Ruger Single Six .22lr

[ISCS Yoda]

I always enjoy these Ruger Single Six disucssions:

Below are 3 Ruger .22s:

The first is a .22 Magnum Single Six. I meandered into a pawn shop around 20 years ago, I saw this gun, I had to have it. I think I paid $125, maybe $150. It has the current trigger block mechanism and I think it was made that way.

Next is an "Old style" Bearcat, not modified. I spotted it at my LGS a few years after I purchased the .22 Magnum. It probably cost me the same thing, more or less, not more than $200, anyway, plus an extra $75 for those stag grips. That was easy!

The third is an unmodified Single Six .22 that was found in the attic of a house by tenants. They contacted their landlord who had moved to England! She was a friend of mine and called me to tell me that the tenants had turned the guns (there was a Remington .22 rifle) over to the local police department but she called the PD and they had my name and instructions to turn the guns over to me. "If you get them from the police you can keep them" was my set of instructions! Zoooooommmm! Easy deal.

 

[GypsmJim]

There are plenty of these still around. It's just that anyone that has one will not part with it, that's why they appear to be unavailable.

 

[SweetMK]

Picked up a Single Six Convertible in 2002 and the Model was noted as AS 0627. It came to me with original gray plastic case, extra 22 Mag cylinder, Owners Manual, etc.

The barrel is 4-5/8" which is just perfect for balance and shooting by the youngsters in my family. Nice Rosewood grips too.

Could not find that particular Model number listed in factory searches on the "FrustraNet" but later learned that this particular set up was exclusive for Lipsey's.

Seems big distributors can get some "perks" with the factory or better known as "money talks...BS walks"

I purchased one as a walk-in-the-woods gun, but, then someone tried to buy it from me, as it was a "special barrel length"

It may be a Lipsey's Special?? I do not know,,

 

[jetjky]

I'm guessing there aren't too many of these around. It's a three screw Ruger Single Six .22 from about 1966. This one is in pretty good condition and is unmodified. It still has the three notches on cocking like an old Colt single action. As such, it would be unsafe to carry fully loaded. I load with five rounds and keep the hammer down on an empty chamber.

Does it have the hammer transfer safety bar? If so, its safe to carry hammer down, empty chamber. I have a superb Heritage 357/38 SA that has the safety transfer bar. Few other makes do though, authenticity rules.

 

[jetjky]

Its hard to beat the versatility of the new Diamondback "sidekick". Both 22lr & 22 wmr cylinders and the cylinder holds nine rounds plus swings out. Have not tried one but hope to soon.

 

[Venom6]

At age 18 in 1971 I bought a "Super Single Six." Two years later I was sworn in as a patrolman for a very small town in NE Ohio, so I strapped on the only handgun I owned. But I knew it was serious business so I put the magnum cylinder in it.

 

[TJm15.38]

Does it have the hammer transfer safety bar? If so, its safe to carry hammer down, empty chamber. I have a superb Heritage 357/38 SA that has the safety transfer bar. Few other makes do though, authenticity rules.

No; my revolver is unmodified. I got all the paper work and box from Ruger to have it done, then decided to keep it in it's original condition. Load with five rounds and hammer down on the empty chamber is the way to safely carry the Old Model Single Six.

 

[Inland7-45]

The Single Six and the early flat top Blackhawks are guns that I have always admired but still have’nt owned. I still have a Ruger Super Blackhawk and a Colt .22 Peacemaker. I learned early on not to carry a live round under the hammer. Both guns have that nice 3 click sound when cocked. I was very close to getting a Single Six but an article in Shooting Times during the summer of 71 about how nice the Colt was changed my mind.

 

[Golddollar]

There are plenty of these still around. It's just that anyone that has one will not part with it, that's why they appear to be unavailable.

You better believe it!

 

[Golddollar]

I always enjoy these Ruger Single Six disucssions:

The third is an unmodified Single Six .22 that was found in the attic of a house by tenants. They contacted their landlord who had moved to England! She was a friend of mine and called me to tell me that the tenants had turned the guns (there was a Remington .22 rifle) over to the local police department but she called the PD and they had my name and instructions to turn the guns over to me. "If you get them from the police you can keep them" was my set of instructions! Zoooooommmm! Easy deal.

How many speeding tickets did you get on the way to pick them up?

 

[GypsmJim]

I always enjoy these Ruger Single Six disucssions:

Below are 3 Ruger .22s:

The first is a .22 Magnum Single Six. I meandered into a pawn shop around 20 years ago, I saw this gun, I had to have it. I think I paid $125, maybe $150. It has the current trigger block mechanism and I think it was made that way.

Next is an "Old style" Bearcat, not modified. I spotted it at my LGS a few years after I purchased the .22 Magnum. It probably cost me the same thing, more or less, not more than $200, anyway, plus an extra $75 for those stag grips. That was easy!

The third is an unmodified Single Six .22 that was found in the attic of a house by tenants. They contacted their landlord who had moved to England! She was a friend of mine and called me to tell me that the tenants had turned the guns (there was a Remington .22 rifle) over to the local police department but she called the PD and they had my name and instructions to turn the guns over to me. "If you get them from the police you can keep them" was my set of instructions! Zoooooommmm! Easy deal.

About 10 years ago I stopped in my LGS to buy some primers and while I was browsing I saw an old model Bearcat in the rack, sporting Sambar Stags. When I asked the clerk to see it he said wait a minute and when he returned from the back room he had the original box and papers plus the original walnut grips. He said $250 and I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough. Even back then stags were going in the $200 range by themselves, plus Bearcat grips are among the hardest to find.