New Additions (non-Savage)

Adopted a couple new chambers to feed in the last couple weeks...

Ruger Single-Ten
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../SingleTen.jpg


Henry Frontier H001T 22LR
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps12e430db.jpg

Funny thing is that I really had no intention of buying a Henry as I would much rather have a classic Marlin 39 or Winchester 9422. I had looked at the Golden Boys in the past, but with the crescent butt-plate they just seemed like they had a very shorter LOP. This one felt more "adult sized" with the flat butt-plate, but what really drew me to it was the curly figuring in the walnut furniture. The octagon barrel helped me make the decision to bring it home as well.

What is the single-ten? Is it a 22. I do like the looks of it.

The stock on that Henry does look really nice. If I were in your shoes I probably could not have left it there either.

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Originally Posted by snowgetter1

What is the single-ten? Is it a 22. I do like the looks of it.

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Both the single six and the single ten are22LR's. They are nice to look at and to shoot.

Wonder if the 10 shot cylinder can be swapped out on a six shot one. I have one that has 22lr and 22 mag cylinders, but a 10 shot would be even better.

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Originally Posted by snowgetter1

Wonder if the 10 shot cylinder can be swapped out on a six shot one. I have one that has 22lr and 22 mag cylinders, but a 10 shot would be even better.

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Not knowing I just did a Google search and wasn't able to come up with anything anywhere mentioning any kind of interchangeability. I did however find one review where the author noted that Ruger had to change the action's geometry and the ratchet on the rear of the cylinder. Here's a photo of the difference in the ratchets...

http://americanhandgunner.com/ah/wp-...5/TAFFIN-1.jpg

The same article also includes the following warning for the Single-Ten, which I'm assuming would also apply to the Single-Nine (the 9-shot 22 WMR version).

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One caution is necessary here. Changing the size of the ratchet from 6-shot to 10-shot results in smaller notches, which means there is not as much steel for each notch. This is not a gun to be fanned, that should go without saying, but one never knows, nor to be operated so fast it puts undue strain on those notches. Treated carefully, they will last forever. In other words this is not a fast draw gun but a gun for hunting and plinking.

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Here's the link to the full article:
http://americanhandgunner.com/the-single-six-is-a-10/

As to the Ruger, unlike the Single Six 22, which you could swap out a 22-Mag cylinder for a 22-LR cylinder, the "new" Single 9 22-Mag and the "new" Single 10 22-LR do not have the same interchangeability. I have the Single Six with both cylinder's and really like it. I would like it 4 times incrementally more. But…..alas…..

DAVE

Thanks for the information guys.

Did the paperwork and brought home the Single-Nine today. Actually bought this the same day I bought the Single-Ten, but due to the BATF's goofy reg about buying multiple handguns from the same dealer within a 5 day period requiring additional paperwork I just waited an extra week to transfer this one over to avoid the red tape.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps92586d32.jpg