Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
Very nice wood for a black pad gun, lot of them are pretty plain. The older red pad guns seemed to have better wood. The later black pad guns probably have better barrels. Ruger is making hammer forged barrels in house, not buying barrels from others like earlier guns. The Wilson barrels, from what I've learned, are more hit and miss regarding accuracy. The newer ones, more consistent. Any info on how this one shoots?

DF

It shoots quite well. I have never done any load development for it, but several factory 140 grain loads keep three shots in an inch group.