Jim Taylor
My Dad's .22 Ruger Single Six
Saturday, May 29, 2021, 07:01

Dad bought this in 1963 when America was still free. We walked into a hardware store in Phoenix. Dad looked it over and paid cash. No paperwork. No one even asked his name. We walked out with the gun in the Ruger box. No one on the street even looked twice.

Eventually Dad rebarreled it with a barrel from a Model 52 Winchester Target Rifle. He opened up one chamber to .22 Magnum. Since you carry it with 5 and the hammer down on an empty, the Magnum chamber is the carry chamber.

He reworked the hammer and the action and marked the chambers. The gun is extremely accurate.

Dad has been gone 10 years. This will stay in the family after I am gone.