Got a new gun!!

wildmanh

wildmanh

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Hi guys,

Today I was price shopping at the local Sportsmans Wearhouse to check out some camp gear and price out some pistols. After 3 hours of desiding I now have a Ruger Single 6 with a 5 1/2" barrel on lay away. Along with a cleaning kit, gun safe, holster and ammo. Will pick them up Saturday. I'm picking them up on Saturday. Am sooo excited. Can't wait to get it in my hands and shoot it. :D:D

Any sujestions for a newbe? Thanks,

Heber

P.S. Now I'm thinking about either the Springfield 1911-A1 Mill Spec, or a Springfield XD in .45ACP.
 
Congrats!!:thumbup: :cool:

And of course you know what I'm going to say----PICTURES,PICTURES PICTURES!! (when you get the gun of course;) )
 
Standard rimfire advice:

They're often picky as hell on ammunition. Buy a brick of the cheapest stuff that you can find and shoot all of it up. That will break in the barrel nicely. If it shoots accurately enough for your purposes, stop here and just keep buying that stuff.

After you're done with this, buy the smallest box available of every type of ammunition that you can purchase locally. Test them all. Shoot them on a KD range from a rest when the wind is mild or nonexistant. Shoot at least four or five groups with each ammunition type and do it properly: call your hits, call your misses, and be honest. Chronograph if you own a chrono. (Don't worry about it if you don't.) Clean the barrel between brands, or at least between bare lead and copperwashed. Don't touch the sights if it's on paper. You want group sizes here, not actual accuracy. The sights will be adjusted later.

You'll probably find that several brands consistantly perform better than the others. At that point, you need to make some tough decisions about cost vs. quality. Sometimes you'll get lucky and it'll shoot a dirt cheap brand nearly as well as an expensive one. Tribal wisdom holds that it's good to have a fairly quality cheap brand picked out (for general purpose and beer can busting duties) and one more expensive, surgically accurate brand for taking shots that count. Once you have your one or two brands picked out, adjust your sights and start shooting.
 
Best part is, it can shoot anything: shorts, hollowpoints, shotshells.

.22 revolvers and levers are great that way.

Stainless or blue? Do they still come with a .22 mag cyl.?

And once again I'll plug Aguila Super Colibri powderless .22 rounds. 500+ FPS and quiet for backyard fun. Silent out of a rifle, but does make a certain report out of a pistol.

Shoot every day. Teach a kid to shoot. Join the NRA.

Congrats.


Mike
 
Thanks for the information so far. Please keep it coming. :)

Don't worry, I'll get pics of the gun when I pick it up. My brother has my camera up at Yellow stone this week, so it will probably be sometime next week before I can take pics. Instead of trying to describe the gun, here is a link to my gun on Ruger's site: http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=621&return=Y Mine looks exactly like the one in the picture and it does have the 5 and 1/2" Barrel.

Am talking with Leatherman about getting a custum holster made for it. :D

Heber
 
The Ruger Single Six with .22S/L/LR and .22MAG cylinders was my first gun (after a Red Rider). 5.5" also. I still love it.

Congrats on your shootin' iron. :thumbup: It'll be a blast. AHAHAHA!

Take care.
 
Awesome news Heber! That there is a good one, same thing that I learned to shoot handguns when I was about 12. I sure like the 5 1/2" barrel length, not too short, not too long. Unfortunately some druggies broke into the folks house and stold it, along with some others.

Do you have a nice .22 rifle to keep it company? If not, I think you need one.....

BTW, Dave gave you some darn good advice about ammo. Something tells me he knows a thing or two about guns :)
 
Advice Heber? Don't get to winkin' at them purty gals and shoot your dadburn toe off. ;)

Sarge
 
Learn to control your breathing as you increase pressure on the trigger.

Be safe.
 
I use Fed or American Eagle. (same thing- AE cheap end)
with a revolver you should not experience reliability problems, but accuracy is a different matter. Find out what your revolver likes.



munk
 
wildmanh said:
Hi guys,

Today I was price shopping at the local Sportsmans Wearhouse to check out some camp gear and price out some pistols. After 3 hours of desiding I now have a Ruger Single 6 with a 5 1/2" barrel on lay away. Along with a cleaning kit, gun safe, holster and ammo. Will pick them up Saturday. I'm picking them up on Saturday. Am sooo excited. Can't wait to get it in my hands and shoot it. :D:D

Any sujestions for a newbe? Thanks,

Heber

P.S. Now I'm thinking about either the Springfield 1911-A1 Mill Spec, or a Springfield XD in .45ACP.
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Good choice. I've had one for many years and enjoy the heck out of it. Shoots anything I put in it.

As for your .45, you may want to look into Lipsey's. It is an unadvertised sale of Colt Sistema Modelo 1927 .45's in real good arsenal refinished condition. They are now in customs and will be shipping soon. $289.90 per pistol. I have two on order. They are 1911 Colts made under Colt license and supervision and made on Colt equipment. All parts are interchangeble with the 1911. Just a thought.
 
Well gents, I picked up my Single Six and accesories about an hour ago. The nylon holster fits well, hand gun safe is big enough for the gun and one more. Have read the manual and learned how to do a basic field strip of the gun and how to change cylinders.

Got a 525 round box of Remington brass plated hollow points to try out when I take her shooting. I've used that ammo in my Ruger 10/22 and it worked good for me. Betting I'll have the same luck with this ammo and pistol.

stevomiller, I have a Ruger 10/22 at mom's house, but am looking into getting a Henry Levergun in .22 to match the erra and style of my revolver. ;) The Henry's I sampled at the shop were really nice and under $250. Wondering if I should snag one next month or another pistol. Whatcha think? (It's easier to have a pistol at my apartment complex then a rifle)

It's been about 17 years since I took a hunters safety course, so I'm a little rusty. Do you guys have any words of advice safety wise? I know the standard, never point a gun at or in the general direction of some one and treat the gun as if it's always loaded. Are there any others I should know when it comes to Revolvers? I've shot many a .22 rifle and Shot guns over the years, this is my first Single Action revolver and I don't want to do something stupid that I would regret later.

Thanks a bunch.

Heber
 
A single action revolver is about a safe as guns get. As someone told me when I was a kid,"it's either cocked, or it isn't"
I wish I had taken some decent shooting lessons years ago. It would have saved me a lot of ammo and aggravation. I saw John Wayne do it a zillion times, so how difficult can it be?
My Number one Hollywood gun-safety gripe: don't put your dang finger on the trigger until you're ready to shoot.

You picked the right gun, BTW. Listen to Dave, he knows more about guns than me. :D
 
I have that Henry .22 lever and like it a lot. Shoots that silent Colibi .22 ammo all day long with nary a prob. Accurate, affordable. Not debating which lever- the Marlin 39A is awesome. But for the price the Henry makes happy.

In fact, I'm trying to shoot a crow with it now. They eat baby birds and are trying to rob a purple martin nest (a skeeter-eater bird).


Mike
 
Nylon holster Heber? Tandy sells some nifty holster kits for six guns that sell for right around 30 bucks. Everything precut/punched, all you gotta do is decide how you want to decorate/finish it, and put the thing together. How you gonna a be a real gunslinger toting your hog leg in a nylon holster? :D

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Sarge
 
Ad Astra said:
I have that Henry .22 lever and like it a lot. Shoots that silent Colibi .22 ammo all day long with nary a prob. Accurate, affordable. Not debating which lever- the Marlin 39A is awesome. But for the price the Henry makes happy.

In fact, I'm trying to shoot a crow with it now. They eat baby birds and are trying to rob a purple martin nest (a skeeter-eater bird).


Mike
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Crows take a bit of killing. A 20 gauge full choke loaded with #6 shot will make 'em go nappy bye every time. ;)

Sarge
 
Congrats on the pistola.
I picked up a new one about 3 weeks ago, myself.
Les Baer Thunder Ranch Comanche, 4 1/4 in, hard chrome.

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DaddyDett
 
Enjoy that revolver. I have a Ruger single six that will fire anything I can stuff in it. I am now using it in cowboy shooting matches.

Do you have the .22 mag cylinder for it, too?
 
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