Short barrel ruger single actions...

[SHOOTER]

Can you guys post pics of your short barreled BHs,SBHs & Vaqueros. Anything under 4 inches ...?How short can you go on a Single action?

 

[Hondo44]

My favorite, short barrels:


A mock up not built:

This is the finished project gun from above:

Another just completed project. Old Model Super Single Six. I have since drilled and tapped holes for the sight and ERH held on in this photo w/tape: barrel 4 1/8" to match the proportion of a 4 5/8" on a large frame. XR3 size steel grip frame

New Vaq 44 Spl 3 3/4" Sheriff Model, Colt ejector, Belt Mtn Colt-style base pin. Ugly web behind trigger is radiused.

45 Colt Montado. XR3-RED size grip frame w/o lock.

 

[Ken ONeill]

Birdshead New Vaquero in .45 ACP. 3.75" barrel:

Flattop .45 convertible, Gordon Logan front sight:

SBH .44 Mag., Lett grips, bead blasting polishing, action work and front sight by Gordon Logan, Bowen rear sight:

.45 BH, Bowen rear, Logan front, and aesthetics by Logan. Lett grips:

All steel .41 Mag. By Hamilton Bowen. Lett grips:

Flattop .44 Special. Grips by Gary Reeder; Logan front sight:

A brace of .22 convertible single sixes with Mk. III front sights:

 

[BlkHawk73]

4" on the button.

 

[majorKAP]

 

[SHOOTER]

Wow. Who made those grips!?

 

[Robb Barnes]

A couple of old model shorties. The one has a 4" Smith & Wesson barrel and is 41 Special and the other is s mid framed OM 357 converted to 41 Mag with a short barrel.

 

[ranger1]

Ruger Single Six 22LR/22Mag Birdshead.

 

[princeout]

Sorry about the turned picture - me and Photobucket aren't getting along to well.

Ruger Single Six 32 H&R with Harton shortened barrel to 3.5", ERH shortened, base pin shortened, color case hardened by Harton's CCH guy, Bowen black powder chamfer and Bisley hammer fitted.

Tim

 

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[MaxP]

These two are 4-inchers. The top is my Bisley in .480 Ruger:

The second one is my buddy's .500 JRH with an octagon barrel:

 

[gak]

Stock length (3.75") Montado .357 w/ locally installed Bowen lanyard and Sack Peterson elk seconds (I love for their "flaws" he pre-warned me about!), and NV Sheriff .44 Sp w/ Montado hammer. American hollys courtesy Carl "Private" Schultz. Both tuned "within an inch..." IOW, "just so." Prior to these I was neither a big stainless or shorty fan, but these are great.

Oh, did I say I really like these guns? :)

 

[BearBio]

Although there are a lot of 4 5/5ths shown, the original request was for sub-4" Ruger SA's. So, here's mine:



A Birdshead 45 converted to a Bisley. My "carry" gun in grizzly country:

An identical conversion, except with a plowhandle:

I had to go against the flow at least a little. An original 1877 Sheriff's model in 38 LC.

 

[rugerguy]

this was always my favorite, just could not bring myself to round the grip frame and make it "perfect"......

someone liked it MORE than me and I sold it to remove the temptation...... :(

 

[Terry T]

Here's a few of mine. It's an older photo and I've added a Stainless New Vaquero Birds Head in .45 ACP and a .44 spl Sheriff’s since. :D

The 3 on the left are in .45 LC. In the middle are the New Vaquero Montados, .357 mag. and .45 LC. On the right are two in .357 mag. and one in .45 LC.
The Birds Heads are 'Clean Up' (Post 2005) guns with the warning on the bottom of the barrel.

Terry T

 

[Ken ONeill]

Outstanding group, Terry.

 

[tek4260]

Super cut down to under 4"

 

[dougader]

This 45 Colt Montado, new:

And after:

 

[FloriDave]

Guys with the Rugers less than 4 5/8, where do you get the ejector? ( in my case I would need stainless)

 

[Hondo44]

Guys with the Rugers less than 4 5/8, where do you get the ejector? ( in my case I would need stainless)

Several ways;
If you cut the barrel to a factory length like the Montado 3 3/4" just buy one from Ruger or Brownell's.

This one is from USFA and is for 3 1/2" barrels. It has a curved slot so the ejector rod knob moves to the side of the cyl pin for more travel.

Or you can just shorten a standard ejector rod housing at the frame end. The easiest way is to turn them on a lathe or cut and file by hand.

 

[FloriDave]

Thanks Jim, and beautiful guns to you and all the posters so far.