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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Folks , I'm not a pistol guy but did have a Blackhawk .357/9mm convertible . Bought when I came home from Vietnam in 70 . Unfortunately I sold it about 40 some years ago . Now have a yearning for a Ruger " New Model " Single -Six Convertible . Don't know a damn thing about except the one I'm looking at has a 5 1/2 or 6" barrel & is in nice shape . Would any of the owners of this model please pass on the " pros & cons " ? Thank you in advance for your time and consideration . Soup They are great guns without any real cons that I know of. I've owned a couple over the years. Currently don't have one. The representative model in the safe is a Colt New Frontier "Scout" size with both cylinders. The Colt was seldom seen when I got it, compared to the Ruger. If anything, I'd say the Ruger was better and these were the two main competitors back then (mid-eighties). If you want something even smaller, Ruger still made the "Bearcat" the last I knew. I don't know if you can get it with both cylinders...most likely can. I wouldn't hesitate in getting a Super Single Six. I remember going into the local hardware store and buying my first handgun. There was a blued Super Single Six there and it was about $40 higher than the H&R 949 that I bought. The Ruger was used though, IIRC. I'd say I wish I'd bought the Ruger, but the H&R was a cool little gun that served me well until it got traded off on my first centerfire handgun a couple of years later, an Interarms Virginian Dragoon in 45 Colt. The latter was a beautiful but huge single action in the Colt SAA style.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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I had one. Now have a Smith K-22, although I do wish I had bought a Ruger Bearcat when they came out originally.Never had any great use for anything in a 22 mag
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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Wow, the 38 0r 9mm conversion sound awesome. But you have to start with a centerfire.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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I had one. Now have a Smith K-22, although I do wish I had bought a Ruger Bearcat when they came out originally.Never had any great use for anything in a 22 mag The only thing a 22 mag offers in a handgun is rifle LR ballistics. And noise. x2. If 22mag was needed. I would probably light load the 327.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Campfire Outfitter
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Campfire Outfitter
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After two Single Six threads in less than a month I got the urge to drag mine out this afternoon and burn up a few boxes of shells. Clearing the 6” plate rack from 20 yard two handed, then right handed, and then left handed became monotonous. So I shot a steel prairie dog silhouette at 35 yards until I got 6 straight with my right hand. Then I stretched it out a bit more and played with the gongs at the 75 yard line, my target has a 5”, 6”, and 8” gong. I could keep the 8” ringing and the 6” more often than not but the 5” seemed to give me fits and I was probably only %30 on it. Burned up a bunch of old Remington Golden bullet ammo that was garbage, sounded like popcorn with all the different reports, some like a 22 short and some cracked like a magnum. Still was a great way to spend an hour or two on a nice afternoon and remind myself how much I like my Single Six.
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Campfire Outfitter
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Interesting front sight. Not stock ... or at least I've never seen one like that. Tell me about it, please?
Tom
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It’s a barrel band I machined over my lunch breaks for a couple days and soldered on. Gun has a steel grip frame from an early Vaquero too.
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