Ruger Single Six - Range Report

[bh357]

First off, thanks to everyone who gave me their guidance in this Previous Thread . Yesterday, I had the opportunity to try this beauty at the local shooting range. All shooting was done at a range of 15 yards.<br />First off, the gun performed flawlessly, and handles very nice. My groupings were about 10", with most of the variation coming from the shooter, not the gun. Let's just say my lack of handgun shooting experience was showing through.<br />I did take six shots with my hands on a rest, and the grouping tightened up considerably.<br />I did try out both cylindars (22lr and 22mag), and both functioned great. Average groupings were about the same for both. The 22mag was fun to shoot, with a bit more recoil and noise (but a harder boot to the pocketbook ).<br />The only hard part of the experience came later, when it was time to do a cleaning. It got a little tedious cleaning each chamber (x6 chambers per cylindar), (x2 cylindars).

 

[JB]

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Non-boating Tech

 

[aspeck]

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Khulh, bh. Have fun burning up the ammo! Remember to breath and squeeze (and where ear & eye protection). Don't hold your breath and don't jerk the trigger, but squeeze gently. Glad you are happy with your present, and the cleaning won't be so bad after you get the hang of it.

 

[Boomyal]

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Originally posted by bh357:<br /> It got a little tedious cleaning each chamber (x6 chambers per cylindar), (x2 cylindars).

Just take the cylinder out and run your barrel brush thru each chamber. This also enables you to better clean around the barrel throat and the backplate where the firing pin comes thru. Use a toothbrush dipped in powder solvent for both those areas plus each end of the cylinder.

 

[Gone]

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My wife bought me a 5" single six in stainless for our 10th aniversary, 30 years ago. It's still a joy to shoot and a tack driver. You should be able to halve your grouping with a little practice. I find that the sights need different settings for LR or mag. While a .45 is my regular carry weapon, I love to carry the Ruger in the woods.

 

[KRS]

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Excellent!

 

[dogsdad]

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With practice you should be able to get a five-shot group into three inches or less from 25 yards, using sandbags or some other suitable rest.<br /><br />To train yourself to use the trigger correctly, load five rounds at a time and rotate the cylinder randomly before you close the loading gate. There will be one empty chamber, and you won't know when it's coming up. When you pull the trigger on the empty chamber, you should be able to tell easily if you're jerking the trigger. It's really kind of embarrassing to jerk the trigger on the empty chamber, but it's a great way to discipline yourself.<br /><br />You can dry fire the Single-Six for practice also, and it won't hurt it. This is also a great way to learn trigger control.<br /><br />You should be able to master trigger control shooting a .22 in a very short time. Larger and more powerful handguns are more difficult, but a .22 is definitely the way to start out. Every shooter should have at least one .22 rimfire handgun and one .22 rimfire rifle!

 

[Bob_VT]

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Here is a great shooting chart that I found on the net: http://www.f-r-i.com/chart.htm I am very familiar with it from when I was shooting for the Army. <br /><br />Here are a few suggestions-<br />Carry a heavy weight or a wrist weight and practice holding your arm out with it.<br />Try placing a penny or a nickle ontop of the barrel with empty cases in the cylinder (never dry fire on empty cylinders),,,now squeeze the trigger and see if the coin falls off. This will steady your hand and trigger use.<br />If you have an open outdoor range - spend a day shooting at a vertical 4" board and this will settle your left to right movements.... the next time concentrate on a horizontal 4" board ... this will steady your elevation.... promote your self to a 4" x 4" square.<br /><br />Shooting is like Carnagie Hall - Practice Practice Practice.

 

[one more cast]

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I like to put in 5 live rounds and one empty one. give the cylinder a spin and shoot away. This a great way to stop flinching because you feel like a fool when it goes click and your gun jumps. I started out at 15 feet until i could shoot tight patterns and then moved out 10 more feet and so on.