Beauty Shots- Plum Single Six

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I promised a couple more shots of my recently acquired plum 1965 Single Six. It looks great in the sun. And, the more I look at it- I doubt it has more than a few cylinders worth of ammo through it.
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Wow, that is just flat GREAT looking. Be careful though, there are a good number of collectors out there that will try to talk you out of it. :whistle::D
Don't worry about that. She's one of my favorites. Right up there with the 1968 .44 Super I bought from WMG. I've gotten to the point that I really enjoy collecting these older Single Sixes. And I also have pretty much decided they all future Rugers I buy will be 3 screw. Y'all showed me the light…
 

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The plum color doesn't happen on all OM Rugers. And some get more plum than others. The color comes from the interaction with the mix of the metal used in the investment casting of the frames & such. Then it reacts with the blueing etc.

Many times on olden times,, a gun would turn color,, and a customer would send it back to Ruger,, it'd get re-blued,, and returned. later it'd turn plum again.

Basically, it's a metallurgy thing,, and not all have it.
 

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Here is a "plum" Single Six that I bought used in 1972 at a gunshop in Atlanta. Price, out the door, was the princely sum of $65 including tax! A previous owner had added the stag grips and the adjustable Micro sights. A picture:
 

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Here is a "plum" Single Six that I bought used in 1972 at a gunshop in Atlanta. Price, out the door, was the princely sum of $65 including tax! A previous owner had added the stag grips and the adjustable Micro sights. A picture:
That's a beauty! I really love the plum look. Those grips look great too!
 
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