71shooter
Single-Sixer
I need to move a few guns, and I'm wondering if one I have is factory original or custom:
Old Style 5.5 inch Bisley vaquero 45 Colt That has a very bright deluxe blue with no CCH (not over buffed, but shiney). The gun has a 57 prefix and Ruger says it was made in 2000. What really makes me think it is custom is that the warning paragraph is on the bottom of the barrel, and I thought Ruger did not start doing this until along about the time the new vaqueros came out about 5 years later. The gun is not particularly tight in anyway, as the trigger seems factory, the throats are all about .450-.451", the B-C gap is on the wide end at .008", and it has a loose fitting (within normal) factory base pin. Passes range rod test. I can post picks later sometime if that helps, but figured someone in this crown might know if it could be factory. Box has a white label. Thanks!
P.S. I posted this on single actions.com as well so I can get the biggest number of folks who know about these things to see it.
Old Style 5.5 inch Bisley vaquero 45 Colt That has a very bright deluxe blue with no CCH (not over buffed, but shiney). The gun has a 57 prefix and Ruger says it was made in 2000. What really makes me think it is custom is that the warning paragraph is on the bottom of the barrel, and I thought Ruger did not start doing this until along about the time the new vaqueros came out about 5 years later. The gun is not particularly tight in anyway, as the trigger seems factory, the throats are all about .450-.451", the B-C gap is on the wide end at .008", and it has a loose fitting (within normal) factory base pin. Passes range rod test. I can post picks later sometime if that helps, but figured someone in this crown might know if it could be factory. Box has a white label. Thanks!
P.S. I posted this on single actions.com as well so I can get the biggest number of folks who know about these things to see it.