jpdesign
Single-Sixer
An adjustable sight single six in stainless in .32 mag? If so how rare are they, as I have not seen one?
Did Ruger ever make.
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CraigC
Hawkeye
Nope. The only stainless .32 Single Sixes are fixed sight "Vaqueritos".
chet15
Hawkeye
Ruger did have a prototype stainless .32 Mag with adj. sights on one of their trade show displays one year, I believe in the mid to late 1980's, but no regular production guns were produced.
Chet15
Chet15
Hondo44
Hawkeye
jpdesign,
Are you just curious or is it something you want? Because my friend wanted one and it's not hard to make from a stainless .22 single six:
Lower the firing in the frame for center fire.
Install Vaquerito barrel and cylinder (4 5/8" is the only choice of barrel length in .32 unless you have a longer stainless .22 barrel re-bored).
Pull or grind off the blade front sight. Drill and tap a hole in and screw on the blue .32 front sight (slightly taller than .22 sight).
Polish frame to match the gloss finished barrel and cyl or brush finish the bar & cyl to match the frame.
Voila, stainless .32 that would look just like the factory made it except for the .22 rollmark on the frame. Even that can be redone though.
Did an Old Model blue single six for another friend. Since he wanted it, I also reamed the cyl for 327 Fed Mag as well.
Are you just curious or is it something you want? Because my friend wanted one and it's not hard to make from a stainless .22 single six:
Lower the firing in the frame for center fire.
Install Vaquerito barrel and cylinder (4 5/8" is the only choice of barrel length in .32 unless you have a longer stainless .22 barrel re-bored).
Pull or grind off the blade front sight. Drill and tap a hole in and screw on the blue .32 front sight (slightly taller than .22 sight).
Polish frame to match the gloss finished barrel and cyl or brush finish the bar & cyl to match the frame.
Voila, stainless .32 that would look just like the factory made it except for the .22 rollmark on the frame. Even that can be redone though.
Did an Old Model blue single six for another friend. Since he wanted it, I also reamed the cyl for 327 Fed Mag as well.
jpdesign
Single-Sixer
Something I want. But a little down the road. Will probably start getting parts together before too long.
CraigC
Hawkeye
Installing a new premium barrel will probably be easier (and better) than hoping to find a Vaquerito take-off. Not much more expensive than having one rebored but with a much shorter wait.
`Course you could always skip all that and just have a blued one hard chromed.
`Course you could always skip all that and just have a blued one hard chromed.
jpdesign
Single-Sixer
Probably will go custom barrel route, unless I find a take off cheap, as I like a little longer barrel. Guess I should ask if anyone has a cylinder hey want to let go of.
Hondo44
Hawkeye
jp,
I found several cylinders/barrels on e/bite and gun broker, mostly blue but a few in stainless. I'd start with a want ad on this forum, I saw a few there. Most are a barrel and cyl set, but I did find them separately as well.
I found several cylinders/barrels on e/bite and gun broker, mostly blue but a few in stainless. I'd start with a want ad on this forum, I saw a few there. Most are a barrel and cyl set, but I did find them separately as well.
CraigC
Hawkeye
Actually, if we're going the custom route, the easiest way would be to add adjustable sights to the Vaquerito. Easier, quicker and cheaper than converting a rimfire to centerfire, rechambering and replacing the barrel.
Personally, I wouldn't go to the trouble of installing a take-off barrel anyway. By the time you buy the barrel and pay a gunsmith to install it with new sights, you're probably 75% the cost of a premium barrel. Which will shoot better anyway.
Personally, I wouldn't go to the trouble of installing a take-off barrel anyway. By the time you buy the barrel and pay a gunsmith to install it with new sights, you're probably 75% the cost of a premium barrel. Which will shoot better anyway.
Hondo44
Hawkeye
Rugster said:
Good move, they can be hard to find and most times overpriced, but a really fun gun to shoot.
With adjustable sights or like the Vaquero?
Old model converted to center fire and 32 Fed Mag:
Had to enlarge the loading gate chute slightly for the larger cases.
New model 32 H&R Mag converted to Fed Mag.
Bisley hammer, Stainless grip frame w/thinned grips, SBH grooved trigger w/web removed, Colt ejector rod and free-spin cylinder pawl:
street
Hunter
Hondo44!!! It's a shame that Ruger doesn't copy some of your designs. You have a knack for coming up with some real neat guns. :lol:
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