It might be heresy, but I also don't like 'New Model' Rugers

by FOG, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 13:49 (4212 days ago) @ FOG
edited by FOG, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 13:56

My first handgun − purchased with my very first paycheck from my first 'real' job in June 1974 − was a 5½-inch New Model Super Single Six, and even then I inquired if they still had any Old Models in stock.

They didn't, so I bought the new one instead.

The guy at the gun shop tried to talk me into the longer, 6½-inch-barreled version, but I liked the shorter one and got that.

I don't remember how much it cost, but my paycheck was little if any more than $100, so the gun and a few boxes of ammo left me with about $5 in change.

I still felt rich, but I have to tell you, that ammo didn't last very long...

For that matter, neither did the gun. Within a few short weeks I traded it for an Astra .357 (!), and just weeks after that I traded the Astra for a new, 4-inch, blue Smith & Wesson Model 10.

I remember that one was priced at $105, and it cost me the Astra, plus $30 or $35 'boot'.

Needless to say, it's been downhill ever since.

(SPG Edit)

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