I've never seen a SA at the range!

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I just realized this after looking at Vaqueros in the display case: i've been going to the range atleast once a month for six or seven years, and i've (almost) never seen a single action revolver.

I have a Ruger Single Six, and it's my favorite gun in my collection, so I take it to the range pretty much every time I go. So that counts. And I happen to have seen a young lady shooting another Single Six a few years back.

But other than that, i've never seen an SA revolver at the range. Everyone around here is shooting automatics (85% of the time it's a H&K USP) or DA revolvers. So, are SA enthusiasts that rare? There seems to be alot on this forum. Maybe central VA is just a strange, "we don't shoot cowboy guns here" area?

As a side note, I am going to attend a SASS meeting (to watch) on Saturday, so by then this will all be moot.
 
Single actions are not all that common at little indoor ranges. In my experience, few interesting guns show up there at all, just a lot of Glocks and a few 686s, and .22 practice pistols.

So I like to mix it up and shoot a .44 black powder revolver, along with various other guns of interest, there. Black powder is fun in a small indoor range.
 
If progunners can convince the entire country their special forces thats fine with me if it strengthens our cause. I'll gladley be the outcast with primative arms.
 
Hey, a 686 IS interesting. Pure beauty in an excellently functional package. If only many other things worked as well as a 686 (and a Volkswagen beetle.)Maybe a Jennings or a Lorcin would fit the bill as "interesting" ?
 
I see them all the time and I usually shoot at least 2x a week.

I dont shoot at public ranges. If you belonged to a private club especially one where folks shoot CAS you would see them all the time. Most folks who are really into shooting belong to private clubs. Most folks you see at a public range only own a couple of firearms, and most likely its going to be a modern semi auto or revolver.
 
Used to see quite a few single actions at the indoor range I shoot at but now I seem to be the only person that shoots one. Actually with the exception of an occasional snubbie I see few double action revolvers. I just nestle in amonst those young pups with all their high cap autos and shoot a few groups while most of them are shooting some fine patterns. :D
 
I see them there evey time I go to the range. Oh wait, those are mine...:D

I take my .357 and .41 mag Blackhawks and my Single Six evey time I go to the range. But, your right they are not the norm.

-J-

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I just nestle in amonst those young pups with all their high cap autos and shoot a few groups while most of them are shooting some fine patterns.
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It amazed me how well they are able to make repeated hits on the target carrier the wall and floor at 7 yards as well. Thats why 10 years ago I made a concerted effort to find a private club to join. The last straw was when the gentleman next to me at Target master lost control of that full auto HK MP5 he rented, and ridlled the ceilig walll etc with 30 rounds of 9mm fmj. The other benefit of the private club, besides safety is that it usually costs about 1/10 the amount of a commercial range per year. Of course you dont save any money just shoot alot more ammo.
 
I only have an older Vaquero in 357 that goes to the range every now and again. I prefer the loading and unloading of a flip-out cylinder when I'm paying by the half hour. As for other single-actions, I tend to see a Single Six or two a few times a year. I don't recall ever seeing any 44 or 45 single-actions at the indoor range.
 
I see them all the time but that because I always seem to take one to the range. My last range visit there was another shooter with a Ruger Vaquero and I had a Cimmaron 44 special - so 100% of the shooters had Single acxtion revolvers with them.
 
2 Rotties, that's almost the same set I have!

Interesting thread. One of my recent surprises at the range, and one that bespeaks the semi-auto prevalence, happened the other day.

I usually practice with the 9, then the 45 [the normal CCW]. After that, for fun, and just to keep my hand/eye practice up with the SA, I shot maybe 36 or so rounds with the 41.

Next thing I know, just about everyone on the firing line is standing behind me, wanting to know what I was shooting! I offered a few practice tries to some of them, and they acted like it was an alien weapon.

Maybe that's what it'll take to keep up the interest in SA...just giving one a try. Meanwhile, I'll keep shooting and enjoying this type of revolver, and put it to work as my "woods gun" whenever necessary.

Len.
 
I rarely see SAs at public ranges. I stopped going to outdoor public ranges years ago after seeing a lot gangster wannabes from the city and their unsafe firearms handling practices.

I mostly see Glocks, Sigs and high capacity 1911s at the public indoor ranges, shooting patterns at large silouette targets, While I shoot my wheelguns at small circles. :)

There are many SA's at private range I belong to, as more than one member is a Colt SAA collector and they are always bringing out old SAAs to shoot.
 
I wonder what hey would say if I filled the indoor firing line with the sweet smell of a coal burner?
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Depends entirely on the range.

My club, and the smaller shop range near my place, both just ask that you let them know so they can crank the vent fans.:D

The other shooters, though, with their Springfields, Glocks and Smiths look over and ask, "What the hell IS that thing?!?":D
 
Like another poster said, I too see them all the time at "the range." Of course I've never been to a indoor range as my range is behind my house.

I wanna be a cowboy :uhoh:
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How soon before the Single Six ships with keylock XR3 grip frame?

c title...it has to happen sooner or later.

Examining the keylock setup on my New Vaquero, I'm about as certain as I can be that it won't engage accidentally. Which is a good thing. The grip shape of this new grip frame is good enough in my hands that I want a Single Six (in .22LR/.22Mag) with this grip as a cheap "trainer" for the New Vaq.

I'm therefore holding off on buying a Single Six until it ships. Yeah, I could find a really old one of course but then the loading gate drill would be different...

I wonder if they'll do a rimfire version of the new mid-frame, rather than stick with the older Single Six frame size? I wouldn't actually mind that I don't think...
 
Just last week saw a guy at the range shooting a pair of (I think) Vaqueros. Of course, he also had a lever-action rifle and a slide-action (is that what they're called? External hammer, maybe?) old-timey shotgun, so I assumed he did CAS.
 
Just find a Cowboy Action Shoot (SASS) in your area and you will see a veritable panoply of Single Action revolvers.

Seems that about 80% of my handgun use these days is with a pair of single-actions in .45 Colt!
 
Just got back from the range. Two single actions there, both mine. They're my favorites, and get shot every time I go.

FA 454 & 353

Tuckerdog1
 
black powder revolvers are a big no no in my local indoor range. People who enjoy shooting single action revolvers are probably more likely to own a lot of property in the country as to not need an indoor range.;) I shoot primarily my double action .357's, my 12 guage and .22 semi rifle. I tend to see typically off duty police and novice shooters shooting semi pistols. Occasionally I will see another DA revo shooter, or someone with a carbine or semi auto military style rifle.
 
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