Rimfire Bisleys Gone

[mohavesam]

The catalog shows no Bisley models in the Single Six. The end? *sigh*

 

[Ale-8(1)]

INSTANT COLLECTIBLES!!!

 

[BlkHawk73]

yup, automatically they're rare and highly collectable. :roll: :roll: :lol:


I thought all the Bisley's except the .44 mag and 45Colt ones got dropped quite some time ago.

 

[clayflingythingy]

yup, automatically they're rare and highly collectable. :roll: :roll: :lol:


I thought all the Bisley's except the .44 mag and 45Colt ones got dropped quite some time ago.

That's what I thought.

 

[mohavesam]

Website catalog shows the 44SPL, 45 Colt, 44RM, are in production (albeit may be distributor runs only), with the 357M and 45Colt in Vaquero Hi-gloss only.

Nothing on the Single-Six frame.

 

[NH Rugerman]

Bisley single sixes have not been a catalog item for a long time.....

 

[mohavesam]

Since... ?

 

[NH Rugerman]

I believe they were dropped from the catalog about 2006 if my memory serves, there have probably been a run or two of clean up guns made and I do believe that some bisley rimfires were shipped from inventory in 2008 as the factory found them.....I have been looking for a 22 Bisley for a while now, they seem to be few and far between and bring a premium these days...

 

[NZshooter]

there have probably been a run or two of clean up guns made

Is there any collector interest in clean up guns? I always think they're an interesting variation. I liked the billboard on the bottom of the barrel on my Bisley.

 

[NH Rugerman]

I am sure there is...another variation to collect and depending on quantity, model number etc...perhaps a rare variation....

 

[BlkHawk73]

To me "collector interest" can mean a couple different things. As a different variation sure as the warning is in a diff place than previously. As a stand alone model…no. just too many made over the years.
As much as a I love the Bisleys, the rimfire one just can't excite me. Have passed on them many a time, even recently my usual haunt had a used one. Walked right on by.

 

[chet15]

Yes, Ruger's various cleanup guns are interesting. Of course most of the cleanup SA's are identifiable because of the warning on the bottom of the barrel...a change that was done after the certain models were discontinued.
Otherwise, I guess we'd probably never know they were cleanup guns.
Chet15

 

[mohavesam]

Not to drift too far... but on the subject of "cleanup lots" - I would say they were the same as "production runs" insofar as classification. They run on production schedules the same as full-production lots. Just limited to the parts on-hand, as-opposed to regular supplier schedules for the needed parts.
This would differ from a Distributor Exclusive, as a DE can be a special order with constantly varying features... Of course Ruger often has made mis-runs or "mistake" lots and then sold them off to distributors only to be marketed as "distributor exclusives", so that doesn't make anything easier for a collector or "hoarder".

I like the Single-Six Bisley guns very much. Apparently so do others, especially the centerfire Single-Six Bisleys!