7 1/2 44-40 vaquero

does anyone have one? there was a thread a few days ago about the rarity of the 7 1/2s in general, and someone mentioned the 44-40. man, that HAS to be a rare bird! i think i have only ran across 2 44-40s, and i am pretty sure they were both 5 1/2s.

so, does anyone have a factory 7 1/2??? post some pics!

thanks,
ed

I've seen a couple, but they are rare. Most of the 44-40's I've encountered are 5.5". 4 3/4" is a distant second.

I have a blued/cc one. Bought used just cause it was different. Never wven fired it myself. Prob one if a couple that will get price tags on them soon.

Looking at this thread I am thinking that the two have may be a little more interesting then I thought.

No Vaqueros left but still have the 'Super'........

WELL,
My Neighbor shooting Pard has two 7 1/2" 44-40 blue Vaqueros.
I guess he didn't know Ruger made them in 45Colt :lol: :lol:

rugerguy said:

No Vaqueros left but still have the 'Super'........

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Oooooooo! :shock:

I have a stainless 7 1/2" 44-40 Vaquero.
Terry T

Wished I had known they were rare. I turned one down at the last Rickerall, Oregon gunshow....

I just sold a 7.5" 44-40 a couple of weeks ago in the Classifieds here if you want to do a search to see pictures. They are really nice guns.

Dan

that is nice rainman! i have a ss 44mag 7 1/2 and the serial number is pretty close to that one. i bet they made a run of polished ss 7 1/2s in 95.

i have always heard that the 44 7 1/2s were fairly rare. the 44-40s have to be even more rare, but evidently there are some out there. i may just have to start looking for one. i am sorry i missed yours!

Howdy!
Have been shooting Ruger Vaqueros in 44-40 for a number of years; between me and my guy, we have 6 SS ones with 7 1/2in barrels, and 2 blued ones with 7 1/2in barrels.
It's our favorite old west caliber and barrel length for cowboy action shooting, both smokeless and especially black powder.
A number of years ago, when I found out they were going to be discontinued, I went over to my local FFL and ordered 4 SS ones; one of the best revolver purchases I ever made!

okay folks what are these going for in the box with shipper very low mileage? KBNV 407 MODEL 0545. thanks single action

The 7-1/2" .44-40 Vaqueros are rare, and they're even rarer with simulated ivory panels! I estimated once that probably not more than 400 each of the ivory in stainless and blue/cc were made.

Other rare ones include the 7-1/2" .45 with ivory (probably less than 1,000 made). And the 7-1/2" .44's with ivory are pretty tough too.
Chet15

I have a 7-1/2" Stainless Vaquero in 44-40, Nice old gun.

I bought my father a stainless 7 1/2 44wcf in the 90's. Ordered it through the exchange in Camp Pendelton. I have a blued/cc in 7 1/2. Great pistols only wish Ruger used the correct cylinder - barrel dementions. .427 with a .429 barrel? Guess those slipped by without thinking about it

oldreliable45120 said:

I bought my father a stainless 7 1/2 44wcf in the 90's. Ordered it through the exchange in Camp Pendelton. I have a blued/cc in 7 1/2. Great pistols only wish Ruger used the correct cylinder - barrel dementions. .427 with a .429 barrel? Guess those slipped by without thinking about it

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The last ones from the factory 58-xxxxx had the correct cylinders in them for the .429 barrel and the ones with the bad cylinders I send back and Ruger repair them FREE . I have four 44-40 that will all take .430 bullet now and they are super shooters .

It's not a Vaquero, but I love my 7.5" 44-40

In fact, I liked it so much I built a blued one to match

Here mine . I'm thinking of putting up for sale ... any interest PM and it has the correct cylinder for .429 barrel and forcing cone cut to 11 degrees .