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wblodgett
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Posted: 29 December 2007 06:27 AM |
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I have a newish 6 1/2 Single Six in stainless that has a few boxes of 22 LR ammo through it and I am noticing some gas cutting of the frame above the cylinder/barrel gap.
Is this an issue anyone has seen before?
-Bill
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ghrit
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Posted: 29 December 2007 02:27 PM |
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wblodgett wrote: I have a newish 6 1/2 Single Six in stainless that has a few boxes of 22 LR ammo through it and I am noticing some gas cutting of the frame above the cylinder/barrel gap.
Is this an issue anyone has seen before?
-Bill
My 70s vintage blued steel convertible Single Six has had, um, quite a few rounds thru it and shows no signs of what you describe. One hole in the magnum cylinder is slightly off bore, however.
I guess there are a couple things here that could be looked into. Is there any of the same effects on the cylinder pin boss below the barrel extension? (Cutting is biased toward the top, or all around?) Any signs of lead shaving on the barrel extension that would point to an alignment problem?
I believe, but do not know, that the stainless alloy is slightly softer than the carbon steel, thus might show cutting where the carbon alloys won't. 
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wblodgett
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Posted: 29 December 2007 03:00 PM |
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I think I have this one figured out.
After pulling out my 32 Mag Single Six out for comparison it looks like those are actually tool marks. The toolmarks on the 22 are just very rough and ugly compared to those on the 32. They were under some grunge I had scraped away so I thought it could have been gas cutting due to the roughness of the cuts and their location.
Thanks for the assistance ghrit, much appreciated.
-Bill
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wheezengeezer
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Posted: 29 December 2007 06:21 PM |
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| do you have a new 32 mag or one from the 80's with adjustable sights?i have a 5 1/2 inch from the 80's
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wblodgett
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Posted: 30 December 2007 02:59 AM |
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I have one of the newer fixed sight 4 5/8 blued 32's with the smaller grip frame.
The Single Six 32's were starting to get a bit scarce so I grabbed one to use for load development and general plinking (I have a 4 inch SP101 in 32 as well).
The adjustable sight ones are going for a fair bit these days ($600 to $700 last I checked).
I'm hoping Lipseys will do another run of 32 H&R/32-20 Vaquero sometime in the near future on the current Vaquero frame. They did a run on the old Vaquero large frame which was probably a bit much for that bore size, but I still wish I had grabbed one when I had the chance.
-Bill
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RCrosby
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Posted: 13 September 2008 07:56 PM |
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Don't believe any rimfire round would generate the pressures and heat to actually cut into a topstrap. Sometimes when Ruger is cutting the barrel threads into the single action frames they'll leave an arc or two, bottom center of the top strap, that can look like gas cutting.
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