Those other guys weren’t great shots they cared more about looks. The work he did on his friends’ shotguns…that was another story. Dad didn’t care about appearance on his competition guns all he wanted was a good fit so he could smoke clay pigeons. Dad was an excellent stockmaker (his work was on high end shotguns), but the stocks on his personal trap guns were usually kluged-up affairs with adhesive padding on the comb and glued-on spacers to get the fit he wanted. You probably noticed the custom walnut grips on this vintage Ruger. A bit of 0000 steel wool and oil took the rust off and the gun is in remarkable condition.ĭon’t forget to take care of us: Please click on the popup ads! Storing any gun in a holster is not a good idea (the leather retains moisture) and it had a light coating of surface rust in a few spots when Dad passed. That’s cool.ĭad kept the Single-Six loaded in a drawer near his bed. Ruger introduced the Single-Six in 1953 and they only made 49 of these revolvers that year, so mine is a first year of production revolver. This revolver’s 4-digit, no-prefix serial number puts its date of manufacture at 1954, which means it is just a little bit younger than me. The Ruger Single-Six you see here was my Dad’s gun. If you like old guns and family heirlooms, you’ll enjoy this blog.
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