Cylinders that are sold with these versions are engraved with the final three digits on the serial number, and should only be shot from that specific gun. 'Convertible' Single Sixes have been made by Ruger, allowing one Single Six to shoot both the. 22 Long Rifle cartridge, but is also chambered to shoot the. Upon its release the Single Six shot the. The Single Six is finished in either Blued or Stainless Steel.Īll versions of the Single Six use a six-shot cylinder.
The transfer-bar prevents the hammer striking a cartridge without the trigger being pulled, hence preventing accidental firing.Īvaliable barrel lengths are 4.625in (117mm), 5.5in (140mm), 6.5in (165mm), 7.5in (190mm) and 9.5in (241mm). In 1973 the 'New Model' Single Six was released, featuring a transfer bar mechanism. Being a single action, prior to 1973 atleast, the Single Six couldn't be safely used with all six chambers loaded for fear of accidental discharge. The Ruger Single Six was designed as a single action revolver, a novelty in the 1950's with the main single action revolver, the Colt Single Action Army, going out of production before the Second World War. 3.1.2 "New Model" Single Six Convertible.They will add an R for rubber grips or W for walnut grips or X for convertibles.Īgain this only applies if your gun is a "6 1/2" in. Old model Single-Sixes will have a catalog number starting with RSSM. only then you have a very rare Ruger.Īll 6 1/2 in. These guns are very rare, and if your gun will letter from Ruger as a Mag. only guns but the frames were only marked Ruger. Just about all of these guns were convertibles, but they also still made a few Mag. After about serial number 340,000 they started marking the frames Ruger Single Six only instead of Ruger Single-Six Win.22 RF Magnum. And some where toward the upper end of the serial numbers they started intermixing the convertibles in with the magnum only guns. Those Magnum marked frames ran from serial number 300,000 to about 340,000. When Ruger started making the 6 1/2 in guns they only made them as a Magnum only and as such they started stamping the frames as such.
I think that Ruger listed all 6 1/2 in guns in the Magnum only list even though not all 6 1/2 in Single-Sixes are Magnum only.Ī little history. Now after all of this being said this doesn't mean that your gun is a Magnum only it only means that Ruger used RSSM for all 6 1/2 in. Which stands for Ruger Single-Six Magnum.
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