Saw this online. Made in 1971? Three -sceew Single-Six.
Didn't all Ruger Single-six revolvers come with steel grip frames over the last 60 years?
I would not call that polished. I'd say they got two thirds of the way towards a polished grip frame. Way too many scratches, dullness, and sanding marks to be called polished. Below are some of my examples. After I did these I found beat up ERHs and polished them and sold them on eBay a few times until I had an issue with a customer that took the fun out of it.Saw this online. Made in 1971? Three -sceew Single-Six.
Grips frames are almost all aluminum. It's the cylinder frame the specs are referring to as steel.Specifically referring to Single-six revolvers (not single action as a whole).The gunblast reference cited above is not clear as to when the single-six .22 went to steel. Ruger currently advertises their single-sixes as all alloy steel. Sorry if I'm not picking up on something.
The 22LR Single-Sixs at the top of the photo both have steel frames. They also came with the LR Cylinder only. Limited edition and overpriced, but they are nice.I'm certainly no expert but I don't ever recall a Single-Six with a steel gripframe other than the baby Vaqueros in .32 Mag and stainless guns.
Looks like it came with the old XR3 and grips rather than the XR3-RED original GFI got this 357 cheap because someone had scratched a drivers license number on the bottom of the GF. An hour worth of polishing and I have that old school cool look.View attachment 76036
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The anodized grip frame finish on my SS is almost gone after shooting & handling it for 66 years.I've thought about doing that to mine. Most of the black is worn off the grip frame and being all shiny silver would be cool.