[Dan22]

A few years ago I sold a nickel-plated Single Six and probably should have kept it. I just found a couple of old black and white pictures I took of in back in the late '70's. Wish they were sharper but I may still have negatives that show more detail.

Many Ruger collectors told me it was a bogus gun and had to be nickled after it left the factory.

A couple of gunsmiths looked at it and both said the lettering, SN and ruger logo were far too crisp to have not been done in the factory.

I then called the Ruger factory and asked them if they had ever nickel plated any single sixes.

The gal said they did occasionally nickel plate special presentation guns and my serial number ended in 3300 so it might have been one of them. She said they didn't keep SN records so there was no way to tell for sure but the SN sounded like it might have been specially selected.

Here are the pictures and I hope to find a clearer one of the lettering.

[blat]

Ruger did a small factory run of nickle plated Single Sixes several years ago. If yours was one of them, it is indeed a collector's item.

[Dan22]

The serial number started with 20- and I think the Ruger gal said it was made in 1962.

Sure was pretty. The backstrap and trigger guard were polished aluminum.

[Archetype_wyo]

Single Six being Single-Action Six Cylinder? im a noob lol

[Dan22]

Yup, Ruger called it the Single Six.

Later on they added target sights and a transfer bar hammer for safety and they renamed it the Super Single Six.

I sent my SS in for the Ruger upgrade to transfar bar and they installed new parts without altering the original pistol.

The original single six had this crisp "Click-Click" that would give someone the shivers if they were breaking into your house. The transfer bar system was much more muffled and I didn't like the feel so I reinstalled the original parts which Ruger had also included when they returned it to me.

Ruger repair service was very fast and they are dedicated to making robust guns and backing them up.

My nickel plated SS had a 22 magnum cylinder and I never got the .22 cylinder when I bought it.

[neophyte]

Dan22: Sir; for others and perhaps yourself: Do not send your 'Old Model" Ruger 3screw back to Ruger for the ''update''

These are collector models {I don't collect anything I don't shoot}

Ruger marks each with the up-dated #'s under the grip '?What? does this obscure change mean???; To each his own

Ruger has in the past Sent a Letter; The letter becomes part of the ''lore'' history to having a Ruger. ?Giving? it more value.