I think these are just about the handiest little 22 for many trapline applications. You can shoot shorts, long rifles or birdshot in them. There is practically no moving parts. They are easy to load and unload (especially for a younger shooter) and they are very small. They are the same size as the old Ruger Bearcats.

Nice

Birdshot?

Yes, 22 birdshot if you want.

I like that!! I'm not very knowledgeable on guns but do they still make them and sell them?

No, they are no longer made. I believe they were discontinued about 1968 or so. You still see them around once in a while and they aren't very expensive. They are just "different".

That would be ideal for me. I carry a cheap one around all the time and use it actually a lot. I want to get another one and just keep hide at the ranch when I'm there.

I see one for sale on one of the gun brokers for like 235$.

Yeah, that is about right. Like I said, there isn't much too them. Grab the barrel and turn it to load it and then twist the barrel shut and shoot.

Not to be nitpicky, but there is a big difference between a single shot and a single action.

Now that’s a sexy looking pistol.

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I have a 101 and also one of these that makes for fun shooting. It's a single shot as well and self ejects.

I have one that I carry when trapping. Dad gave it to me when i was 12. Me and the brothers used to call it the “finisher”. I agree the ability to shoot whatever in it is nice

This is actually both.

Shot my grandfathers a bunch when I was young,
Both it and a Stevens Model 10 that I liked were gone after he died.

Both were a lot of fun and He let me shoot them when I was probably too young (by the state laws ) because they were single shots. LOL Thanks for the memory's

That is part of the beauty of them. being a single shot, they are either loaded or they aren't. There isn't much room for error. I bought one for a young man as a trapping pistol for that very reason.

I like that you can use long or short. I wish I had a 22 that could run long or wmr.

Box says single Shot

Ruger wrangler , it is a single 6 with not as nice of metal for the frame. they make great trap line guns , they sell for around 225 6 rounds with a transfer bar safety so they are safe to carry with 6 rounds in the gun

they also do longs , shorts , long rifle just fine , I have a box of the shot but I haven't tried them , I am sure they will shoot from it , it will be a matter of what the pattern looks like at 6-8 feet

Well now the dang picture won't load for me, I could have sworn it said "single action" but maybe I'm just thinking that because it looks like a revolver and he compared it to a Ruger single action revolver. I've got a Ruger Single Six that will shoot all sizes of 22 plus 22 mag if you swap cylinders that I have packed for many years. But the last couple years I have been packing a High Standard nine shot revolver on the trapping that is also a swappable cylinder, although I only have the magnum cylinder for it. Simply because I bought it at least ten years ago and hadn't shot it since I bought it, so I figured I should use it. Lol.

I've got a Thompson Contender that I have loaned to several clients to use, I very much like it for handing to someone who I haven't been around and aren't sure of their safe gun handling because it is a single shot and I know once it goes off I don't have to be so concerned, because it isn't loaded.

It says both. "101 Single Action Safety Single Shot Pistol"

My mistake, that's what I get for only reading half the words.

I'm well practiced at looking like an idiot, though

I have one of 101 , its small and I like it fun and a good pistol to start people on for their first time users

How does that thing work? Looks like you twist the cylinder, load a round, and twist it back into place under the hammer? Kinda like a regular single action revolver, but the cylinder can only turn 1/6 of a turn in either direction?

I had 4 gave them to grandkids a few years back except one and will eventually end up going the same way. Super safe the 101 is a masterpiece

Yes, the barrel turns slightly one way. The second to the last picture is "open" and ready to load. Drop a shell in, twist it shut and shoot. It is about as simple and basic as they gets.

Never seen one of those.

That's different. So only one chamber on the cylinder? Just rocks out, doesn't rotate via a pawl?

That is correct. One chamber in the cylinder. Basically, that the barrel swings off to the side to load and eject. The hammer and trigger are the only other moving parts.

Another amazing day on Tman. Sometimes you learn something

Bought mine when i turned 21 paid around 25 bucks new It was marketed as a kids gun If you look down the cylinder from the front you will see what loo0ks like loaded rounds still have the box and paperwork

I had a Stevens Trapper Special single shot 22. I shot shorts, longs, and long rifles in it. I got it from my grandpa years ago. He gave it to me. I gave it to my nephew who is an avid hunter and I knew would really appreciate it.

A neighbor kid had one. I had an Ithaca M49 lever at the same time. Amazing how many rounds we put through those single shots !

I had a friend who had one in high school. While we were practicing our "quick draws", he managed to nick himself in the leg with it. I was able to do the same to myself at a later date with a Ruger single six. I no longer practice "quick draws".

I like the Idea of a single shot pistol, but my logical brain keeps asking "why a cylinder for one shot?"

You had a friend?

To look just like Dad's would be my guess.

exactly. Because wheelguns, like leverguns, are just cooler than the rest.

watch this and it will make WAY more sense how this worked , the barrel and cylinder are one , just cast or machined to look like a barrel and cyclinder

You know speaking of single shot, break barrel pellet guns are pretty nifty as well. I'd don't care as much for the kind you have to pump up a bunch.