I have the opportunity to buy a Single Six of which the serial number indicates a 1974 year of manufacture.
I am somewhat familiar with these as I have 2 22 convertible models. But this one is stumping me. It is marked ".22 cal." and accepts 22 WMR cartridges.
There is not an indication on the cylinder that it was a convertible gun (3 digit number).But unlike the magnum cylinders on the 22 mags I have, this cylinder is fluted like a regular 22 cylinder. Yet it accepts 22 WMR rounds. Magnum rounds will not fit in my "regular 22 " cylinders.
Did Ruger make 22 mag cylinders with fluting and why would the gun not be marked "22 WMR?"
Thanks in advance.
I am somewhat familiar with these as I have 2 22 convertible models. But this one is stumping me. It is marked ".22 cal." and accepts 22 WMR cartridges.
There is not an indication on the cylinder that it was a convertible gun (3 digit number).But unlike the magnum cylinders on the 22 mags I have, this cylinder is fluted like a regular 22 cylinder. Yet it accepts 22 WMR rounds. Magnum rounds will not fit in my "regular 22 " cylinders.
Did Ruger make 22 mag cylinders with fluting and why would the gun not be marked "22 WMR?"
Thanks in advance.