Single Ten Barrels ?

[41 Magnum]

Since I've been watching all the posts that are praising the Single Ten's accuracy, I've been wondering if the Single Ten has it's own exclusive barrel ? Or, does it also use the same barrels the Single Six uses. Many people complain about the Single Six accuracy with .22LR, (Mine seems to be fine) but all I've heard is praise for the Single Ten.
I've kind of decided I like the 4⅝" Blued model, because all the notches on the cylinder don't show up quite as much as on the Stainless gun, & now I've seen many owners have changed the sights to more conventional S.A. sights. I do not completely dislike F.O. sights as I also have them on other guns now, but for me, F.O. just doesn't do it on a S.A. revolver. Not criticizing anyone else’s taste, just stating mine.

 

[Kevin]

I don't think fiber optic sights belong on single actions either. I tried them for a while on my Mark II. They really help though.

 

[41 Magnum]

I don't think fiber optic sights belong on single actions either. I tried them for a while on my Mark II. They really help though.

My Son-in--law has a 6½" Heritage .22 Convertible. Contrary to some claims, his is quite accurate, & although it appears it will possibly be lacking in durability, it currently serves him quite well for the price. BUT, it too has the F.O. sights, & they just look out of place to me, even though they work quite well.

 

[VAdoublegunner]

My experience with the Single Ten appears to be quite different from others. I did not find the one that I briefly owned to be very accurate at all. Quite the contrary, it was totally inconsistent. It would fire a 1.5" group at 20 yards, then a 4" group with the same ammo. I tried every trick with 22 rimfire that I know to get it to shoot well, even changed out those fiberoptic sights because I thought they flared in my sight picture. My old Bisley model will consistently shoot accurate groups in the 1.5" or less range at 25yds, with a wide variety of ammo. I also have my first Single Six, a 6.5" Liberty, that will nearly equal that and one OM that is pretty close. I was firing the older Single Sixes against it as a control to be sure it wasn't just my shooting.

I suspect there was some issue with several of the cylinder borings in that Single Ten, although there was no evidence of bad leading. The throats seemed a little on the large side, but I guess all 22 revolver cylinders are straight through bored. Whatever it was, it is someone else's issue now. Come to think of it, I may be the only person I've ever seen report having trouble getting acceptable, much less comparatively decent, accuracy out of one. I don't think they have a different bore diameter than the standard Single Six. I can't see why Ruger would make that effort.

Here is my earlier post about the issues I had with it:
http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=151587&p=1533823#p1533823

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has experienced poor Single Ten accuracy.

 

[VA Shooter]

Mine shoots like a lazer beam as long as I'm not the one shooting it (pinched nerve in my shoulder can't hold steady)

 

[Hondo44]

Since I've been watching all the posts that are praising the Single Ten's accuracy, I've been wondering if the Single Ten has it's own exclusive barrel ? Or, does it also use the same barrels the Single Six uses. Many people complain about the Single Six accuracy with .22LR, (Mine seems to be fine) but all I've heard is praise for the Single Ten.
I've kind of decided I like the 4⅝" Blued model, because all the notches on the cylinder don't show up quite as much as on the Stainless gun, & now I've seen many owners have changed the sights to more conventional S.A. sights. I do not completely dislike F.O. sights as I also have them on other guns now, but for me, F.O. just doesn't do it on a S.A. revolver. Not criticizing anyone else’s taste, just stating mine.

All current single six or ten 22 barrels are the same bore. I have several early old model single sixes with pre convertible bore sizes. There is no percievable difference in the accuracy of those guns and any other single sixes I own new or old models. They're all good, not to say there might be a lemon out there. I believe it's a figment of someone's imagination or theory.

I too prefer the short barrel blue single ten. But those are distributor exclusives with a limited production so I would snap one up very quickly.

I would also change the sights to the traditional single six sights!

 

[louiethelump]

Ditto.

Mine shoots GREAT! It even handles the 60 grain Aguila SSS without tumbling....................

 

[VAdoublegunner]

It does seem more the rule rather than the exception that Single Tens shoot well. Guess the one I had was just a lemon. On the other hand, with 9 Single Sixes now, all of which are way better shooters than it was (and 3 of them exceptional), I got no complaints. I'll just have to use two of them ... hey, that's a 2 shot advantage!

 

[louiethelump]

THERE YOU GO!

I did not forsake my single sixes for a single ten either. I just added the 10 shot 22lr 4 5/8" blue to my stable.