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[compulsivegunbuyer]

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[ViPER395]

I believe there's a safety fix for your pistol.

[scootergmc]

I believe there's a safety fix for your pistol.

Don't do it. Keep it original.

[cactuspete]

I'd love to have an Old Model Single-Six. You are lucky to get that. The action on it is supposed to be pretty close to the COLT action. I have a stainless New Model convertible that shoots great but you don't get that warm fuzzy feeling that you do with an Old Model. I'm gonna go with scootergmc - keep it original. You have all the safety you need between your ears.

[bwiese]

If you're carrying this, carry with 5 rounds - and ensure hammer is over an empty chamber!

I personally would get the free Ruger update. Safety is a good thing; I'll be updating my 1960s Bearcat I got from my dad.

Folks who are worried about 'reducing the value' by $20-$50 of a nice but fairly common handgun should pay more attention to their 401Ks and not pay $3 for Starbucks....

[cactuspete]

$350.00 sounds like a great price. Don't bother with the safety notch. If you are not familiar with the Colt action, you should always, when loading the gun, keep it on an empty chamber. I just bought my first Colt, a New Frontier .22 and have a USFA Cowboy on order - so have just learned the ins and outs of the Colt action.

[BaronW]

If I got one of those, I'd keep it original because it would never be carried or stored loaded, and I'd keep it three clicks for the range.

[anothergunnut]

Folks who are worried about 'reducing the value' by $20-$50 of a nice but fairly common handgun should pay more attention to their 401Ks and not pay $3 for Starbucks....

Not just great firearms advice but superior retirement planning; this is why I like Calguns!

[Heatseeker]

Nice score on a cherry piece! I have both a Single Six and a New Model and I enjoy them both.

I've been contemplating sending my Single Six in for the conversion for some time now. I should get of the pot and just do it.

It's my understanding that the safety conversion doesn't require any permanent alterations to the gun or the gun's appearance and that Ruger will return all the original components with the gun after the alteration. So there shouldn't be any loss in value.

[VegasND]

You're going to enjoy that revolver. Very Nice. Nicer than the one I gave my son (unaltered, no box, both cylinders)

The old trick is:

Load one chamber,
Skip the next chamber,
Load the next four,
Cock the hammer all the way back, pull the trigger, then the hammer falls on the empty chamber you skipped.

(Disclaimer: Only you can decide whether you actually drop it on an empty chamber, or lower the hammer by hand. Think about where you point it if you do so.)

Bit still, an Uber-Safety-Nazi will soon be along to criticize this post. So It Goes...

[VegasND]

Nice score on a cherry piece! I have both a Single Six and a New Model and I enjoy them both.

I've been contemplating sending my Single Six in for the conversion for some time now. I should get of the pot and just do it.

It's my understanding that the safety conversion doesn't require any permanent alterations to the gun or the gun's appearance and that Ruger will return all the original components with the gun after the alteration. So there shouldn't be any loss in value.

My experience says you're right on all points. My dad's .357 was sent to Ruger when they first made the offer years ago. It was converted and returned with the original parts. When he died, one of my brothers ended up with it...

[Joe Register]

"safety" conversion

There is nothing wrong with the gun as designed. You will lower the value of the gun because they will stamp the frame to show the conversion and odds are your trigger will not be as good with the new hammer.

Next thing you know some people here will be suggesting you send your model 17 back to Smith to drill a hole in the frame to install the clinton lock.

As was said before, the safety is between your ears.

[maxicon]

Great gun - very nice looking. I like my SS a lot. It's my favorite .22 revolver (since I don't have a S&W 17/18 yet).

If you're going to shoot it, get the safety update, and enjoy it - it deserves to have many bricks of ammo run through it. If you're going to enshrine it in a glass box and admire it, leave it as is.

[scootergmc]

I don't all understand all the "safety conversion" concern. Load and shoot all six cylinders. Just don't carry the gun on a loaded chamber. I just don't understand it.

Does anyone here need some gun locks too? Yellow caution tape to hang from your gun? Safety cones? Back-up beepers? Geez.

[cactuspete]

My Colt New Frontier .22 has the total four click COLT action. I love it. That's part of the fun to me, to load the five cylinders, all the clicking noise, etc. I originally looked at a circa-1980s version of it but by then they put in a cross-bolt safety gizmo. After being treated like a second class citizen by having some newer S&W guns with the dreaded "lock" I passed on the newer gun and got an older model - without the safety. Am very happy with it.