The hammer and trigger springs are coil springs, much easier to adjust and more durable than the flat springs used in earlier SA revolvers. The cylinder pin is retained by a simple, spring loaded cross pin. It would have two piece walnut grips and a 6 1/2 inch barrel. The one piece Western-style grip frame was made of aluminum alloy, as was the ejector rod housing. 22 Magnum/.22 LR convertible revolver built on a flat top frame roughly 7/8 the size of a Ruger Blackhawk. The typical 3-screw Single Six (so called because of the three screws in the side of the frame) was a blued steel. There is also a quarter-cock 'semi-safe' hammer position. This means that they are loaded with the hammer in the half-cock notch and properly carried with the hammer down on an empty chamber. and the rest of the world for over 100 years. However, Old Model Rugers are traditional single action revolvers, as had been made and sold in the U.S. This was, and still is, perhaps the best single action revolver ever designed. They use music wire coil springs and their reliability has become legendary. The 3-screw (or 'Old Model,' as they later came to be called) Ruger Single Six revolvers are based on a very simple design. 22 Short/Long/Long Rifle in one cylinder and. Later, cylinders were added to allow 'Convertible' Single Sixes that could shoot. 22 Long cartridges), the versatile Single Six has been adapted to fire the rimfire.

Bill Ruger built his company on good design, modern manufacturing techniques and quality products at a fair price, and the Single Six epitomizes all of those virtues. The Single Six is a traditional looking Western style revolver, but with a modernized mechanism. By Chuck Hawks Illustration courtesy of Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.Ģ003 marked the 50-year anniversary of the introduction of the Ruger Single Six revolver, the most popular single action (SA).

Six guns review