Not exactly a 'closet' fan as I've published pictures of this gun several times: a Ruger Security Six with 6 " barrel. Owned it for years and shot it a lot. the wear marks from being carried in that Tom Threpersons El Paso Saddlery holster are clearly visible. I've never owned another Ruger although I've shot several Mk I target pistols belonging to Uncle Sam, and a #3 rifle in 45-70 that was almost the hardest kicking gun I've ever fired.
Soooo, how many of you are "Closet" Ruger guys....????
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rbrbrb6
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I collected custom Ruger single action revolvers before I bought my first Smith & Wesson. There are probably 4 or 5 Rugers for each Smith in the safe. Started a journey about 10 years ago to commission a custom Ruger revolver from each of the top revolver artists of this day and age and we are down to just one more to get finished, a Damascus octagon sleeved barrel 500 Linebaugh by Dustin Linebaugh. The only custom Smith is a model 58 that Hamilton Bowen converted to a 5" 45 Colt with combat sights.
Here is my Alan Harton Ruger. A five shot long cylinder 414 Supermag built on a Ruger Maximum frame with the top strap rewelded and machined to duplicate a Freedoms Arms so I could use a Freedom Arms Lovell scope mount.
Here is my Alan Harton Ruger. A five shot long cylinder 414 Supermag built on a Ruger Maximum frame with the top strap rewelded and machined to duplicate a Freedoms Arms so I could use a Freedom Arms Lovell scope mount.
Frank46
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Have a #1 in 45/70, MKIII in 22rf and a Redhawk in 44 magnum. They get along perfectly well with the guys and gals in the safe. Frank
Yup. After my MKII target, they just kept popping up in the safe somehow.
Semi. Revolver. Rifle. All found good company with the other marques in the safe.
Even the Mauser said "Willkommen!".
Fat Frank
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I have owned exactly 4 Rugers. Three Ruger No.1 in: .300Win Mag (with a muzzle brake); .22-250 and .218 Bee.
Also had a 10/22 once many years ago.
Back in the mid 80's, I had a chance to buy a nice early M77RSI (mannlicher-style stock) .308 that would have been the best whitetail rifle ever made. I left the shop thinking about the $300 price tag, and went back about an hour later to get it. It was gone. I still feel bad about that.
Also had a 10/22 once many years ago.
Back in the mid 80's, I had a chance to buy a nice early M77RSI (mannlicher-style stock) .308 that would have been the best whitetail rifle ever made. I left the shop thinking about the $300 price tag, and went back about an hour later to get it. It was gone. I still feel bad about that.
Forced into owning the Ruger
Yes Ruger has and does make a quality revolver but S&W is my chosen Brand. Its only because S&W discontinued producing the .327 Magnum that I chose to purchase an SP101 chambered for this round. The single action has never been something I was comfortable with although the look and lore have always caused me to want examples so the SP101 was the only alternative. I could not pay the asking prices for the remaining S&W revolvers with out the Internal Lock either.
Yes Ruger has and does make a quality revolver but S&W is my chosen Brand. Its only because S&W discontinued producing the .327 Magnum that I chose to purchase an SP101 chambered for this round. The single action has never been something I was comfortable with although the look and lore have always caused me to want examples so the SP101 was the only alternative. I could not pay the asking prices for the remaining S&W revolvers with out the Internal Lock either.
THE PILGRIM
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Have owned a bunch!
The first handgun I ever bought was a 22 convertible.
Have owned a purple loading Gate 357 Blackhawk with a Deming sight.
When I was heavy gun trading, once owned more RedHawks (13) than any other handguns I ever owned.
All gone! Don't own any now.
If I bought one - it would be a 5 1/2 inch bull barrel probably Mark ll.
The first handgun I ever bought was a 22 convertible.
Have owned a purple loading Gate 357 Blackhawk with a Deming sight.
When I was heavy gun trading, once owned more RedHawks (13) than any other handguns I ever owned.
All gone! Don't own any now.
If I bought one - it would be a 5 1/2 inch bull barrel probably Mark ll.
NJM15
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I come forward and admit ---
I own a Ruger GP 100 Match Champion Its really a nice gun , good quality , accurate I also have a Smith 27 and I rate them equally
I own a Ruger GP 100 Match Champion Its really a nice gun , good quality , accurate I also have a Smith 27 and I rate them equally
dabney
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I worked many part-time jobs to buy my first double-action .357 in 73, a 150-series Security-Six that I carried on duty. I added Herrett Shooting Star Target Grips to my SS and that gun went to town in my duty holster. I shot many .357's through that 33-ounce firearm and it withstood the battering like a German Tiger Tank in WW2. Simple to break down and clean and I still (proudly) have that Ruger. Mr. Bill knew how to build "strong" six-guns! Great posts here!
David
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I always seem to sell my Rugers. Do have a Super Redhawk that I've managed to hold on to since 1990. Want to buy it?
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I love certain models from Ruger. There is no need to be a "closet" Ruger fan. Several of us here have published articles in the Ruger Collectors Association Journal, including Doc44. I am pretty sure I remember an article in the RCA Journal by Roy also, but will defer to others on this.
Ruger makes a spectacular example of the SAA at any price, and the price is very favorable. Jeff Cooper liked his Super Blackhawk so much he had the cylinder made as rust resistant as possible for that era by having it finished in Armaloy, which gave it a unique two-tone appearance. He was quite a fan of the little Bearcat also. His was also two-tone. Skeeter Skelton was a fan of Ruger, and Elmer Keith had some also.
In the last 10 years, or maybe a little more, a great number of S&W managers and engineers have gone to work for Ruger, which accounts for their successful entry, after S&W, into the various markets including combat pistols, AR rifles, 1911s, etc.
With the price and features, it is hard not to appreciate Ruger.
That said, I still think the S&W has the better action. I think S&Ws are more handsome (that is just a personal preference issue, obviously), and I think that S&W guns are equally as strong, despite not being as thick. Others will disagree, and they are entitled to their opinions. On the other hand, I do not use the kind of loads that some handloaders seem to like so much.
I have said this before. We are lucky to have so many great guns from which to choose. Personally, I wish the American companies all success.
So, could we all get along with a Model 10 and a 1911? Yes, but the variety makes it more fun!
To the product planners at Ruger: How about a true "half-lug" (I despise that term, preferring "standard ejector shroud" versus "full length ejector shroud") GP-100 with a round barrel like the old Security Six? Yes, I know about the Match Champion, but feel the same way about its appearance as I do most of what comes from the Performance Center at S&W.
Enjoy your Rugers. They make good stuff! And for all of you who still hold a grudge against Bill Ruger for saying he thought a 15 round magazine was all consumers needed, you can do what you want, but the Ruger family has been out of the business now for several years, and their aggressive pursuit of the items Bill Ruger did not wish to pursue shows they are committed to gun owners, including those who like ARs, semi-autos, high cap magazines, and suppressors.
Ruger makes a spectacular example of the SAA at any price, and the price is very favorable. Jeff Cooper liked his Super Blackhawk so much he had the cylinder made as rust resistant as possible for that era by having it finished in Armaloy, which gave it a unique two-tone appearance. He was quite a fan of the little Bearcat also. His was also two-tone. Skeeter Skelton was a fan of Ruger, and Elmer Keith had some also.
In the last 10 years, or maybe a little more, a great number of S&W managers and engineers have gone to work for Ruger, which accounts for their successful entry, after S&W, into the various markets including combat pistols, AR rifles, 1911s, etc.
With the price and features, it is hard not to appreciate Ruger.
That said, I still think the S&W has the better action. I think S&Ws are more handsome (that is just a personal preference issue, obviously), and I think that S&W guns are equally as strong, despite not being as thick. Others will disagree, and they are entitled to their opinions. On the other hand, I do not use the kind of loads that some handloaders seem to like so much.
I have said this before. We are lucky to have so many great guns from which to choose. Personally, I wish the American companies all success.
So, could we all get along with a Model 10 and a 1911? Yes, but the variety makes it more fun!
To the product planners at Ruger: How about a true "half-lug" (I despise that term, preferring "standard ejector shroud" versus "full length ejector shroud") GP-100 with a round barrel like the old Security Six? Yes, I know about the Match Champion, but feel the same way about its appearance as I do most of what comes from the Performance Center at S&W.
Enjoy your Rugers. They make good stuff! And for all of you who still hold a grudge against Bill Ruger for saying he thought a 15 round magazine was all consumers needed, you can do what you want, but the Ruger family has been out of the business now for several years, and their aggressive pursuit of the items Bill Ruger did not wish to pursue shows they are committed to gun owners, including those who like ARs, semi-autos, high cap magazines, and suppressors.
Ranger514
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My dad was a big M77 fan. I blame him. Currently I own a Single Six .22 LR, New Vaquero Montado .357 mag., All-American .22LR, and a .30-06 Lipsey's Edition RSI.
mg357
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I own a Ruger SP101 Chambered in .357 magnum and it has a 2 inch barrel.
I am currently saving up for 3 inch barreled version.
I am currently saving up for 3 inch barreled version.
hangnoose
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I WAS NEVER IN THE CLOSET ABOUT IT.
Back in the 70's - 80's almost all I owned were Rugers. I currently own 4 and really can't think of a single one I would not want back:
10-22 22 lr takedown
Single six 22 lr with 22 wmr spare cylinder
MKl 6" target
MKll Gov't x 2
Sp 101 x2
Redhawk 357
Old army B/P
M77V all weather 25-06
Red label 28 gauge with English stock & nice wood.
I've never owned/fired one of their "new fangled" semi auto centerfires. A #1, 480, Vaquero are still wish guns.
Back in the 70's - 80's almost all I owned were Rugers. I currently own 4 and really can't think of a single one I would not want back:
10-22 22 lr takedown
Single six 22 lr with 22 wmr spare cylinder
MKl 6" target
MKll Gov't x 2
Sp 101 x2
Redhawk 357
Old army B/P
M77V all weather 25-06
Red label 28 gauge with English stock & nice wood.
I've never owned/fired one of their "new fangled" semi auto centerfires. A #1, 480, Vaquero are still wish guns.
There are some nice looking powder burners in this thread. I see all but 3 are range and safe guns. I need to get the wife to post the pictures of my Ruger Mark 1 I bought nearly 50 years ago. I feel it will shame all on here. It is FAR from a safe queen. In fact I can say with some confidence that it has spent more time underwater than most guns have spent out of the safe. I am not much of a Ruger fan but I do have a few.
Jim1392
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Only one for me a LCP 380. I like to carry it in a Remora holster in my pocket when I walk my dog in my neighborhood.
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Wow, I posted to this way back in 09!
Still have my Rugers plus I can add two to the list!
I forgot back then that I have a 10/22 rifle and since then I picked up a really nice Security Six 4" in stainless!. Now I'm looking for the blued version.
Sell my Ruger's.....Not a chance!
Still have my Rugers plus I can add two to the list!
I forgot back then that I have a 10/22 rifle and since then I picked up a really nice Security Six 4" in stainless!. Now I'm looking for the blued version.
Sell my Ruger's.....Not a chance!
Come on out of the closet !!!
Verrrry early Super Bearcat
giz
Never been in a closet...........ALL MY SINGLE ACTIONS ARE RUGERS........ALL MY DOUBLE ACTIONS ARE SMITHS......See? That's not complicated.
Nothing "closet" about it. I'm a big SA revolver nut. The crown jewel of my Ruger collection is a 1957 vintage unconverted Single Six. It wears it's age elegantly and functions flawlessly. I'm also a big Mini 14 fan. This takes nothing away from Smith & Wesson. Apples and Oranges.
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