Aggie01
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Post by Aggie01 on May 30, 2009 23:06:48 GMT -5
I just picked up a "parts set" over on the RF. When I was going thru parts, I found that the base pin latch retaining groove does not go all the way around the base pin. Did I just get a dirt cheap Belt Mountain pin in this deal?
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duaneh
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Post by duaneh on May 31, 2009 7:44:37 GMT -5
Its probably a Ruger pin. They started out with the straight-across groove and went to the all-around style later. Don't know exactly when, sometime during OM production I think.
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Aggie01
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Post by Aggie01 on May 31, 2009 8:13:12 GMT -5
Sorry for my sketchy description, it's a NM stainless base pin.
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Post by J Miller on May 31, 2009 10:33:49 GMT -5
The Old Model Single Six and .357 mid frame size used collarless base pins with the grove all the way around.
The early .44 Flattops had the collarless base pins at first but were switched to the collared base pin later on.
From that point on all OM large frame Ruger SAs used the collared base pin.
When the New Models were introduced they dropped the mid sized frame and went with the Single Six size and the large size. ALL of the large sized Ruger Blackhawks had the collared base pin with only a small slot.
What you got is a standard Ruger base pin. And Belt Mountain base pins are not cheap. Have you priced one lately?
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Post by nobearsyet on May 31, 2009 22:50:24 GMT -5
24.99 at midway last I checked.
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Post by bisleyfan41 on Jun 3, 2009 8:48:34 GMT -5
I think he meant he got it "free" as a bonus with the parts set he bought not that the pin was of poor quality. I think Belt Mountain makes a "factory-looking" base pin so you may indeed have one.
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Post by nobearsyet on Jun 3, 2009 11:14:25 GMT -5
They do make a factory looking pin, but the easy way to tell is does it have a screw in the head? All of the belt mountain pins on there website show all the pins they currently make are of the locking variety
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