Star marked OM Super Single Six???

[Axehandle]

Didn't get all the details I should have... Gun is a 6 1/2 inch old model Super Single Six. It only has one cylinder with it. Looked like a LR cylinder to me. The cylinder has a firing pin groove. There is a star on the cylinder frame in front of the trigger guard... Been flipping through RENE looking for what it is... I see the NM star marked SSS but no OM. Anyone up for pointing me to the right page? I'll get pics and more details next time I visit the owner...

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

Thats a 1975 "Star Model" if blue a S6 is SS a KS6.
Page 108 of the new reference (pocket).
Terry

 

[Axehandle]

This is a no dash serial number OM....

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

This is a no dash serial number OM....

Sorry about that!! Thought the om was a typo!! and that you ment NM.
I have no clue.

 

[Axehandle]

Me too.... Did a double take for sure... Let the sho nuf collectors get here at tell us what it is... Reworded the title to pull them in... :shock:

 

[chet15]

Give the factory a call to see what they say. To me, there shouldn't be any star marked OM Super Single-Sixes as those first came out with the NM LR only Single-Six in 1975.
Be sure to send me a PM of the sn.
Chet15

 

[Axehandle]

Will do Chad... I'll go back with note pad and camera ASAP...

 

[bigbore45colt]

Are you sure it's a star and not an "S"?

BB45C

 

[Axehandle]

I'll get us a picture....

 

[Axehandle]

Pictures for you guys and a call to Ruger may be a few days out... Got the serial number... SN is a dash number that makes it a 1975 NM Single Six... I get confused sometimes (us old guys are prone to that :shock: ) so I have asked the owner to verify the serial number and that it is a 3 screw gun... May turn out to be a brain fart of mine and just a 1975 Star NM Single Six...

 

[bigbore45colt]

Axe,

a 1975 would not make it a 3-screw, and would be right for a star marked gun...

BB45C

 

[Axehandle]

I distinctly remember a three screw gun but I do hold a lot of guns.... Could have been a flashback caused by all that recreational drug use in the 70s...

 

[Axehandle]

Gun is a NM just like the SN said it should be...... I hate it when the old man's head gets fogged up.... Sorry about that.

What is the tale behind the star marking?

 

[flatgate]

What is the tale behind the star marking?

Non-convertibles at a time when the "Norm" was dual cylinder Single-Sixes.

I have one "star" gun, a 9-1/2" stainless example. I got it on the cheap and made it a shooter. Tall, homeboy undercut front sight, retimed cylinder latch (no ring on the cylinder) and a decent trigger pull.

To quote the Beach Boys...."fun, fun, fun".......

flatgate