Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: jbyrd63]
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02/02/20 11:52 AM
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Ive got both a Rough Rider I picked up for $109 new, and a stainless Ruger Single Six. I wont be without either for as long as I run a trapline the way i do. When I run to and from work where Im not permitted to have a weapon, the Heritage goes with me in an ammo can lined with foam and painted cammo. It gets hidden at my last farm before work, and picked up on my way home. I look at it as a tool that will be replaced if it should fail, a "consumable good. I keep it lubed well, shoot only 22 shorts in it, and it hasnt had a hiccup that way for 3 years now. For every year it still works the cost of using it as a "consumable good" goes down. When I can wear a gun on my trapline, the Ruger is what Ive got on. Its overbuilt, and pretty, and will be an heirloom.
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: jbyrd63]
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02/02/20 12:03 PM
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My Heritage is the worst revolver I ever owned, it doesn’t hit worth a crap! I put a 3”x3” piece of paper on a fence post one time got ten feet away and missed the post! And no it wasn’t me I used to have a Ruger Single Six I could hit a snake in the head while it was moving
I don’t trap because I want to I trap because I have to
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: jbyrd63]
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02/02/20 12:04 PM
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I have the 7 1/2 inch barrel on my Rough Rider with Tru Glow adjustable sites, factory. I hunt rabbits with it often, in brushy bottoms where our cottontails live. I also use a Jimenez J/A 22 for dispatch. Using good CCI ammo seems to be the trick for both pistols for accuracy. The Jimenez is very small 6 shot semi auto and was $139.00 new a year ago, takes a 100 rounds to break it in then reliable as can be.
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: Mr. Ed]
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02/02/20 12:10 PM
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Pondered all the 22 options for a trapping gun. I figured the semi-autos were out since if I fell in the mud on a slippery bank it would mess up the mechanism whereas a revolver I could rinse it in the water and still work till I got it home. Tried out the S&W 317 kit gun 8 shot 22. Bought it and never looked back. Fits in my Carhartt pocket when cutting wood.Leave it on an empty chamber and completely safe. Pricey but worth it IMO. It isn't necassary to have the hammer on an empty chamber with the S+W 317.Like the rest of their double actions,it has a hammer block and is completely safe.I have carried my S+W 63,fully loaded for over 40 years.
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: jbyrd63]
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07/09/20 12:21 PM
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H&r 9 shot revolver double action bought it in 1970 for 29.95. Still use it on the line it’s ugly but it does the job.have dropped it in rivers, ponds mud holes ect. Just rinse the mud off and keep going. Spray it with WD40 at the end of the day.
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: jbyrd63]
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07/09/20 12:24 PM
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A baseball bat is cheap,,and works also,,but maybe not the best choice.SO,,I will stick with my Ruger Single Six.You get what you pay for.Buy once cry once.
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: Taximan]
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07/09/20 12:32 PM
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Pondered all the 22 options for a trapping gun. I figured the semi-autos were out since if I fell in the mud on a slippery bank it would mess up the mechanism whereas a revolver I could rinse it in the water and still work till I got it home. Tried out the S&W 317 kit gun 8 shot 22. Bought it and never looked back. Fits in my Carhartt pocket when cutting wood.Leave it on an empty chamber and completely safe. Pricey but worth it IMO. It isn't necassary to have the hammer on an empty chamber with the S+W 317.Like the rest of their double actions,it has a hammer block and is completely safe.I have carried my S+W 63,fully loaded for over 40 years. the 317 has a hammer block , not all S&W double action revolvers do . make sure you verify operation before depending on it. in a hunting/trapping situation leaving it on an empty if you are unsure isn't a bad idea. the 1905 the did not have the same type of hammer block
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: jbyrd63]
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07/09/20 12:45 PM
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I bought my Ruger Single Six aboard ship In 1960 It cost me new out of the box $62.00. I wonder If they still sell guns On US military Ships? I was On a troop ship Named the US General Mann headed for Japan. That gun has served me well over the last 60 years and one of my grandsons will be using It and probably pass It on to one his kids.
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: The Beav]
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07/09/20 01:01 PM
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I bought my Ruger Single Six aboard ship In 1960 It cost me new out of the box $62.00. I wonder If they still sell guns On US military Ships? I was On a troop ship Named the US General Mann headed for Japan. That gun has served me well over the last 60 years and one of my grandsons will be using It and probably pass It on to one his kids. I have my dads old single 6 with the shipping bow he bought about then too think his was $47 or so bought from a base PX. Its a safe queen now. On the topic of the thread I just got my Ruger wrangler for $235 with tax and brady
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: The Beav]
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07/09/20 01:39 PM
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I bought my Ruger Single Six aboard ship In 1960 It cost me new out of the box $62.00. I wonder If they still sell guns On US military Ships? I was On a troop ship Named the US General Mann headed for Japan. That gun has served me well over the last 60 years and one of my grandsons will be using It and probably pass It on to one his kids. Mine was $119 bran new in box with the Magnum cylinder included.That was around 1979 or 1980.I have given my two boys a BUNCH of rifles,shotguns and pistols and revolvers,,but told them,,no one gets my Single six till im planted.
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Re: another 22 revolver post
[Re: jbyrd63]
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07/09/20 03:26 PM
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i got a single six i really like
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Re: another 22 revolver post
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07/09/20 06:34 PM
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I carry a S&W 617. It is a 10 shot revolver with a 6 inch barrel and stainless steel. Weighs a ton, is very accurate and if it gets muddy or dropped in the water I clean it. No more work than a less expensive gun. For all the traipsing around I have done for over 60 years I have never lost a gun. Did have to take a chilly little dip one time tho. Zim
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