Factory nickel plated single six on GB

[PRichardson87]

Anyone have one of these?

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE 1968 Ruger Single-Six Factory Nickel NEW OLD STOCK - Revolvers at GunBroker.com : 1054726954

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[Johnnu2]

Factory? Not a chance.... !!!!
IMHO of course,
J.

 

[PRichardson87]

Factory? Not a chance.... !!!!
IMHO of course,
J.

Well according to the Ruger letter it's factory.

 

[Johnnu2]

Well, I guess it is....!

J.

 

[PRichardson87]

NDIH, just sharing. Take it for what it's worth.

 

[44Squatch]

This will be fun to watch

 

[Cholo]

I'll be watching it! I see a few RF members are bidding on it. Be nice if one of them takes it home

 

[krw]

I tried to buy one of these way back in 'Shotgun News' days. 1 hour left and I predict it still has a ways to go!! One of the more collectible Ruger's IMO

 

[rugerguy]

......PUCKER FACTOR,,,,in motion

 

[twriggen]

I had to walk at $2680. After taxes and shipping that put it up to just shy of $2900.

 

[44Squatch]

Hmmn, thought it would go higher

 

[twriggen]

Rene lists a price on them at $2175. Add the box and paperwork I set my number at $2500. I was "talked into" going a little higher but I couldn't justify more for something there was over 100 of made. Interestingly, Dougan has this listed as a one-cylinder gun, but the pictures showed an extra cylinder with it.

One of the earlier XR3 single sixes, autos, or Blackhawk would have most definitely gone higher.

 

[Johnnu2]

I told you it was a fake....

J.

 

[weaselmeatgravy]

I've had three of these over the years. Sold one after getting a better one twice. The one I kept has the shipper and I bought it from our old friend "flatgate" way back in 2005. I gave him $3K for it then, but I couldn't afford it all at once, so I gave him a $1K check and he let me take the gun with the promise that I would send him the rest later, which I did.

The sticker on the box says "C-H-R-O-M-E" and the shipper also says CHROME on the side. But the invoice copy lists this batch as Nickel.

My son was with me on that trip and he took this pic of me holding the gun, standing next to Carl "flatgate" in his basement. We had been in Colorado for a week prior and got sunburned.

 

[southernbuck101]

That gun is awesome.
Closest I can come to that is a high polish stainless " Vaquero " style single six.
Same barrel length tho.

 

[freakindawgen]

Two cylinders? Both .22LR or the other a .22WMR?

 

[weaselmeatgravy]

Two cylinders? Both .22LR or the other a .22WMR?

Other than the finish, it is a normal convertible with one of each.