Ruger Base Pin Education needed

[jringo8769]

Well I am wanting to change my 1962 Ruger FlatTop 44 mag collared pin to the earlier style Non collared style
I am wondering if the early 357 mag and 44 mag used the same pin?
I don't think they would but I could be wrong hence the question
I also thought why could I not just put mine in a large and cut off the collar
I know people will ask why i want to remove it
For two reasons
One to emulate the gun I am making this after the original has no collar
Second it makes for easy removal as the collared ones are not removable unless you remove the ERH...
I love to keep things simple
Stay safe out there
God Bless,John
Thanks in advance for reading this too

[lockhart]

Why don't you give Belt Mountain a call? They probably make a pin just like you want.

[taffin]

Aug 24, 2020 11:43:52 GMT -5 jringo8769 said:

Well I am wanting to change my 1962 Ruger FlatTop 44 mag collared pin to the earlier style Non collared style
I am wondering if the early 357 and 44ag used the same pin?

NO DIFFERENT FRAME SIZES

[jringo8769]

Aug 24, 2020 11:59:58 GMT -5 taffin said:

Aug 24, 2020 11:43:52 GMT -5 jringo8769 said:

Well I am wanting to change my 1962 Ruger FlatTop 44 mag collared pin to the earlier style Non collared style
I am wondering if the early 357 and 44ag used the same pin?

NO DIFFERENT FRAME SIZES

Well thank you sir
I was hoping this was the case
Truly appreciate it
Stay safe out there
God Bless,John

[jringo8769]

Aug 24, 2020 11:51:43 GMT -5 lockhart said:

Why don't you give Belt Mountain a call? They probably make a pin just like you want.

Well thank you for the info
I need the part to be original as it needs to be to a exact match to what I am doing
I have tried to do things exactly how it was done on the original Elmer Keith gun
I am hoping to find a original base pin
I would love to see pics of a genuine early no collar one as I see many listed for sale and some look like colt or maybe clones out there
Very cool now that I know both calibers are the same which will help finding one I hope
I also think I want to change out the base pin retainer as the original one is different as both sides are flat slots not like the later versions
Truly appreciate the help and response
God Bless,John
Stay safe out there too
Here is the pin I am going to replace