P. Plainsman
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Saw a Ruger New Vaquero in .45 Colt behind the glass at the gun shop, asked if I could handle it.
Fellow said sure, but they wouldn't sell it to me: they had just received letters from Ruger about a recall, and were having to take back the ones they had already sold to customers.
(It seemed like a nice gun. Trigger too heavy, but as we all know, the factory trigger weight on a Ruger SA is only an opening bid.)
I asked about the reason for the recall -- was it because the thin cylinder walls are causing problems? Fellow said Ruger hadn't told them why.
The recall does not extend to the .357 New Vaqs, he said. Since those aren't even on the shelves yet, it's unclear whether that is significant.
I know there's a lot of confused gossip at gun shops, but this is a good shop, and when an employee tells me flat out he won't sell me a piece of inventory on their shelves, I have to assume that Ruger has indeed put some sort of hold on the .45 Colt model.
Can anybody else confirm this and/or provide additional info?
Hope it's something that can be quickly fixed. The slimmed down, SAA-like Vaquero is a great idea. One can't help thinking, however, about all those hardcore "Ruger Only" .45 Colt recipes in the reloading manuals.
- P.
PS: Fellow also said Ruger was shipping a replacement design for the loaded chamber indicators on the new Mark III rimfire pistols.
Edit: removed digression about how the new Ruger semi-autos are over-safetied.
Fellow said sure, but they wouldn't sell it to me: they had just received letters from Ruger about a recall, and were having to take back the ones they had already sold to customers.
(It seemed like a nice gun. Trigger too heavy, but as we all know, the factory trigger weight on a Ruger SA is only an opening bid.)
I asked about the reason for the recall -- was it because the thin cylinder walls are causing problems? Fellow said Ruger hadn't told them why.
The recall does not extend to the .357 New Vaqs, he said. Since those aren't even on the shelves yet, it's unclear whether that is significant.
I know there's a lot of confused gossip at gun shops, but this is a good shop, and when an employee tells me flat out he won't sell me a piece of inventory on their shelves, I have to assume that Ruger has indeed put some sort of hold on the .45 Colt model.
Can anybody else confirm this and/or provide additional info?
Hope it's something that can be quickly fixed. The slimmed down, SAA-like Vaquero is a great idea. One can't help thinking, however, about all those hardcore "Ruger Only" .45 Colt recipes in the reloading manuals.
- P.
PS: Fellow also said Ruger was shipping a replacement design for the loaded chamber indicators on the new Mark III rimfire pistols.
Edit: removed digression about how the new Ruger semi-autos are over-safetied.
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