StanMemTn
Single-Sixer
Just cruising through the Ruger website today when I noticed that the fixed-sight single action currently being offered was billed as the "Ruger Vaquero."
The headline notes the gun's introduction in 1993. Paragraph #2 talks about the "mid-sized steel frame and cylinder" being the same as the original Blackhawk, but the phrase "New Vaquero" is never used and the fact that the Vaquero was redesigned into the New Vaquero in 2005 isn't mentioned. The model number scheme doesn't seem to have changed at all (NV-455 as an example).
I didn't see any photos of what model name is roll-stamped on the gun. Has anyone else noted this or seen a very late production gun?
This would be the real problem as the one consistent bit of advice has been: if your gun says, "Vaquero" it is a full-sized Blackhawk frame that allows for hot "Ruger only" .45 Colt loads. If your gun says, "New Vaquero" you need to keep things at standard loads (not just light Cowboy loads).
-Stephen
The headline notes the gun's introduction in 1993. Paragraph #2 talks about the "mid-sized steel frame and cylinder" being the same as the original Blackhawk, but the phrase "New Vaquero" is never used and the fact that the Vaquero was redesigned into the New Vaquero in 2005 isn't mentioned. The model number scheme doesn't seem to have changed at all (NV-455 as an example).
I didn't see any photos of what model name is roll-stamped on the gun. Has anyone else noted this or seen a very late production gun?
This would be the real problem as the one consistent bit of advice has been: if your gun says, "Vaquero" it is a full-sized Blackhawk frame that allows for hot "Ruger only" .45 Colt loads. If your gun says, "New Vaquero" you need to keep things at standard loads (not just light Cowboy loads).
-Stephen