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I have fallen in love with a Ruger Vaquero in 45 cal with a 5 1/2" barrel. Has anyone else fallen for this beauty. I would have to give up a past infactuation, my S&W 586. I want to know if it is worth. This baby is at a local shop which makes it easy!!!!:confused:
 
corney said:
I have fallen in love with a Ruger Vaquero in 45 cal with a 5 1/2" barrel. Has anyone else fallen for this beauty. I would have to give up a past infactuation, my S&W 586. I want to know if it is worth. This baby is at a local shop which makes it easy!!!!:confused:
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Personally, I wouldn't trade a 586 for a Vaquero.
 
I do have other 357s so it wouldn't be a hardship to lose one. I grew up watching westerns and always wanted a single action 45.
 
corney said:
I have fallen in love with a Ruger Vaquero in 45 cal with a 5 1/2" barrel. Has anyone else fallen for this beauty. I would have to give up a past infactuation, my S&W 586. I want to know if it is worth. This baby is at a local shop which makes it easy!!!!
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Who are we to deny love?

I don't know anything about the 586, but IMO the Ruger is way cooler.
 
i've got a blkhwk convertible in 5.5 that i got last year- it's essentially the same gun except for the adjustable rear sight- it shoots clovers, but the front sight is so high that the thing is 6-8 inches low at 10 yards- there's some 50 odd clicks to the rear sight top to bottom, but she starts to loosen up around clik 35-40-the way it was set up from the factory, you need the high speed heavy bullet loads unless you take some meat off that front sight- which is where i'm at right now- and i've verified it with factory ammo as well
7 grains of 231 under a 255 grain lead bullet- and of course, hogue grips-point being that unless you have the time and like to fool around with sights instead of shooting. one clue i got immediately was compared to old army which is also 45 colt, the front sight was a good 1/4 inch taller- if you go with the vaquero and it has the same front sight as the blackhawk( mine is LAST YEARS model- new) ,you have no option but to file if she shoots like mine
 
I have shot more than a few rounds from a Vaquaro .45 LC and I must say it is one of the most smoothest shootin irons I have ever laid my hands on......I don't think you'll be dissappointed.....I wasn't.

Go for it.
 
Have a pair of stainless Vaqueros with 7 1/2 inch barrels. The nice thing about the stainless ones, other than ease of cleaning, is that you can remove "Blackstones Law LIbrary" from the barrel with a belt sander, then polish the barrel on a buffing wheel and one would never notice the omission.
(did it on both of mine)

One other bit, they are built like a tank and they DO NOT break.;)
 
ruger single actions are fine guns & are my personal favorite.
you will find a few in my collection...
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these are the original vaqueros in .44 mag., & the bisley one is in .45 colt.
you won't find a better quality single action for the money, they are fun to
shoot & fondle.

sure i too have smiff & westerns & the older ones without the lock are the ones to have, but those ruger single actions are #1 in my book!

go for it, you won't be sorry....:)
 
You won't be trading even. Gun shops consider values based on the wholesale price and how fast they can sell the trade in. A 586 would likely sell fairly quickly, but you won't get much for it as a trade in from a dealer.
If you opt to sell the 586, you'd be better off selling it privately and using the proceeds towards the Vaquero.
 
ruffbird said:
ruger single actions are fine guns & are my personal favorite.
you will find a few in my collection...
Picture427.jpg

these are the original vaqueros in .44 mag., & the bisley one is in .45 colt.
you won't find a better quality single action for the money, they are fun to
shoot & fondle.

sure i too have smiff & westerns & the older ones without the lock are the ones to have, but those ruger single actions are #1 in my book!

go for it, you won't be sorry....:)
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Thanks for the pic ruffbird, very nice!! I'm envious and drooling. I have an older 5 1/2" blued Vaquero in .45LC and it is a fun thing to shoot.
The only other Ruger I have, at present, is an old .44 Mag flat top with factory Ruger staghorn grips. It's been 'worked over' and appears to have a hammer and possibly a trigger from a Super Blackhawk. It has the best trigger pull I've had in any Ruger I've had.
 
Johnn Peterson,.....thanks! nothing wrong with those old flattops either.

here's the other ruger six-shooters that i consider little gems...
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these are all single six in .32 magnum. this is one sweet shooting cartridge
that is a lot of fun. i reload for it which is a must, as ammo is about as hard to come by as the guns themselves. load em up with "Lil'Gun" powder & watch
those 115 gr cast bullets fly...:)
 
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corney said:
I have fallen in love with a Ruger Vaquero in 45 cal with a 5 1/2" barrel. Has anyone else fallen for this beauty. I would have to give up a past infactuation, my S&W 586. I want to know if it is worth. This baby is at a local shop which makes it easy!!!!:confused:
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The Vaquero is a great gun. I have one in .45 with 4 5/8" barrel and despite having several other handguns this is the one I take with me to the range 99% of the time. You can't go wrong with it.
 
I've had a 'few' Ruger SA's and will probably get 'more' but one of the few variations available I'm not particularly fond of is the Bisley or the Bisley grip. A friend of mine used to collect Rugers and for 'shooters' he swears by the Bisley grip. Somehow, it just doesn't 'look right', to me.
 
John Sukey said:
Have a pair of stainless Vaqueros with 7 1/2 inch barrels. The nice thing about the stainless ones, other than ease of cleaning, is that you can remove "Blackstones Law LIbrary" from the barrel with a belt sander, then polish the barrel on a buffing wheel and one would never notice the omission.
(did it on both of mine)

One other bit, they are built like a tank and they DO NOT break.;)
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I don't get what the Blackstones Law Library is?:confused:
 
all that scribble they put on the barrel about being careful, that sort of thing- they put the same stuff in the manual but in red ink- it's engraved into the barrel-
 
sunray said:
You won't be trading even. Gun shops consider values based on the wholesale price and how fast they can sell the trade in. A 586 would likely sell fairly quickly, but you won't get much for it as a trade in from a dealer.
If you opt to sell the 586, you'd be better off selling it privately and using the proceeds towards the Vaquero.
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I agree with you I haven't even ask them the trade in difference. Not much of a market where I live for handguns. I guess I should post on CGN in the proper section. Unless you want to buy it?:D
 
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