It seems that most people would put the single six behind the ruger mark series of pistols for accuracy.
Now, I'm not here to disparage the mark I/II/III pistols, the ones I've shot have been very reliable and accurate due to the fixed barrel blowback design that everyone takes for granted in target guns combined with good quality heavy components, and simply good execution.
I'm not a huge fan of the magazine disconnect in the mkIII models (I know you can replace parts to downgrade it to a mkII.), nor am I a fan of manual safeties.
I took a pair of single tens to the range today, and though I had used them a few times before, I never did wring them out and see what they were capable of. The models in question are the 4 5/8" barrel and the 5 1/2 inch barrel stainless models.
I did better with the shorter one, as I started out the day with semi-auto
.22 and 9mm sig pistols.
I think after 2 hours I started to shake a bit, and switched to the single tens.
The 5 1/2" model had some issues with empty cases being tough to eject, and some ammo wouldn't even chamber. I hope a few more range sessions and a few more cleanings will smooth things out. As for now, the ammo it can chamber isn't very accurate, the ammo that is accurate in the other gun won't chamber in this one. I'll give that example a few more tries.
As for the 4 5/8" model, holy cow, what an awesome revolver!
It chambered everything, and the ammo it liked was cheap, and it really liked a lot of the stuff I had.
Bulk pack win 555 packs shot the best, followed by vintage remington golden bullet (From the 80's, I think), then SK standard, then current remington golden bullet 40 grain- then everything else. Anything made by CCI did poorly (2 different lots of both Mini-mag and standard velocity) as did thunderbolt. The CCI was reliable, at least, the thunderbolt seemed to have a few dud rounds. (If a revolver won't set off the ammo, it's bad ammo)
I shot with 9" paper plates with a sticky note in the middle of the plate.
The winchester bulk packs put every shot into a sticky note at 15 yards with boring regularity. I'm talking about 100 shot groups into 3x3 inches until the sticky note wasn't visible any longer. And no shots on the plate.
With the rest of my other .22 pistols/revolvers you'd get an occasional stray. With the CCI ammo, it was the opposite, you'd hit the plate every time, but not the sticky note.
Both single tens were perfectly zeroed for 15 yards, dead on with the ammo that worked, no adjustment required. Those fiber optics sights are easy to use, even wearing sunglasses with the setting sun at your back.
I shot steel at a friend's house last week (10" gong at 50 yards, every time, no drama.)
I started at 15 yards and every time I hit the target, I took a step back.
Before you know it, I was out of space, and couldn't back up any farther (Unless I wanted to get in his pool.)
I'm going back to the range tomorrow, and hopefully will have enough time to give them a chance at 25+ yards on paper.
From what I've seen I shoot the 4 5/8" single ten better than a mark III pistol. That is high praise, indeed.
So many guns, so little time.
Now, I'm not here to disparage the mark I/II/III pistols, the ones I've shot have been very reliable and accurate due to the fixed barrel blowback design that everyone takes for granted in target guns combined with good quality heavy components, and simply good execution.
I'm not a huge fan of the magazine disconnect in the mkIII models (I know you can replace parts to downgrade it to a mkII.), nor am I a fan of manual safeties.
I took a pair of single tens to the range today, and though I had used them a few times before, I never did wring them out and see what they were capable of. The models in question are the 4 5/8" barrel and the 5 1/2 inch barrel stainless models.
I did better with the shorter one, as I started out the day with semi-auto
.22 and 9mm sig pistols.
I think after 2 hours I started to shake a bit, and switched to the single tens.
The 5 1/2" model had some issues with empty cases being tough to eject, and some ammo wouldn't even chamber. I hope a few more range sessions and a few more cleanings will smooth things out. As for now, the ammo it can chamber isn't very accurate, the ammo that is accurate in the other gun won't chamber in this one. I'll give that example a few more tries.
As for the 4 5/8" model, holy cow, what an awesome revolver!
It chambered everything, and the ammo it liked was cheap, and it really liked a lot of the stuff I had.
Bulk pack win 555 packs shot the best, followed by vintage remington golden bullet (From the 80's, I think), then SK standard, then current remington golden bullet 40 grain- then everything else. Anything made by CCI did poorly (2 different lots of both Mini-mag and standard velocity) as did thunderbolt. The CCI was reliable, at least, the thunderbolt seemed to have a few dud rounds. (If a revolver won't set off the ammo, it's bad ammo)
I shot with 9" paper plates with a sticky note in the middle of the plate.
The winchester bulk packs put every shot into a sticky note at 15 yards with boring regularity. I'm talking about 100 shot groups into 3x3 inches until the sticky note wasn't visible any longer. And no shots on the plate.
With the rest of my other .22 pistols/revolvers you'd get an occasional stray. With the CCI ammo, it was the opposite, you'd hit the plate every time, but not the sticky note.
Both single tens were perfectly zeroed for 15 yards, dead on with the ammo that worked, no adjustment required. Those fiber optics sights are easy to use, even wearing sunglasses with the setting sun at your back.
I shot steel at a friend's house last week (10" gong at 50 yards, every time, no drama.)
I started at 15 yards and every time I hit the target, I took a step back.
Before you know it, I was out of space, and couldn't back up any farther (Unless I wanted to get in his pool.)
I'm going back to the range tomorrow, and hopefully will have enough time to give them a chance at 25+ yards on paper.
From what I've seen I shoot the 4 5/8" single ten better than a mark III pistol. That is high praise, indeed.
So many guns, so little time.