Not so long ago

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Found this while I was cleaning out some old paperwork.  A couple of years after Ruger quit making the Single Six in .32 H&R they made a clean-up run to clear out remaining parts.  Standard Single Sixes had 4 5/8" barrels.  The clean-up run had 5 1/2" barrels so I decided to buy a pair to have them on hand.  What a difference 9 years makes.  (I blacked out my personal data.)  In case you cannot read the invoice they were $368.99 each.

 

 

 

 

 

[Snake-eye, SASS#45097]

I bought a SS pair 9 years ago also, 4 5/8”. Paid about the same. Have used them since as my main match guns. 

[Johnny Meadows,SASS#28485L]

I bought 22 pairs of these. Many shooters found that they liked the longer barrels.

JM

[Jackrabbit Joe #414]

Well, I gotta say something here my friends so;

 

If we could just turn back time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Happy Turkey Day and Happy Holiday Season.

 

Merry Christmas

JRJ & SP

[Boggus Deal #64218]

I remember a little prior to that, fixed sight Okd Armies on clearance somewhere for about that price or less…

[TN Mongo, SASS #61450]

A local fellow shooter alerted me to that sale and I was lucky enough to score a pair of backups for my wife. I think we paid right around $400 apiece shipped off of Gunbroker.

[Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655]

Bought my original single six 22/22 mag convertible in Aug 1971 for $69 about 8 months after I got home from RVN.  Happily I have forgot what I paid a fellow territorial company of Rough Riders for the pair I have, they are the shorter barreled model with work free spin etc.

Edited November 28 by Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655

[Don Coyote, SASS #63736]

On 11/27/2024 at 4:30 AM, Johnny Meadows,SASS#28485L said:

I bought 22 pairs of these. Many shooters found that they liked the longer barrels.

JM

We were lucky to score a pair of these. With JM's short stroke, they are really great guns!

[Frontier Lone Rider]

Many moons ago, I bought two stainless steel models with faux ivory grips and put them in the safe for when I get older and will need some less hard handling revolvers.  At 77 yrs I still have not taken them back out of the safe.  I always thought I would need a matching Marlin 1894 in the same caliber for me to switch.  I passed on a rifle for $500 way back then as being overpriced.

 

So yes, if we could only go back or see into the future.

[Wrangler Bob]

I bought my Ruger Single six back in 1957/58 from the local sporting goods store. Paid $49.95; store chipped in a box of ammo and a one year membership to NRA. I just recently "gifted" the Ruger to my nephew and his kids. Been an NRA member ever since.

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

FYI the topic is the Single Six in .32.  The .22s are still available and have always been cheaper.

[Texas Red]

Larsen 

I remember when you bought those.  I liked the CCH so never ordered a pair

Been shooting mine main match for quite a while

TR

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

When you go through your paperwork and find things like this, you invariably wish you could find more.

Not too long ago, I went through my files and found sales receipts from various gun shops, (some of which are long gone), Massachusetts firearms registration forms, and other miscellaneous "paperwork" for many, but not all of my, my father's, and my late brother's guns.   I found myself wishing that we'd been more meticulous about saving such things, but at the time, it just didn't seem important.

Anyway, I collected all of that stuff, got factory letters for everything I could, and then created a kind of "record cover sheet" for every gun in the collection, putting all of the collected papers in plastic sleeves in a three ring binder.   The collection is now well documented.  But it's really cool when I see the original sales receipts or other forms dating back to the 1970's.