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Ruger Single Six .22LR/.22WMR

Salut! from another new member, and a son and grandson of Canadians.

Alan, thanks for the info. I guessed wrong about everything :o Maybe I ought to spend some money on books. :D

Hey, all, I have a beat up stainless Model 64, serial number D640XXX, with the sweetest trigger I have ever felt on a double action revolver. I've done a search but found no help with some markings on it. What are these? On the frame above the crane hinge is MOD. 64. Just below the 6 is stamped...

It's Dutch. I hope the kid was okay. :eek:

Cottleston Pie Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie, A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly. Ask me a riddle and I reply Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie. Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie, Why does a chicken? I don't know why. Ask me a riddle and I reply Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston...

If you are not also a member of Maryland Shooters, get thee thither and sign up. And being an old New England boy, I have to ask you about your screen name. Are you someone who can properly pronounce "Worcestershire sauce" and knows what Moxie is?

Hey! from the Socialist Democratic People's Republic of Maryland. I was born in Hutchinson, Reno County.

Irish, a Marine, and an EOD tech. In other words, full goose bug**** crazy. :D My mother's mother's people came from Waterford and Commodore John Barry is an ancestor. Up the Irish. Your Model 25 was designed to chamber the .45 Colt, often misnamed "Long Colt". I've wanted one of those for a...

Winchester 74 .22 LR, 1952.

I have 30 rounds of S&W .30-'06 180 grain soft nose, made in Canada. Does it really have value to a collector?

If the gunsmith is worthy of his title, the first thing he'll ask you is why you want to do this. It's pointless. It would destroy whatever collector value the revolver might have. At the least, it will eliminate a gun that uses an accurate, historical, enjoyable, easy-to shoot cartridge. The...

I grew up in the Navy, it was natural.

Sold! Check your PM box.