New Vaquero rear sight width

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z1r

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Question for those in the know, did/does Ruger offer these with different rear sight widths? I have two 510 series Vaqueros that have a narrower rear sight width than the newer 511 series model I have. I know that the SASS Vaqueros are advertised as having a wider rear sight.

Does anyone know when this change occurred on the non SASS marked vaqueros? I always thought that, other than the SASS Vaqueros, they all had the same width rear sight.
 

Hondo44

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My 510 series from 2008 New Vaq rear sight width is .110"
My 510 series from 2010 44 Spl NV is .140".

So that will give you a 2 year window when the change came about, that's as close as I can get.
 

z1r

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Thanks for that info. My 510's are 2005 and 2006. I guess what I was really wanting to know is whether the wider sight was a factory modification or not. Now I know. Much appreciated!
 
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