The rear sight was adjustable for windage and elevation using a small flat-blade screwdriver. The sights were excellent, giving the user a thick front blade with just enough gap on the sides when viewed through the rear notch. When cocking the Ruger, it felt more refined. The Ruger sported a well-executed blue finish with a hammer and trigger that were both in the white along with black plastic grips. The New Model Single-Six Convertible in hand felt more substantial and hand filling than the Heritage. The rod freely slid through the bore and chamber, coming to rest on the recoil shield for both cylinders. Our range rods from Brownells () have a 10.5-inch handle with 2.5-inch heads, so we had just enough rod to get the job done. Ruger New ModelSingle-Six Convertible#0624 22 LR/22 WMR, $569īefore testing, we used a range rod to check the chamber alignment of all the chambers to the barrels in both cylinders for both revolvers. Generally speaking, the 22 LR is more accurate than the 22 WMR, and there tends to be more consistent velocity and pressure on the LR rounds. One thing to be aware of with a 22 rimfire convertible revolver is that the bore diameter for a 22 LR and a 22 WMR are different. After the team stopped yukking it up about the odd-looking long-barreled revolvers and saying things like: You need to tie a red warning flag to the end of the barrel or You need to move the target out a few more yards, the muzzle keeps hitting it or Were going to need a longer range rod, we all got back to our senses and found a lot to like in these long-barreled rimfires.īoth revolvers are blued, single action and came with two cylinders, one for 22 LR and one for 22 WMR.
The Heritage Manufacturing Rough Rider and Ruger New Model Single-Six Convertible are scaled down Buntlines with 9-inch barrels – the Ruger actually has a 9.5-inch barrel. It is agreed that much of Buntlines writing was more fiction than fact, so if Ned could take some poetic license, so did we calling these long-barrel rimfires Buntlines. Buntline was a dime novelist who penned Western sagas about cowboys, outlaws, and other gunfighters. Corral fame and Ned Buntline, where the revolver gets its name. They are mostly associated with Wyatt Earp of the gunfight at O.K. A Buntline is commonly known as a Single Action Army (SAA) revolver with a barrel of 12 inches or more.
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