A convert to Ruger
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44mag@ucnsb.net
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You have made an excellent choice. You will be very happy with the quality and service of Ruger and their products. Good luck and enjoy.
.44mag
P.S. Gotta say, nice looking Mountie.
.44mag
P.S. Gotta say, nice looking Mountie.
First off I like Rugers and have had many including single action
I think that for the price there very good guns, its just that you ether like there triggers or you dont. I dont expect them to be Python quality triggers but of the speed 6's that I have had the triggers are a little crude.
I have had a very good gun smith work on one but it was never the triger of a well tuned smith.
And thats my only complante with Rugers
I think that for the price there very good guns, its just that you ether like there triggers or you dont. I dont expect them to be Python quality triggers but of the speed 6's that I have had the triggers are a little crude.
I have had a very good gun smith work on one but it was never the triger of a well tuned smith.
And thats my only complante with Rugers
zappadragon
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Nices guns
I am still trying to save up for my GP 100
I am still trying to save up for my GP 100
44mag@ucnsb.net
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Boy the S&W crew has to get those last digs in on another demystified Smith customer, don't they? It is always nice to listen to what comments come out, kinda like a sore loser at a local ballpark basesball game. 
Would love to see the unreliable and inaccurate Rugers that every Smith crew member keeps talking about. I'm a little doubtful that any of them have truly even shot a Ruger, might soil their hands..
.44mag
Tom... ignore the ticks.
Would love to see the unreliable and inaccurate Rugers that every Smith crew member keeps talking about. I'm a little doubtful that any of them have truly even shot a Ruger, might soil their hands..
.44mag
Tom... ignore the ticks.
Sir William
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Actually, I have shot and owned Rugers. I got rid of my last two Rugers last year. They have the worst triggers NIB. I collect British/Commonwealth firearms. Those RCMP Embassy revolvers aren't high on my priority list. Rugers are decent. I like S&W and Colts better. That is a good collection of Rugers though.
BusGunner007
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Who REALLY picks up a gun - any gun - and takes it to the range to 'FEEL' the trigger? 
Are these 'trigger feelers' actually spending their time feeling some kind of mystical euphoria at each and every shot? or are they bragging about a mechanical feature that nobody else is going to get to 'experience'? :barf:
Sorry, I just HAD to rant about that.
That's ridiculous.
"Hey, my Rolls-Royce rides nicer than your Hummer..."
"Yeah, whatEVER, buddy. Let's go off-road."
Are these 'trigger feelers' actually spending their time feeling some kind of mystical euphoria at each and every shot? or are they bragging about a mechanical feature that nobody else is going to get to 'experience'? :barf:
Sorry, I just HAD to rant about that.
That's ridiculous.
"Hey, my Rolls-Royce rides nicer than your Hummer..."
"Yeah, whatEVER, buddy. Let's go off-road."
It's true I only have one stainless Security Six but it has a darn decent trigger. I bought it new in 1982 so nobody but the factory has every touched it. It may well be that it is SO smooth and nice because it has probably been dry fired a gazillion times. I actually collect older S&W revolvers but I can control the DA pull on that SS better than any other gun. It just gives me the perfect feel as it "gets close." I can fire it DA very fast and yet make a little "stop" right before each final squeeze.
I just have to shake my head a little bit every time somebody tries to tell me "how bad" Ruger trigger pulls are. And I've got a Super Redhawk that has a totally acceptable trigger as well. Compared to about a dozen older Smiths, I would say my Security Six has a better double action pull than any of them but the good Smiths have a slighty crisper single action break. Not enough to make any difference at all at the range though.
There were a whole bunch of police departments that issued the Security Six (and Speed Six). I guess nobody ever told them they were unreliable, etc. I guess there is a good thing about all this unsubstantiated Ruger bashing: it means I have a chance to get a couple more for a good price! I just missed a NIB blue Security Six for $225 yesterday. I should have jumped on it as soon as I saw it!
Gregg
I don't even slow down to look at new S&Ws... their bent towards protecting me from myself, as well as their modern aesthetics simply turn me off.
Older (pre-agreement) models are another story, and I still look at and buy them, along with Rugers (strongest revolvers on the market IMO) , of course.
Older (pre-agreement) models are another story, and I still look at and buy them, along with Rugers (strongest revolvers on the market IMO) , of course.
Whatever floats your boat...
I started with Smith and Wessons because they were the only ones making both a D/A .357Magnum and a D/A .44Magnum at the time.
My first .357Magnum was in fact a Ruger Blackhawk. First time out with it I thought "That's it?!?!"
Moved up a very short time later to a .44Magnum Virginian Dragoon.. Super Blackhawk Ruger was a bit beyond my budget. First pull of the trigger on the .44Mag and I thought "THAT"S more like it!!!".
If I were just starting out today, I'd probably go with Ruger.... even though their triggers suck compared to a Smith. I'm like 9X19 in that I don't care for the newer aesthetics of the new Smiths. Safety devices don't bother me one way or the other. I figure if it had been *our* idea instead of *their* idea, everbody would carry on about how great the idea was/gun owners as a rule are the second most reactionary group known to man.... computer people are by far the first.
I started with Smith and Wessons because they were the only ones making both a D/A .357Magnum and a D/A .44Magnum at the time.
My first .357Magnum was in fact a Ruger Blackhawk. First time out with it I thought "That's it?!?!"
Moved up a very short time later to a .44Magnum Virginian Dragoon.. Super Blackhawk Ruger was a bit beyond my budget. First pull of the trigger on the .44Mag and I thought "THAT"S more like it!!!".
If I were just starting out today, I'd probably go with Ruger.... even though their triggers suck compared to a Smith. I'm like 9X19 in that I don't care for the newer aesthetics of the new Smiths. Safety devices don't bother me one way or the other. I figure if it had been *our* idea instead of *their* idea, everbody would carry on about how great the idea was/gun owners as a rule are the second most reactionary group known to man.... computer people are by far the first.
Why complain about the trigger?
I got my blackhawk 45 Colt/45 ACP convertible a few weeks ago. When I checked the trigger it wasnt bad.
Performed the Ruger poor man's trigger job.... and now it is much better.
http://www.gunblast.com/Poorboy.htm
I got my blackhawk 45 Colt/45 ACP convertible a few weeks ago. When I checked the trigger it wasnt bad.
Performed the Ruger poor man's trigger job.... and now it is much better.
http://www.gunblast.com/Poorboy.htm
Many people confuse price with quality. In the case of Ruger it couldn't be farther from the truth. Colt hasn't discontinued the Python & Anaconda because people were beating down the door to buy their expensive high quality guns. It is more like a low quality gunmaker trying to milk a historical name for all it's worth and it showed. S&W has made quality stuff in the past and might in the future but one must ask why in the world did they put that tacky lock in the frame. Guns are made to go BOOM. Are they in the lock business or the gun business? Ruger has stayed the course all these years and it has put them in a favorable position.
What other maker has...
Durability
Reliability
Owner servicable
Customer Service
Reasonable prices
Owned by Americans
Made by Americans
Located in America
and has never compromised any of them?
Ruger
What other maker has...
Durability
Reliability
Owner servicable
Customer Service
Reasonable prices
Owned by Americans
Made by Americans
Located in America
and has never compromised any of them?
Ruger
S&W has never publicly denounced the Clinton deal. Instead, they have put out all of these 'made in America' ads (kind of like baseballs' crappy "It's baseball and you're an American" ads following their strike).
I found an article from 2000 listing Ruger, Browning, Beretta, Glock and Taurus as 5 companies who told the government no when S&W signed the deal.
So for me, I will own no post-deal S&Ws ever again.
Actuallly the shop owner from whom I purchased my gp100 and sp101 used to work at S&W. He sells them too, he's not exclusively selling Ruger.
Well, when he worked there, S&W tested three .357s. One of their models (he didn't say which), a Python and a gp100. They fired the hottest loads they could make through each. The Colt's barrel blew up first, followed by the Smith. They never could get the Ruger to fail.
I found an article from 2000 listing Ruger, Browning, Beretta, Glock and Taurus as 5 companies who told the government no when S&W signed the deal.
So for me, I will own no post-deal S&Ws ever again.
Actuallly the shop owner from whom I purchased my gp100 and sp101 used to work at S&W. He sells them too, he's not exclusively selling Ruger.
Well, when he worked there, S&W tested three .357s. One of their models (he didn't say which), a Python and a gp100. They fired the hottest loads they could make through each. The Colt's barrel blew up first, followed by the Smith. They never could get the Ruger to fail.