I love my Ruger single six BUT!!!
- Thread starter delsol
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In no way from the Single Six, as I love them, but also consider if you ever come on one a S&W .22 Combat Masterpiece (Model 18) or a Model 17.
Now, like Ruger, Smith is making revolvers akin to the 18 and 17 in stainless and with 9 or 10-round cylinders, much like the newer Single Sixes.
Now, like Ruger, Smith is making revolvers akin to the 18 and 17 in stainless and with 9 or 10-round cylinders, much like the newer Single Sixes.
An age thing?
I think a lot of it is due to age and the memories from our youth. I always wanted a revolver that looked like the capbuster I had as a kid that looked like the revolvers I saw in the movies. I also wanted a rifle that looked like the BB gun I had that looked like the rifles I saw in the movies. Since I wanted both, I used the money that a Single Six would have cost and bought both a Heritage Rough Rider and a Henry lever rifle (both in 22lr). The Rough Rider is accurate, reliable and looks like a Single Six. The Henry is the most accurate and balanced rifle I have ever had.
There is just something about shooting a SA "cowboy" revolver and a lever action rifle that makes some of us old codgers feel young again.
I think a lot of it is due to age and the memories from our youth. I always wanted a revolver that looked like the capbuster I had as a kid that looked like the revolvers I saw in the movies. I also wanted a rifle that looked like the BB gun I had that looked like the rifles I saw in the movies. Since I wanted both, I used the money that a Single Six would have cost and bought both a Heritage Rough Rider and a Henry lever rifle (both in 22lr). The Rough Rider is accurate, reliable and looks like a Single Six. The Henry is the most accurate and balanced rifle I have ever had.
There is just something about shooting a SA "cowboy" revolver and a lever action rifle that makes some of us old codgers feel young again.