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WTB pair 38-40 Vaqueros


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I am looking for a pair of stainless 38-40 pistols in a 4 5/8 barrel that are Ruger Vaquero please PM me or email me at Nativesniper@comcast.net

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Or if you have 1 38-40 that is stainless 4 5/8 with conversion cylinder shoot me a line thanks

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Pretty scarce item, but there is one, ONE, on Gunbroker right now w/both cylinders - 4 5/8" stainless. Only 674 made.

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FYI, if you don't know - Ruger inexplicably made the .38-40 cylinders with undersize chamber mouths, about .395 - .396", so a properly sized bullet may not chamber. I borrowed a chamber reamer from *somebody* here several years ago and opened my three up. The .40 S&W cylinders are fine. Same with the Buckeye Blackhawk .38-40's. Most reloading dies won't set the shoulder back quite far enough to fully chamber either, but a few thousandths off the die mouth with a lathe or even some careful grinding solves that.

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My Ruger 38-40's  have had no loading problems.  I use .401 bullets and have loaded and shot a few hundred rounds.   They are scarce and expensive.         Good luck

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