Are Single Actions Still Popular?

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I'm a little confused about the description of your guns.
Are they Colt's or Rugers?
You mention "Old Models". Ruger never made an Old Model in .45 Colt caliber with a 3" bbl. I'm not schooled enough in Colt guns to know about them.

But in general,, yes,, the SA handguns are still quite popular to many folks. No matter if they are Colt's or Rugers.
 
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For young people to be "In to" them, they have to be exposed to them, and that is up to Us OldGuys...
Amusing to me, one of my Twins brought his "anti gun" girlfriend up to where I live (where he was raised since about 9).. Dillan and I were shooting some of the OM's and she said "It looks FUN, can I try"..
So my son loaded up some .38's in my '57..and showed her how it operates..with in 3 rounds she was HOOKED...it may have cost me $200 that day in her ammo consumption...38/357/44/45..but it was totally worth it.
Turns out her fave was my 4-5/8" .45...mine too..
 
contender said:
I'm a little confused about the description of your guns.
Are they Colt's or Rugers?
You mention "Old Models". Ruger never made an Old Model in .45 Colt caliber with a 3" bbl. I'm not schooled enough in Colt guns to know about them.

But in general,, yes,, the SA handguns are still quite popular to many folks. No matter if they are Colt's or Rugers.
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I have 2 of them. They are Vaqueros. Am I using the wrong terms here? Original SA, is that better? Or is it not the New Model?
 
Having grown up in the days of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, I've been a fan of the single action revolver ever since. They just plain look cool and feel great in the hand. Then later reading magazine articles of Skeeter Skelton and others the love of them just grew stronger. I've only owned one with a barrel length shorter than 4 5/8 inch was my Ruger Vaquero with I think a 3.5 inch bbl. It wasn't my favorite shooter but was still mighty handsome.
 
wproct said:
Having grown up in the days of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, I've been a fan of the single action revolver ever since. They just plain look cool and feel great in the hand. Then later reading magazine articles of Skeeter Skelton and others the love of them just grew stronger. I've only owned one with a barrel length shorter than 4 5/8 inch was my Ruger Vaquero with I think a 3.5 inch bbl. It wasn't my favorite shooter but was still mighty handsome.
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Speaking of Roy. My favorite little corner store always has some interesting sodas. Saw one the other day "Roy Rogers Soda Pop". Since it was labeled Soda Pop I figured it was more of an east coast thing.
 
"I have 2 of them. They are Vaqueros. Am I using the wrong terms here? Original SA, is that better? Or is it not the New Model?"

Thanks for clarifying what you have JackBull.

Ok, all Vaquero's are of the New Model action design. An Old Model Ruger is one made between 1953 & 1973,, with a different action design, that doesn't have a safety transfer bar. In 1973, when Bill changed it,, he marked the guns with the term "New Model." When the Vaquero's came out,, they were first built on the Blackhawk sized frame,, and the term New Model was omitted. That was 1993. Twenty years after the New Models had been introduced. later on, Ruger build a "mid-frame" sized Vaquero & called it the "New Vaquero!" Yes,, it confuses some people,, so we "old timers" or collectors try & call the large framed Vaquero's "Original Vaquero's" to try & keep confusion down.
An easy way to tell the Original Vaquero's from the New Vaquero's,, is to look at the serial number,, PREFIX. A 2-digit is a larger frame, and a 3-digit is a mid-frame.

So,, it appears you have a pair of Original Vaquero's in .45 Colt with short barrels. You mentioned they have 3" barrels. Ruger only made them in 3-5/8" barrel lengths. Measure the barrels from the face of the cylinder to the end of the barrel. I'll bet they are 3-5/8" long.

And yes,, they are desirable!
 
And what else does one shoot???? SA is and always will be the cats pajamas. At least around here :) .

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Popular. Maybe not with the run and gun special warfare wannabes But with some of us they sure are.
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contender said:
"I have 2 of them. They are Vaqueros. Am I using the wrong terms here? Original SA, is that better? Or is it not the New Model?"

Thanks for clarifying what you have JackBull.

Ok, all Vaquero's are of the New Model action design. An Old Model Ruger is one made between 1953 & 1973,, with a different action design, that doesn't have a safety transfer bar. In 1973, when Bill changed it,, he marked the guns with the term "New Model." When the Vaquero's came out,, they were first built on the Blackhawk sized frame,, and the term New Model was omitted. That was 1993. Twenty years after the New Models had been introduced. later on, Ruger build a "mid-frame" sized Vaquero & called it the "New Vaquero!" Yes,, it confuses some people,, so we "old timers" or collectors try & call the large framed Vaquero's "Original Vaquero's" to try & keep confusion down.
An easy way to tell the Original Vaquero's from the New Vaquero's,, is to look at the serial number,, PREFIX. A 2-digit is a larger frame, and a 3-digit is a mid-frame.

So,, it appears you have a pair of Original Vaquero's in .45 Colt with short barrels. You mentioned they have 3" barrels. Ruger only made them in 3-5/8" barrel lengths. Measure the barrels from the face of the cylinder to the end of the barrel. I'll bet they are 3-5/8" long.

And yes,, they are desirable!
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I round off to the nearest 1/2 inch. 3", 4", 5"
 
I'm not interested in a 3 inch single action but Ruger Blackhawks and Colt single actions are very popular! In fact -- I love my Blackhawks and I bet I can speak for many others because there are many collectors out there!!
 
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