Mushinto
Bearcat
Is the a NV or just an Old V?
Can anyone tell from these pics?
Can anyone tell from these pics?
This Sheriff's Model Vaquero -- Is it new?
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powder smoke
Hawkeye
Welcome hope you enjoy lots of info here you came to the right place. FYI on the side of the revolver it will be marked. New Vaquero or Vaquero takes the guess work out. ps
Down load the picture to your computer and use a photo edit program to zoom into the stamp on the left side of the pistol and see if you can make out if "new" is stamp there or not.
I tried it with mine...looks like new to me but I only had the picture you posted. You need to try your picture as mine lost a little in translation.
I tried it with mine...looks like new to me but I only had the picture you posted. You need to try your picture as mine lost a little in translation.
CraigC
Hawkeye
That's the large frame.
coyote
Single-Sixer
from what i've read, some of the newest NM Vaqueros don't say "New Varuero" anymore, just "Vaquero".
can anyone verify or deny this?
can anyone verify or deny this?
StanMemTn
Single-Sixer
coyote said:
I believe that this only applies to the .44 Specials. I've not heard of any mid-framed .45 Colts or .357 Magnums being marked "Vaquero."
2 Digit Pre-fix SN# ... it's a Vaquero XX-12345
3 Digit Pre-fix SN# ... it's a New Vaquero XXX-12345
Yes the ".44 Special Vaquero" has a 3 Digit Prefix.
The sure-fire way to really tell what it is .... atleast for now at this point in time. :roll:
That one is a 58 prefix. Here is her cousin.
3 Digit Pre-fix SN# ... it's a New Vaquero XXX-12345
Yes the ".44 Special Vaquero" has a 3 Digit Prefix.
The sure-fire way to really tell what it is .... atleast for now at this point in time. :roll:
That one is a 58 prefix. Here is her cousin.
It is a Vaquero. Not new Vaquero not Old Vaquero. Just a plain Sheriff Vaquero.
Jim
Jim
CraigC
Hawkeye
Several things are dead giveaways and you don't need to read the stamping or serial number to see them. The flare at the bottom of the grip frame and the extra room behind the triggerguard denote an XR3-RED grip frame which precludes the New Vaquero. The New Vaquero also has a beveled cylinder. It's also very obvious to me just looking at the whole sixgun because the cylinder and frame look much larger but maybe I've been staring at Colt SAA's and replicas too long.
DCRuger
Single-Sixer
What about the barrel warning message? My Montado has it underneath and looks much nicer. Are all NV done this way?
D.
D.
ZVP
Bearcat
Handling and looking at my New Model as much as I do . you can spot the large frame Old Models right off!
The frame size of the Sheriffs Model sure stands right out.
Sorry for all the wise answers that you had to endure in order to get two decent answers.
ZVP
The frame size of the Sheriffs Model sure stands right out.
Sorry for all the wise answers that you had to endure in order to get two decent answers.
ZVP
Despite the admonishments that the term is "just" Vaquero for the large-frame guns, "old" (small case) is indeed appropriate now - what with Ruger's odd labeling of the .44 Specials as "just" Vaqueros also.
As is mentioned frequentlky here, either way, leave the term "model" (either lower or upper case) out of the discussion entirely as that just gets folks into another dither, appropriately I might add.
The original, large frame Vaquero is, to me, now either "original," "old," "older," or "large." The .44 Special is, indeed, technically a New Vaquero, despite what it says on the frame. For the NV, I don't use the term "small" to describe (but instead "mid-frame") as some folks - inaccurately - think ".32 H&R Single Six," not helped by the fact many folks informally refer to the .32s as Baby Vaqueros or Vaqueritos. I am guilty of using the latter as it truly is just a nickname. But then, again, not everyone knows that either!
As is mentioned frequentlky here, either way, leave the term "model" (either lower or upper case) out of the discussion entirely as that just gets folks into another dither, appropriately I might add.
The original, large frame Vaquero is, to me, now either "original," "old," "older," or "large." The .44 Special is, indeed, technically a New Vaquero, despite what it says on the frame. For the NV, I don't use the term "small" to describe (but instead "mid-frame") as some folks - inaccurately - think ".32 H&R Single Six," not helped by the fact many folks informally refer to the .32s as Baby Vaqueros or Vaqueritos. I am guilty of using the latter as it truly is just a nickname. But then, again, not everyone knows that either!
Hondo44
Hawkeye
The only New Vaq sheriff model made so far is the Montado w/ 3 3/4" barrel.
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