Ruger Wrangler Long Term

[ThomasT]

I am amazed at how many people want magnum cylinders for the Wrangler. Most often people complain about the cost of 22lr ammo when it’s more then five cents a round.

Or how many post I have read where the owner of a dual cylinder single six brag about how they have never fired a single round of 22 mag or maybe shot a box or two of mags and decided they weren't worth the extra expense.

I like shooting mags out of mine and found a deal on 22 mags a few years ago and bought 4,000 of them. I got them for $5.56 per box of Armscor Hollow and Soft points. Its excellent ammo and shoots right with Winchester 40gr loads.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Or how many post I have read where the owner of a dual cylinder single six brag about how they have never fired a single round of 22 mag or maybe shot a box or two of mags and decided they weren't worth the extra expense.

I like shooting mags out of mine and found a deal on 22 mags a few years ago and bought 4,000 of them. I got them for $5.56 per box of Armscor Hollow and Soft points. Its excellent ammo and shoots right with Winchester 40gr loads.

I think there are three type of people when it comes to 22 magnum. Those that don’t care to shoot it, Those that love to shoot it and Those that wish they could afford to shoot it to see if they would like it.
I have two rifles chambered in 22 Mag and like shooting them. But don’t care for it in a handgun.
I guess we all have our likes and dislikes.

 

[ThomasT]

For some reason the OP wants to work on or change nearly every gun he ask about. Very puzzling? I think he will find the guns work just fine right out of the box with the parts it came with.

As to the poster who wrote his gun shot low and left that does not really surprise me. I would have been more surprised if it were perfectly targeted out of the box. Every Ruger fixed sight standard model 22 auto I have owned all came with the front sight a little tall so it could be filed down once your ammo of choice was made. That way its sighted for how you hold and shoot your gun. I have adjusted several fixed sight guns with just a little file work.

I had one of the H&R model 732 32 mags that shot low and left. So I filed the front sight until the elevation was on and then filed a little on the right side of the rear sight until the windage was on. I have also done this on two Taurus fixed sight 38s. And making the rear sight just a little wider seems to make it easier to find and line up the front sight. Then just use a little touch up blue where you filed. Easy Breezy.

 

[ontarget]

Low and left sounds like too much right handed finger on the trigger to me. Maybe not though.

 

[ThomasT]

Low and left sounds like too much right handed finger on the trigger to me. Maybe not though.

It could be. Thats why its a good idea to have another shooter try out a gun first. Hopefully a shooter with known ability to shoot without pulling the gun.

I just hope the OP finds a gun. He wants one in the worst way. Its terrible to be gunless.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

I cannot see any damage because there is so much soot in the photo. Kind of curious how all that soot got there, 22s should not be letting that much gunk get back beyond the case head.

I don't particularly brag about it, but I have a couple of Three Screw Single Sixes with 22 Mag cylinders and I have never used the Mag cylinders. This one even came with a couple of boxes of 22 Mags as well as a box of regular 22 LR. I'm pretty sure I have never fired any of the Mags in it (don't really remember for sure). Just not interested in shooting 22 Mags, 22LR is plenty of fun for me.






Regarding the Wrangler, I got a chance to fire a cylinder full a month ago or so. Clearly not enough for a detailed review, but I liked it for what it was. Just looked up the spec sheet at Ruger and I was surprised to see the frame is aluminum. Just put a magnet to the frame of one of my Single Sixes, no surprise the frame is steel. Hmmmm.....I wonder if an aluminum frame is part of the reason the Wrangler is so cheap. I'll bet it is less labor intensive to pour molten aluminum into a steel mold than it is to make a steel frame with Investment Casting. It has to be more labor intensive to built up the molds for the Investment Casting process and then melt all the wax out, then brush away the sand. Hmmmmm.

I would be very surprised if any of the parts for the Wrangler interchange with anything else, particularly the New Vaquero. The frame of a Single Six (not the grip frame, the cylinder frame) is smaller than a New Vaquero. I suspect the same of the Wrangler.

Anyway, it was fun to shoot one, but I have no desire to run out and buy one, my Single Sixes are plenty of fun.

However I am very temped to buy one of the new MARK IV Semi-Auto 22s. Anybody who has ever taken the old ones apart will really appreciate how much simpler take down would be with the newest model. I am real interested.

 

[Riomouse911]

Howdy

I cannot see any damage because there is so much soot in the photo. Kind of curious how all that soot got there, 22s should not be letting that much gunk get back beyond the case head.

I don't particularly brag about it, but I have a couple of Three Screw Single Sixes with 22 Mag cylinders and I have never used the Mag cylinders. This one even came with a couple of boxes of 22 Mags as well as a box of regular 22 LR. I'm pretty sure I have never fired any of the Mags in it (don't really remember for sure). Just not interested in shooting 22 Mags, 22LR is plenty of fun for me.

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Regarding the Wrangler, I got a chance to fire a cylinder full a month ago or so. Clearly not enough for a detailed review, but I liked it for what it was. Just looked up the spec sheet at Ruger and I was surprised to see the frame is aluminum. Just put a magnet to the frame of one of my Single Sixes, no surprise the frame is steel. Hmmmm.....I wonder if an aluminum frame is part of the reason the Wrangler is so cheap. I'll bet it is less labor intensive to pour molten aluminum into a steel mold than it is to make a steel frame with Investment Casting. It has to be more labor intensive to built up the molds for the Investment Casting process and then melt all the wax out, then brush away the sand. Hmmmmm.

I would be very surprised if any of the parts for the Wrangler interchange with anything else, particularly the New Vaquero. The frame of a Single Six (not the grip frame, the cylinder frame) is smaller than a New Vaquero. I suspect the same of the Wrangler.

Anyway, it was fun to shoot one, but I have no desire to run out and buy one, my Single Sixes are plenty of fun.

However I am very temped to buy one of the new MARK IV Semi-Auto 22s. Anybody who has ever taken the old ones apart will really appreciate how much simpler take down would be with the newest model. I am real interested.

I just filled out the 4473 and Ca DOJ DROS on a Mk IV today...sadly I still have to wait a minimum of ten days to pick it up. (The Ca DOJ claims that they have up to 30 days for approvals, and due to the increased load they're being delayed. I personally think our Imperial Governor is purposely slowing down DOJ approvals because he doesn't want firearms in the hands of law abiding people...the same people who have realized our Imperial Governor is useless and have gone to the stores and created a run on firearms to protect themselves.)

Once I do pick it up, and I get a chance to shoot is side by side with my Standard and Mk II, I will write it up and post it.

Stay safe.

 

[Conelrad]

Regarding the low-n-left pattern, Ruger got the same as me. They fired from a locked rest, too.

If I was going to keep (didn't) the front sight would get filed a bit for EL, but windage is what it is.

C

 

[1911junkee]

I would be proud nof the man who could wear a Wrangler out! Had mine about 6 months, my only gripe was the loading gate, it is way too hard to open!
That said, after a couple of thousand rounds that thing was showing no signs of wear! Fun to shoot! Pain in the nutz to load!

 

[PapaG]

I have two Wranglers. Well, I have one, my wife does also. Mine shoots POA with my ammo of choice, CCI Minimag hollow points. Hers seems high but she was loose gripping and shooting std vel lr. I'll check it out with a few others. Much of POA/POI is related to the ammo in fixed sight revolvers. My Super Single Six, I can adjust for whatever. BTW, it is, aside from my 17 HMR Tracker, the most accurate revolver I've ever owned( excluding a Smith 41 and a Gold Cup). I'm into my second brick of bulk crap with my Wrangler and no change in anything. A wipe and a swipe every few boxes is it. I will try the WMR cylinder for fit and alignment and report back.

 

[Mr. Mosin]

I have two Wranglers. Well, I have one, my wife does also. Mine shoots POA with my ammo of choice, CCI Minimag hollow points. Hers seems high but she was loose gripping and shooting std vel lr. I'll check it out with a few others. Much of POA/POI is related to the ammo in fixed sight revolvers. My Super Single Six, I can adjust for whatever. BTW, it is, aside from my 17 HMR Tracker, the most accurate revolver I've ever owned( excluding a Smith 41 and a Gold Cup). I'm into my second brick of bulk crap with my Wrangler and no change in anything. A wipe and a swipe every few boxes is it. I will try the WMR cylinder for fit and alignment and report back.

I was unaware the Wrangler came with a WMR cylinder ?

 

[greenmtnguy]

It doesnt. He is checking to see if a single six mag cylinder will fit. I am betting it won't.

 

[Mr. Mosin]

It doesnt. He is checking to see if a single six mag cylinder will fit. I am betting it won't.

The stress of containing the pressure of a cartridge is in the cylinder, not necessarily the frame itself ?

 

[PapaG]

Super single six magnum cylinder slides in quite nicely, spins well, but something in the geometry of the bolt notches or the hand is different as you cannot cock the hammer. Oh, well. Maybe some day it will be an option. I've got my Super and my Colt New Frontier if I "need" a magnum 22.

 

[BlueHeelerFl]

I used to enjoy shooting wmr out of my Single Six. I never shot has much of it as 22lr, but it was fun to rin some through the gun from time to time.

 

[greenmtnguy]

The stress of containing the pressure of a cartridge is in the cylinder, not necessarily the frame itself ?

For 22 rimfires, yes it is mostly in the cylinder without much required on the frame. Thus, heritage rough riders with Zamac frames can often come with 22LR and 22WMR cylinders. Larger centerfire calibers with higher MAP definitely need stronger frames

 

[MAKster]

I suspect the overwhelming majority of people who buy the revolvers with the extra magnum cylinder fire one box of 22 magnums and then conclude it doesn't do anything better than the 22LR out of a short barrel but costs 3 times more.

 

[Mr. Mosin]

I suspect the overwhelming majority of people who buy the revolvers with the extra magnum cylinder fire one box of 22 magnums and then conclude it doesn't do anything better than the 22LR out of a short barrel but costs 3 times more.

From my (albeit limited) understanding, the .22 WMR is an entirely different beast from the .22LR, even from a short barrel. The difference is not as noticeable as a carbine or rifle, but there is a noted and marked improvement between the two, even from a short barrel. Whether it's worth the extra cost... is up to the individual.

 

[Speedo66]

I remember when kevlar vests first came out, they would stop a .38Spl., but wouldn't stop a .22 Mag.

Unless hunting or varminting, I didn't have use for a .22 Mag. For plinking or target shooting , I preferred a regular .22 LR.