Patriot
NES Member
This Saturday I purchased a .22 caliber Single Six New Model with a
production date of 1976 through the classifieds on NES. There are two
cylinders with it. Supposedly one is a .22LR and the other a .22 Magnum.
Both cylinders have the correct serial number on them.
My problem is this: There are no identifying marks, language, or any other
verbage or signs that would differentiate between them. I have, to no avail,
searched the web and the Ruger site and have come up empty-handed. So
the only differentiation I have found between the two cylinders is that one
has an raised outer rim (lip) around the entire outer rear of the cylinder while
the other is completely flat. I am not describing the space for the rim of the
cartridge on either cylinder. That is machined in the cartidge chamber on
both of them.
I read on another forum that the one with the raised rim is the magnum.
Compounding this problem though is that the seller had this cylinder installed
in the revolver and described it as the standard. On top of this I have read,
and I am not sure how true this is, that under no circumstances should
either cartrdige be used in the other cylinder.
Thanks,
TBP
production date of 1976 through the classifieds on NES. There are two
cylinders with it. Supposedly one is a .22LR and the other a .22 Magnum.
Both cylinders have the correct serial number on them.
My problem is this: There are no identifying marks, language, or any other
verbage or signs that would differentiate between them. I have, to no avail,
searched the web and the Ruger site and have come up empty-handed. So
the only differentiation I have found between the two cylinders is that one
has an raised outer rim (lip) around the entire outer rear of the cylinder while
the other is completely flat. I am not describing the space for the rim of the
cartridge on either cylinder. That is machined in the cartidge chamber on
both of them.
I read on another forum that the one with the raised rim is the magnum.
Compounding this problem though is that the seller had this cylinder installed
in the revolver and described it as the standard. On top of this I have read,
and I am not sure how true this is, that under no circumstances should
either cartrdige be used in the other cylinder.
Thanks,
TBP
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