WEIG-A-TINNY rail on single six?

Oh for god's sake, Will, it's not as if he's drilling and tapping a 100 year old Colt Cavalry...

I wouldn't come even remotely close to calling a Single Six "perfection."

Go have some wassail and rediscover your holiday cheer, and either answer the man's question, or keep your peace.
 
I've used the weaver brand no drill mount with both single six and black hawks they work well but it's metal on metal and could scratch the finish putting it on or taking it off. If it's a matter of wanting more precision and not getting it with the fat front sight I'll tell u what u did and I like it much better than a scope or red dot. I got a set of needle files and cut a Grove in the front sight that I could lay a tiny price of brass round stock I got at hobby lobby in. I used 20000 psi epoxy to glue it in then took my dremel and shapped it to the front sight. Now I have a gold dot front sight and let me tell ya whoever that dot is is where the bullet is going. I did it on my six and my 357 black hawk. At 25 yards hitting the lid on a water bottle is not hard to do at all and hitting a 4 inch spinner at 100 yards is very doable. Mine is the single six with the 9.5 inch barrel so it shoot like a dang rifle anyway. Hope this helps. I think I posted pics of it on here a while back.
 
Quite a few years back I put a Weaver one on a Super Black Hawk 44mag. It held up well and didn't come loose. When I took it off it didn't leave any marks on the bluing. Don't know about the Weigand one. I recently put a Weigand drilled one on a new Super Black Hawk and it's working OK. FYI...a scope on a handgun is not an advantage. Having tried using them several times I can tell you that other than bench resting the gun you'll have more trouble than benefit trying to shoot it off hand. You end up "chasing cross hairs" and trying to find the field of view. Get a good red dot instead. You can shoot just as good and just as far and have NO problems keeping the dot on the target or finding the field of view.
My opinion about getting marks on your gun.....don't take it outside if your worried about it. If you use a tool long enough, it's going to show some wear. Ruger's aren't valuable collector items, they're guns. Use them.
 
Time out corner, kiddies.

AFAIK, that scope mount uses the existing rear sight hole so there is no drilling or tapping required, and the mount can be removed and the rear sight put back on any time. There should be no scratching of the gun, but it is never a bad idea to check any mount before installation for burrs or sharp edges that could dig into the finish.

Jim
 
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