I bought one of these a couple days ago. It was used, appeared used, and I paid $249. I found that I was getting light firing pin strikes. S&B would have several misfires per cylinder and PMC would have maybe one misfire in every two cylinder fulls. I was unable to get the duds to fire even after several attempts. So.... I sent the gun back to Ruger to have them look at it. Of course when all is said and done I will probably have more money into this one than if I had just bought one new; but, you never know with the Ruger service department, they may throw me a bone. I know they have treated me very well over the years. This revolver has always attracted me, but I have no idea why. The caliber doesn't seem to be anything spectacular. I can push the same weight bullets faster out of my .357 Blackhawk. But I have always wanted one, and now I have it. Of course I will buy a Belt Mountain base pin. Probably get a steel ejector rod housing. Then there is the issue of grips. My other Blackhawks have Hogues on them. These look good, but they are rather small. I would like to get something that looks good and is a little larger, any suggestions would be appreciated.
I was reading some stuff by Paco Kelly on the .30 Carbine in the Ruger. He mentioned that there have been special runs of these guns that came with three cylinders. .32-20, .32 H&R Mag, and .30 Carbine. That would certainly be very nice to own. He lists some load data that is interesting, but most of his loads use heavy bullets. I am more interested in light bullets/high velocity. The Hornady 92 grain XTP looks interesting. Any loading data/experience would also be appreciated.