Single action Rugers Love em or hate em?

Good on ya mate! Now, get ya a coupla pounds o' powder and a pig of lead,
head on out back and try some 3-4 hunnerd yard shots! Bonus if ya can get 7 rabbits with one shot!
 
First handgun I ever owned: Ruger Super Single Six, Stainless Steel, .22 LR/.22 Mag convertible, 6 1/2" barrel, bought new about 1982. IMO, that's as close as any of us can get to an indestructible .22 pistol. Yup, I still have it. Nope, it's not for sale! :D
 
I own 4 Rugers, and I neither love nor hate any of them. I have a Ruger Vaquero 4 3/4" SS in Colt.45. It is not near the gun my Beretta Stampede is. I am waiting for the New Vaquero's to come out in stainless, if they ever do...before I decide on my next single action.
 
Hmmm... maybe I need to try that line "bred" thing with my wife. Currently have a 10.5" SBH stainless. I love it and will never give it up. It is accurate and reliable. I wish Ruger will bring out a 5 shot 454 or 480 with the SBH model. You would think they have the perfect model to chamber to those calibers, but so far I haven't seen one. josh
 
They are a tool. I didn't care for the weight on my hip all day. I have had several. The best fit for me was the 5.5" barrel and Miletts RWO sights. I enjoyed my blued revolvers. A few aftermarket parts can solve most of the problems with loading. I prefer Pachmayrs on mine. In CAS, I used Eagle gunfighter grips. www.eaglegrips.com They are well worth the money. I liked all my Rugers, I just didn't feel any attachment to them. Accurate, fairly reliable, boringly popular and able to perform many demanded tasks. I lean to 357 Magnum myself as I have so many 38/357 Colts, S&Ws, Rugers and Taurus revolvers. A modification that I favour is replacing the hammer and trigger with Bisley parts. It is very comfortable to shoot all day in that form. www.powercustom.com www.beltmountain.com
 
I wish Ruger made cars. You could buy one when you're young and drive it until you retire

LOL! If they did it would be a dead ringer for a Checker Marathon :D

I'm with a couple of others. I have a couple of Rugers, one .357Mag and the other in .45 Colt. They're Ok. Other than being hell-for strong, I don't feel they are anything special.

Now a S/A with style and grace,,,,and a wee bit of history attached,,would be a Colt 1851 Navy.
 
I wish Ruger made cars. You could buy one when you're young and drive it until you retire



Believe it of not Ruger did indeed make a car. He, they, them, whomever only made one but it was made. I remember seeing it on the shooting show that used to e on ESPN on saturday mornings. I'm sure a google check would come up with something on the car.

P.S. I found this in an article on Forbes.com from sept 2002

So engaged was Ruger by the Bentley style of open roadster that he designed and nearly manufactured a modern version of it in the 1970s. It was his notion that the customer who valued quality engineering in guns would value it in cars, too. Might not someone who owned a Ruger gun want to buy a Ruger car? He decided to find out.
He himself designed the car, and Bill Ruger Jr., now 62 and chairman of Sturm, Ruger, oversaw assembly. "I turned all the wrenches," says Bill Jr. "We got very close to production. We figured we could sell it for $13,500 in 1972, or about twice what a Cadillac cost then." What stayed their hand? "The board, I think, felt it was too chancy." Today the two Ruger Special prototypes sit, well cared for, in Bill's garage.
 
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I like the Bisleys. They feel better to me than the regular Blackhawks. There was a special run of 5.5" stainless .45 Bisleys, and I sure would like to have one of them to go with my 7.5" :)
 
...But what worries me is a neverending dream in which I can't be truly happy until I have a 41mag in BH
I must be truly happy...

My buddy & I bought four (.44mag SBH, .41mag, .357, & .30 carbine) at a show 34 years ago. We decided by coin toss. He got the 'big & little' tails got the 'two in the middle.' He has the .44mag & .30 carbine, I got the .357 & the .41 mag.

We have both been quite happy since then, especially since he can shoot mine and I can shoot his! :D
 
Hmmm... maybe I need to try that line "bred" thing with my wife

Do not try this methord of thinking unless you have a low thress hold of pain! :eek: I was lucky in the fact that (A) I passed out on the third well delivered Blow to the head! & (B) most of the following kicks were aimed where the bruises did'nt show in public!!! :D
The funny thing is that my 11yr old stepson fell in love with the little single six & really wants a matched pair like dads hense the excuse to get the 2nd (not that I really need an excuse )The part that really hurts is that the little monster not only out shot me with it but several other members of the Club :mad: Not that he has made a big thing of it of course!!!! :rolleyes:

Dave
 
Bullrock...

I have a .44 Mag Vaquero 5.5" in stainless and a Birdshead Single Six 4-5/8 in .32 Mag and love em both. From several posts back: Bullrock, how is the Ruger "...not near the gun my Beretta Stampede is..."? Not a flame - just a question. Thanks.
 
Blued S&W N-frames are what make me weak in the knees, BUT, I do have a Single Six, two Blackhawks, and a Super. Gotta give credit to the folks at Ruger, 'cause I don't think a gorilla with a Sears wrench could ever tear one up. Now I'm just waiting for a .41 or .44 Special on the new (old) frame size.
 
Love my new Vaquero!!!!! Guys at work are getting a holster and belst for me and have a friend who reloads the .45's so I can shoot for less. Go for it mate! There are addictions that are far more costly and can get you in tons of trouble. I have about 950 examples in my workplace. :) BTW--welcome!!!!!!!!!
 
I have a 45 colt Vaquero, 45 colt 45 ACP convertible, 30 M1, 44 Bisley and a 44 Super Blackhawk. I need more! :D I'm working on a 41 and still looking for a 357. I think the Ruger single action is the best gun for the money!
 
You just gotta' love them "Big Bores". They're a blast with heavy for caliber,(300/325gr), cast bullets. Just wish they offered a Black Hawk with a non-fluted cylinder...
 
gak

Just my opinion gak. My Stampede is more accurate. Also the Stampede is a true Colt Clone. Four clicks in the hammer on the way back. No need to train myself to load and unload the Stampede, It loads on the Click and doesn't bypass.

The Stampede has a cresent shape ejector and the Vaquero has a round narrow ejector. The Vaquero is frustrating for me to shoot, the Stampede is fun for me to shoot. It is my understanding that all of my complaints have been addressed by Ruger and the New Vaquero will be as much fun for me to shoot as my Stampede... :D If, I can ever get one in SS.
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I like my 357 Blackhawk so much I put some SBH parts on it. This one I bought when I was a youngster, back in 1975. I had to put a new barrel on it at one point, some of you may notice that.

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