My tu-tone birdshead Ruger Wrangler
Feb 15, 2020 18:54:00 GMT -5
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Post by vincentg on Feb 15, 2020 18:54:00 GMT -5
Hello new member here in Florida,
My younger son turned 21 last year and I wanted to buy him a 22lr handgun, he is a revolver fan and I had thought it was going to be a Heritage Rough Rider until I saw that this Ruger was coming out. I finally got to handle one side by side with the RR and I didn't have any doubt going in that I would like the Ruger better and I was correct. His birthday is in Dec and they went on sale at a LGS for $199. 3 years ago his older brother's Walther P-22 was on sale for $199 at the same LGS. After purchasing his Wrangler I started looking around more online and I saw someone on another site put a birdshead frame on one and I was so intrigued by the possibilities of this pistol as a "platform". All the years of the Single Sixes out there and their parts, I decided to get one for myself. Until then my only single action pistols were either black powder or wall hangers. Over the years I had owned a few different Single Sixes and a 357 Blackhawk but it had gotten to the point that all of my pistols were semi-autos except the BP and C&Rs on the wall. This project was so much fun and a needed diversion for me. We shoot a lot of colibris together and these two pistols added a lot more fun to our shooting. I know what many are probably thinking, silk purse/sows ear and all, yes there is no monetary sense in doing what I did, it was purely recreational and this gun will never leave my collection. I started with the Midway birdshead frame I purchased on Cyber Monday for $73.99 and just kept finding stainless Single Six parts both used and new. The grips are Altamont bonded ivory and the coins I inlayed are US 3 cent silver pieces from the 1850s and didn't cost a whole lot more than Ruger emblems. Both pistols got a set of Wolff springs, 30oz trigger and 17lb hammer. I already had a nice holster/belt rig for one of my BP SAs that the Wrangler fit perfectly. My son is in college in Gainesville and his next weekend home he will get to see the finished gun.
My younger son turned 21 last year and I wanted to buy him a 22lr handgun, he is a revolver fan and I had thought it was going to be a Heritage Rough Rider until I saw that this Ruger was coming out. I finally got to handle one side by side with the RR and I didn't have any doubt going in that I would like the Ruger better and I was correct. His birthday is in Dec and they went on sale at a LGS for $199. 3 years ago his older brother's Walther P-22 was on sale for $199 at the same LGS. After purchasing his Wrangler I started looking around more online and I saw someone on another site put a birdshead frame on one and I was so intrigued by the possibilities of this pistol as a "platform". All the years of the Single Sixes out there and their parts, I decided to get one for myself. Until then my only single action pistols were either black powder or wall hangers. Over the years I had owned a few different Single Sixes and a 357 Blackhawk but it had gotten to the point that all of my pistols were semi-autos except the BP and C&Rs on the wall. This project was so much fun and a needed diversion for me. We shoot a lot of colibris together and these two pistols added a lot more fun to our shooting. I know what many are probably thinking, silk purse/sows ear and all, yes there is no monetary sense in doing what I did, it was purely recreational and this gun will never leave my collection. I started with the Midway birdshead frame I purchased on Cyber Monday for $73.99 and just kept finding stainless Single Six parts both used and new. The grips are Altamont bonded ivory and the coins I inlayed are US 3 cent silver pieces from the 1850s and didn't cost a whole lot more than Ruger emblems. Both pistols got a set of Wolff springs, 30oz trigger and 17lb hammer. I already had a nice holster/belt rig for one of my BP SAs that the Wrangler fit perfectly. My son is in college in Gainesville and his next weekend home he will get to see the finished gun.
