Recent content by MatthewG

LOL, yeah three trips to the range and four guns in the safe. Guess I better go pick up that 3-screw .22 MAG (Only) Single Six I have my eye on to justify another trip to the range huh?

UPDATE: The hammer plunger finally arrived and I installed the new piece and tuned the gun to the best of my ability. It still had a little bit of a hitch in the hammer/trigger so I took it into the gunsmith. $30 and two days later and he handed it back to me in 100% perfect working...

Thank you so much flatgate...that is PERFECT!!! :D Can't wait to get my new hammer plunger in the mail so I can put this thing back together.

Boomer, I wonder if the ones on my '55 (ser 29xxx) are from the same place. :?:

PS: Any input on where these grips are from?

I went ahead and ordered The Ruger Single Action Revolvers: A Shop Manual Volumes 1 & 2 Book by Jerry Kuhnhausen. I should have it before the parts come in so I'm hoping that I'll have this gun at the range within the next couple weeks. :)

Yeah cellar, your plunger looks quite a bit cleaner than my mangled piece of crap. LOL

I ordered a couple hammer plungers and springs from Numrich (figure might as well have a backup). I'm going to call around a little bit today to the local gun shops to see if anyone has one laying around as well (gonna be a long week+ waiting for the parts from NY --> CA). lol Thank you all...

I think the cylinder issue is just a case of everything not lining up properly because the plunger pin (and the pawl plunger in backwards). If I put the cylinder in place with the base pin it spins freely and smoothly. It's just when I put everything back together as is, it's locked into place.

I doubt it because they don't have the ruger medallion on them. I know that they are at least 20+ years old (length of time my dad has had this gun in his closet) and they do show some wear. I have no idea who the manufacture is of them, there isn't any markings that I can see. I like them...

Good eyes, it most certainly was...whomever worked on this unit sure was flying by the seat of their pants. lol

Thank you so much guys for all your help so far, I really want to rescue this gun and go out and have some fun with it. :) Here are the images you guys are requesting...the more I look at the schematics listed above the more I realize that neither of them are correct for this gun (I dont think...

Couple more images of the gun put together just in case it helps...

My dad just gave me an old single six that he got from my grandfather (his father in law). It's been sitting around for over a decade. The issue is that the hammer wont move past middle position (will not compress enough to actually fire anything). It can be cocked and once the trigger is...