OM Single Six Question- Ejection Rod Housing

[SBHRSSSSS]

Hi, a few months ago, I purchased an Old Model Ruger Single Six, Serial Number 60XXX. It is in very nice shape, though I suspect it has had touch up bluing in spots. Anyway, my question is regarding the Ejection Rod Housing; It is notched, so that when ejecting empty brass, it can be locked in the full eject position. Is this an original feature, or a modification someone made at a later date? The notch is square and cleanly done, not a hack job. Just curious if its correct. I have other OM Single Sixes, but, they are of higher Ser. #'s, and don't show this feature. Thanks for your help.

 

[contender]

Welcome to the Forum!
According to the RENE Guide, your gun was built in 1957. And the "offset" ejector rod housing would be correct for this gun.

 

[rugerguy]

that was considered the "long throw", off set ejector housing,the first ones were a "short throw" the notch was further up, and then set back to make the throw longer, till they finally went with the straight slot, needed for the 1955 addition of the 357 magnums and need the longer throw to completely eject the spent cartridge... even the shape of the rod itself changed over time, for caliber sizes, the holes in the frame , need to be "clear" , a round round NOT hitting the edge of the hole on a smaller diameter, this is usually explained in any of the, many Ruger books put out over time by various authors.....they then finally went to an aluminum housing, instead of the steel ones, all this was due to manufacturing changes, save time, lessen the steps needed in ,making any of the parts used in the making of the guns, time saving is a cost saving, nature of the beast...

these changes in building, caused the guns to fall into various stages of these "variations" thus the types evolved....same went for the ejector rods used, and the buttons that were attached at the end, the early serrated ones, were small, easy for the finger to slip off, so they made a button, rounded, with a dimple in the front for your finger tip, this too changed in time , saved a step and they made it 'flat'...and on and on it goes, types of variations, these changes will occur at the serial number ranges accepted by the collectors, ,again, mentioned in the books, and the current RENE (Red Eagle News Exchange) put out by Chad Hiddleson, here on the forum is chet15, and he covers any and all these changes, types, and serial number ranges , reported to him by various ( any and ALL ) collectors of Rugers , and he tries and keep an up to date listing of the serial numbers reported, and any changes in the range, from a low number to the higher, end of any "range"...good info put in print, as they say "get the books"
Hope this helps a little.................. and welcome to the Forum 8) :roll: :wink:

what they look like.......

 

[street]

Rugerguy! The short throw, as you said was for the first early .22s. The long through was started when Ruger came out with the .357 Flattops. If you notice the very first .357 Flattops had the long throw ejector rod housing. The short throw wouldn't quite eject the empties. The straight throw ejector rod housing was started when Ruger started making the .44 Mag. Flattops because the long throw ejector rod housing wouldn't quite eject the .44 empties..

 

[SBHRSSSSS]

Thank you all for your assistance. I appreciate it.

 

[rugerguy]

thought thats what I said, they made it longer to use on the 357 mags to fully eject them...????
same housings fit either gun, its just the proper application use... 8)

( as well as get and read the books or get the RENE to learn the 'minute' details... :wink:


in any case , his housing is correct, but its NOT to turn the rod and "lock" it back... :roll:

 

[street]

thought thats what I said, they made it longer to use on the 357 mags to fully eject them...????
same housings fit either gun, its just the proper application use... 8)

( as well as get and read the books or get the RENE to learn the 'minute' details... :wink:


in any case , his housing is correct, but its NOT to turn the rod and "lock" it back... :roll:

Dan! You should go back and read what you first wrote. This is what you wrote: "till they finally went with the straight slot, needed for the 1955 addition of the 357 magnums and need the longer throw to completely eject the spent cartridge."

What I said was that Ruger went with the "LONG THROW EJECTOR" rod housing not the straight slot slot for the early 357 Flattops. And as far as reading the "BOOKS" :wink: . Maybe you should take your own advice. I'm showing the book that I read, "RUGER AUTOMATIC PISTOLS AND SINGLE ACTION REVOLVERS WITH CHECK LIST". By HUGO A. LUEDERS. Revised Aug. 1978. Check page 34 below. As you can see the early 1955 .357 Flattops had the long throw ejector rod housing, not the straight slot ejector rod housing as you stated.

 

[rugerguy]

Picky, picky ,picky, I typed off the top of my head, ,,you should be out trick or treating, you're already in disquise................ :?

 

[street]

Dan! I'm not trying to give you a hard time. For some of the new members they just need to know why Ruger made the changes the way that they did. It's all a learning experience for them. As for trick or treating, my wife always buys too much candy so I will have more then enough to last me. As for my disquise, Ha! Ha! check YOUR mirror. :wink:

 

[rugerguy]

again, I said what I said to try and explain "why" the evolution of the housings, and if they wanted MORE details to read the books , I am NOT going to quote, nor copy pages from any book, just tell what I know and feel they meant and wanted to do with these changes, moving the slots, YOU are going out of YOUR way to be confrontational, or aggressive by trying to say what I "may " be thinking and wrongly .....so chill, life is too short, relax, take a deep breathe, or take your meds.......
OR trying way too hard to be like your avatar ??? :? :roll:

 

[SBHRSSSSS]

Hi Ruger Guy, Your comments are interesting. Here's a little more info:
Ser # 607XX
5 1/2" Barrel
Ejector Rod Housing- 3 1/8" from End of Ejector Rod Housing to Back of Notch. Back of Notch is 3/8" away from the End of the Base Pin.
Ejector Button is Dimpled
This has a Round Gate.
Thanks.

 

[rugerguy]

quite simple as to the gate, often changed at some point in time due to the hard to unlatch ( break a finger nail) of the 'flat' gate notch........never know, just HOW long is the round loading gate that s n the gun??? does it go almost all the way back to the rear""" or is there a space between the back of the recoil shield and the back edge of the round part of the gate....in that era , there was a company called Premiere that made after market parts for single action revolvers, and this LONGER gate by Premiere is found in many old models of the flat gate variation ( there was no need to swap out a round gate from the later after the 60,000 serial number range... remember too that there was a couple of thousand LOWER serial numbers than 60,000 when the ROUND gates were introduced from Ruger, so there is an overlap....I know that the RENE will tell you the first type of round gates appeared in the 58,000 range........all depends on when the gun was shipped, as well as the "parts bin" theory of putting in and using parts for that model that may have all been in the same "parts bin", thus an overlap............so my guess is yours may be the first type round gate, with the LONG throw ejector housing,,,,,just depends on WHICH round loading gate is actually in your gun.....do you have any pictures?? if you cannot get them here on the forum, Some issue with various "hosting" sites for photos, you can send a picture to me in an e-mail, can tell right away by looking at how long the gate is...........
still a nice , early Single Six, and would clean up very nice........

 

[SBHRSSSSS]

Hi Ruger Guy, I don't know much about sending photos, but, here are some measurements:
There is a space.
Length of Loading Gate, Front to Back is 1/2"
Distance from Back Edge of Loading Gate to Back Edge of Gate Groove is 5/16"
Thanks for your help.

 

[rugerguy]

that is the measurement of a factory round loading gate, as the Premiere gate measures .695"

appears you got an early type I round gate Single Six.............and yes, it too could have been changed, swapped out at any given time but it falls in the accepted range, so can go either way. This is what makes the collecting of and knowing, seeing, what the various types that are out there, the RENE does a fine job of keeping this in order, as well as understandable........tough to know, and keep all those changes and at what serial number ranges, in ones head...............as well as to accept there are the ones that fall in the gaps, or make the serial number range, higher or lower. Being these are only parts, like the late Bob Campbell used to say, makes them "screw driver variations" 8) :roll: :wink: