product line and maintained good quality standards. thumbs up to them!
No good reason to own one, but I want one all the same - maybe that's the best reason of all?
Fiber optic sights spoil the classic look.
But if you are ever shooting one in poor light, you will understand why Ruger puts them on this inexpensive sporting pistol.
Matt Dillon would have had fiber optic sights on his thumb buster if they were available then.
But it can't make sense to be tooled up for both, especially when it would have been easy to start with 9.
Or you could say that the .357Mag, .41Mag and .44Mag gain a lot of velocity from longer barrels. Which does not make them useless out of revolvers, quite the contrary. It's no different and the .22Mag still runs 300-400fps faster than the .22LR with a heavier, real jacketed bullet.I love .22 mag, but it's not impressive out of a handgun. It loses a lot of velocity with the short barrel.
The sixgun in question (or is it ninegun?) is a .22Mag or .22WMR