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I know I said I made it through 2020 without a gun purchase. I kind of lied. Wife "gifted" me a Wrangler for Christmas. By "gifted" I mean I bought it as her Christmas gift to me! So yes, almost the entire year without buying a single gun!
Wanted to get this one for some time, just never did. I've already got a Colt 6 shooter in 22lr/22wmr. It's 40-60 years old though. I don't feel like shooting it the same way I will this Ruger.
Ruger gives you a 20% off coupon whenever you buy one of their guns. So I ordered up a set of walnut grips and a leather holster from their site for this guy. Hoping to get it all cowboy'd up shortly. I'll post up some pictures whenever Ruger decides to get them to me.
Anyways...
This little guy is simply fun!
In an age where ammo is almost impossible to find, 6 shots at a time is a good rate! Especially compared to my usual 6-8 (16-25 rounds per mag) magazines at a time through the Taurus TX22 or 10+ magazines at a time through the 10/22 (bx25s). One box of 500, you'll be shooting for hours, six at a time, but that ammo will certainly stretch over a longer period of time.
The pistol itself is a basic six shooter in 22lr. Cast aluminum and or metal injected molded parts are everywhere. Steel barrel, and steel cylinder. Very plane polymer grips. Absolutely nothing fancy, and that's exactly how I'd want it for a plinker.
Trigger is good, maybe 4 pounds. Easy to cock the hammer. No need for half cock to load. Simply pull the loading gate out of the way, and the cylinder can spin either way to load and eject, nice upgrade from your traditional six shooter.
After a couple of strings, getting the cylinder to spin just the right amount to push out spent casings gets easier. Loading gets a bit more difficult the longer you shoot it, as 22 simply gets anything it touches dirty, and after 200 rounds or so, this gun was pretty funky!
Sights are basic at best, typical six shooter style. Work well and pretty much on point out of the box, not that you can really do much it they aren't!
More I sort it the more I got the sights, and hammer manipulation down. Didn't have my timer, I'd be curious how fast I was getting through my plates today!
Overall, it's a winner in my book. Will definitely become part of the plinking club!
Got it good and dirty so don't mind the dirty pictures!!! I'll get more pictures of the pistol later once I take it apart to clean.
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Wanted to get this one for some time, just never did. I've already got a Colt 6 shooter in 22lr/22wmr. It's 40-60 years old though. I don't feel like shooting it the same way I will this Ruger.
Ruger gives you a 20% off coupon whenever you buy one of their guns. So I ordered up a set of walnut grips and a leather holster from their site for this guy. Hoping to get it all cowboy'd up shortly. I'll post up some pictures whenever Ruger decides to get them to me.
Anyways...
This little guy is simply fun!
In an age where ammo is almost impossible to find, 6 shots at a time is a good rate! Especially compared to my usual 6-8 (16-25 rounds per mag) magazines at a time through the Taurus TX22 or 10+ magazines at a time through the 10/22 (bx25s). One box of 500, you'll be shooting for hours, six at a time, but that ammo will certainly stretch over a longer period of time.
The pistol itself is a basic six shooter in 22lr. Cast aluminum and or metal injected molded parts are everywhere. Steel barrel, and steel cylinder. Very plane polymer grips. Absolutely nothing fancy, and that's exactly how I'd want it for a plinker.
Trigger is good, maybe 4 pounds. Easy to cock the hammer. No need for half cock to load. Simply pull the loading gate out of the way, and the cylinder can spin either way to load and eject, nice upgrade from your traditional six shooter.
After a couple of strings, getting the cylinder to spin just the right amount to push out spent casings gets easier. Loading gets a bit more difficult the longer you shoot it, as 22 simply gets anything it touches dirty, and after 200 rounds or so, this gun was pretty funky!
Sights are basic at best, typical six shooter style. Work well and pretty much on point out of the box, not that you can really do much it they aren't!
More I sort it the more I got the sights, and hammer manipulation down. Didn't have my timer, I'd be curious how fast I was getting through my plates today!
Overall, it's a winner in my book. Will definitely become part of the plinking club!
Got it good and dirty so don't mind the dirty pictures!!! I'll get more pictures of the pistol later once I take it apart to clean.
View attachment IMG_5983.MOV
View attachment IMG_5987.MOV
