Trade CZ for Ruger Single Six? Opinions?

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fortkevin2

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Hey Guys,
I have a CZ52 posted here that I'm just not a huge fan of. It's a good shooting gun but I like my Tok's more.

I have posted it on another forum and a member there wants to trade a Ruger Single Six 22 Mag for it. Would that be a good or bad deal for me? I'm just looking for something different. Here are the pictures.... Thanks for the advice!

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IMHO you're getting the better deal in the trade. CZ-52s may be valuable someday, but that day is probably a long way off, and Single Sixes are also collectible.

Does the Single Six come with the .22LR cylinder?
 
Get the Ruger. Keep it forever.

There are better CZs out there IMHO. There isn't anything wrong with the 52.
 
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If you don't like the CZ and you'll use the Ruger, it's a good trade. The Ruger looks like its seen some wear but I think it would be a fine gun for you.
 
Yeah well the guy just wasted my dam* time! I hate it when that happens and it drives me nuts!

I cleared my schedule this afternoon so I could meet the guy after exchanging emails. I called the number he gave me and his wife answered. Apparently between me talking to her and then her giving him the phone she told him that be better keep that one.

Guy freakin wasted my time. That's Armslist for you!!

Thanks for the help guys :(
 
Yeah well the guy just wasted my dam* time! I hate it when that happens and it drives me nuts!
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You should thank him for keeping you from making a mistake!!!
Read the second line of my signature. That has been learned over many years, and every trade I REGRETTED LATER!!!
 
I honestly don't think that way. I currently have owned/own 45 different firearms in 3ish years. I buy/trade something at a good deal and then shoot them for a nit. I've got 7 that I don't or won't sell but doing this has enabled me to own guns I wouldn't have thought I liked but ended up keeping.
 
That looks just like my stainless Ruger Single Six, I have the same Jay Scott imitation stag grips. I like those grips. Fill my hand and don't slip.
Still, go out and buy yourself a Ruger SS. It is my 'using' gun around my property and in the woods. Fine gun.
 
Shame you couldn't make that deal. I'd have swapped that CZ for a Single-Six in a heartbeat. Especially since that's a Old Model, with what appears to be a six digit S/N. Probably from the early '60's since you say it's a 22 magnum. Do you know if it had been converted to a transfer bar? (I'd have made the deal either way, it just would have been sweeter if it hadn't.)
 
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I think the other guy's wife is a keeper.
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You got that right. She looked up his 3-screw Single Six on GunBroker and saw how valuable it is compared to that CZ. She probably whomped him upside the head & brought that deal to a screeching halt...:cool:
 
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I think the other guy's wife is a keeper.

You got that right. She looked up his 3-screw Single Six on GunBroker and saw how valuable it is compared to that CZ. She probably whomped him upside the head & brought that deal to a screeching halt...
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I was thinking the same thing.

Sucks for the OP though, that would have been a heckuva great trade.
 
Too bad the guy backed out...

Anyhow, not that long ago I bought an old model Charter Arms Pathfinder in
.22 magnum only because I never had that caliber. I had no specific use for it. If I had it to do over, I would've bought one in .22 long rifle. I thought it would be a little more exciting firing the magnum but really not much different than a .22 long rifle. A couple years ago I paid $5 per 50 rounds of Winchester .22 magnum hollowpoints and that was a good price back then. I'm just suggesting that I think a long rifle is a better choice than a magnum, unless one has a specific use for the faster round.
 
I saw a new model single six in a gun store today. They were asking $480.

It looks a little clunckier than the old models.
 
It looks a little clunckier than the old models.
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Most, if not all of the newer versions have adjustable sights, whereas most (if not all) of the old models had open sights.

I personally prefer the look of open sights on single actions by a wide margin. As you said, with adjustables they just look chunky. To me, they wreck the gun's smooth flowing lines.
 
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