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Post by AxeHandle on Nov 27, 2009 21:27:15 GMT -5
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Post by turbo on Nov 28, 2009 16:53:27 GMT -5
One of these days I'm going to find me one of these. NICE!
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Post by carl on Dec 1, 2009 7:35:58 GMT -5
Axe, Nice, the early Single-Sixes are getting hard to find! One of these days I'm going to find me one of these. NICE!  I happen to have a few of 'em..... My one "shooter" is a "custom" with a 7-1/2" barrel.  Carl, aka flatgate |
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Post by AxeHandle on Dec 1, 2009 9:13:02 GMT -5
Yo Carl! Is it my eyes or does the original trigger have more of a curl than the conversion part? I'll be changing mine out later today and be able to hold them side by side... Maybe take a pic to two to post.. ;D
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Post by jayhawker on Dec 1, 2009 18:38:18 GMT -5
Carl,
That long barrel looks really great.
Jayhawker Bob
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Post by cherokee on Dec 4, 2009 9:34:42 GMT -5
Here is my first flatgate - bought new. Its sent a lot of rounds down range..  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2009 10:36:48 GMT -5
Neat looking piece Axehandle. Wish Ruger would reintroduce the flatgate, even if it were limited production.
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carl
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Post by carl on Dec 5, 2009 8:28:48 GMT -5
Wish Ruger would reintroduce the flatgate, even if it were limited production. I agree. They "missed their chance" when they issued a 50th Anniversary Single-Six...... Carl |
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Post by AxeHandle on Dec 5, 2009 9:52:42 GMT -5
So... Carl ole buddy... Where were "The Ruger Boys" when Ruger chose to not flatgate the 50th gun?
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Post by carl on Dec 6, 2009 9:13:46 GMT -5
Unfortunately, back in those days, the Company was totally clueless as to what a group of thousands of collectors might want. They've come a long way since, i.e. the 50th Anniv. Blackhawks with their flat top straps and the 50th Anniv. Super Blackhawk, etc. I mean, for crying out loud, their 50th Anniv. Single-Six had a "hog wallow" top strap instead of a drift rear sight, a 4-5/8" barrel instead of the original's 5-1/2", a round loading gate and goofy looking wood grips instead of the black style in use from '53 until around '60/'61.  I chose to refrain from buying one......... Carl |
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Post by gunman42782 on Dec 8, 2009 16:04:49 GMT -5
I hate to admit I once owned a Flatgate, and in a fit of complete madness, I sold it. I have regreted that sell ever since. Congratulations to you sir, on a fine find!
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Post by Frank V on Dec 9, 2009 17:09:07 GMT -5
I used have a flatgate too & traded it off at the time I didn't need two Single Six's. I have wished a lot of times I had that gun back. I was younger & more foolish in the early 70s.  Frank |
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