Yaworski
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I had mentioned elsewhere that I wanted to get a Super Wrangler. It's intended mission is to replace my Single Six which is supposed to go to my son if he ever tells me that he's jumped through California's hoops.
I wanted a black Super Wrangler but no place locally had them so I hit Gun Broker. I found one and wound up winning the auction. Even with shipping and transfer fees it wound up being less than Rural King's Black Friday price.
The gun that I bought was "used" but had never been fired. No oil, no drag marks on the cylinder.
I'll admit that I went after a Super Wrangler without ever seeing one. I figured it would just be a Wrangler with adjustable sights so I was surprised that the barrel is an inch longer than my Single Six's. It has plastic grips which will get replaced and the Ceracoat finish is expectedly unattractive but "it is what it is." Also the top strap does is squared off around the rear sight instead of the attractive milled edges.
I did notice that the Super Wrangler felt heavier than the Single Six so I put them on my kitchen scale. The Super Wrangler weighed in at 2 lb 5 3/8 oz, 5 3/4 oz more than the Single Six. That seemed like a lot for just an extra inch of the barrel so I started looking at the weights of different parts.
My scale weighs to the nearest 1/8 oz so this is not as precise as it could be.
The wooden grips and plastic grips weigh the same at 1 1/4 oz.
The unfluted SW cylinder is only 1/8 oz heavier than the SS's fluted cylinder.
The base pins are the same weight, no surprise there.
I didn't take the sights off or remove the grip frame. The SW's hammer has some relieving visible but that would make it lighter. Both frames are steel, as are the barrels. The ejector rod housings and grip frames are assumed to be aluminum on both guns
So my question remains, why is the Super Wrangler so much heavier? Ceracoat is supposedly very light so that can't be it.
Any thoughts?
I wanted a black Super Wrangler but no place locally had them so I hit Gun Broker. I found one and wound up winning the auction. Even with shipping and transfer fees it wound up being less than Rural King's Black Friday price.
The gun that I bought was "used" but had never been fired. No oil, no drag marks on the cylinder.
I'll admit that I went after a Super Wrangler without ever seeing one. I figured it would just be a Wrangler with adjustable sights so I was surprised that the barrel is an inch longer than my Single Six's. It has plastic grips which will get replaced and the Ceracoat finish is expectedly unattractive but "it is what it is." Also the top strap does is squared off around the rear sight instead of the attractive milled edges.
I did notice that the Super Wrangler felt heavier than the Single Six so I put them on my kitchen scale. The Super Wrangler weighed in at 2 lb 5 3/8 oz, 5 3/4 oz more than the Single Six. That seemed like a lot for just an extra inch of the barrel so I started looking at the weights of different parts.
My scale weighs to the nearest 1/8 oz so this is not as precise as it could be.
The wooden grips and plastic grips weigh the same at 1 1/4 oz.
The unfluted SW cylinder is only 1/8 oz heavier than the SS's fluted cylinder.
The base pins are the same weight, no surprise there.
I didn't take the sights off or remove the grip frame. The SW's hammer has some relieving visible but that would make it lighter. Both frames are steel, as are the barrels. The ejector rod housings and grip frames are assumed to be aluminum on both guns
So my question remains, why is the Super Wrangler so much heavier? Ceracoat is supposedly very light so that can't be it.
Any thoughts?