.357 Bisleys are back...special run?

[grey_beard]

I have not seen a .357 Bisley in a very long time....like 1992 or so.

Its not listed on the ruger.com catalog page so I assume its a special run.

Does anyone know?

-Greybeard


http://www.galleryofguns.com/Genie/Defa ... =All&inv=Y

 

[JCW64]

My guess is a warehouse cleanup. They have not been around for a few years.

 

[BlkHawk73]

As with a bunch of discontinued models that shipped this past yr, it's just a clean-up of inventory.
Have a couple of them and they're great shooters.

 

[lark63]

I bought a set with no barrel marking what so ever- in early 2009 with spent casing date of 10-2008.
left over/clean up = I would think yes
premium over regular models?
To me no- but most guys in Nebraska do not follow Ruger collecting like I do and members here- We are special

 

[Jimbo357mag]

A great platform for launching anything short of nuclear 357mag loads. I did see a Freedom Arms gun onetime with a hooded front sight that was made for Silhouette shooting that might have been a little stronger and I wonder about a Redhawk in 357mag but none-the-less a Bisley in 357mag is a REALLY STRONG GUN.

...Jimbo

 

[BlkHawk73]

They are great. Got a pair. One like the pic above...the other...well, it's a little different...

 

[chet15]

I wouldn't be surprised if some of these so-called "cleanup" guns aren't "cleanup" at all. Have learned that with Ruger's new process of "cell" manufacturing, they can make small groups of just about anything on a whim (ala .41 flattop) without them taking the normal 60-90 days to get made.
The old style Vaquero's also...you know there have been about 4,000 "cleanup" guns of that series!!! Hard to believe they would still be cleaning those up after five years of being discontinued.
I can think of no other reason why Ruger is still making the 96/22 in .22 mag when it it hasn't even been cataloged for several years. Check out their website for dates of manufacture on that one...they go past 2009! Unless these are a distributor exclusive now.
You know, if it is profitable enough for Ruger to make a batch of something, why not do it....cataloged or not???
Is Ruger getting closer to the custom gun building business??
Chet15

 

[Ruckus Ralph]

They are available and not a special run

http://www.ruger.com/products/vaqueroBisley/index.html

 

[powder smoke]

Is Ruger getting closer to the custom gun building business??
Chet15

It would be nice, Heck they might even make a few bucks off of it. Lots of people like personal touches on there shooters. All we can do is hope there listening. lol ps

 

[BlkHawk73]

They are available and not a special run

http://www.ruger.com/products/vaqueroBisley/index.html

Those are the Bisley New Vaqueros not the standard Bisleys - big difference.

So long as the parts are readily available - no special run of non-standard parts needed - a special order by a distributor is as good as gold and done pretty quickly. They're guaranteed sales by Ruger so why not? I do think we'll see the cataloged offerings lessen a bit, streamlined to the basic variations. However, with that I see more distributor runs being made.

 

[chet15]

So long as the parts are readily available - no special run of non-standard parts needed - a special order by a distributor is as good as gold and done pretty quickly. They're guaranteed sales by Ruger so why not? I do think we'll see the cataloged offerings lessen a bit, streamlined to the basic variations. However, with that I see more distributor runs being made.

Well yeah! There's a lot of interesting distributor specials coming around the corner....if somebody ordera a big enough group of them they'll probably make just about anything these days.
And the Hank Williams Jr. .41 flattop wasn't a custom order gun? I sure think it was...and Ruger didn't give a second thought to it at the time to make a larger quantity either ('course you have to be H.W. Jr. to pull something like that off....or do you???).
Chet15