Ruger 3 screws and the logo

[MovedWest]

I know old Ruger six's had the old emblem without the SR inside the eagle/hawk/bird and new Ruger's had the SR incorporated into the logo.

Did all 3 screw revolvers come with grips WITHOUT the SR in the logo? Or were there any 3 screw's with the SR in the emblem released?

I'm just trying to authenticate a SBH before buying yet another one to feed the addiction...

-MW

 

[RippinSVT]

Tell ya tomorrow when I pick up my new 3-screw SBH.

 

[newrugersafan]

The early Rugers with the black eagle do not have a logo. Some time around '70 to '72 they switched to a silver eagle with the logo in it.

Go to Gunblast and look up the Bill Hamm article regarding Ruger grips and grip frames.

The old model grips will have blue escutcheons the NM ones have silver. Some of the very early new models may have the black hardware also as they were using up old stock.


In the picture you see a silver eagle ( some call it the squashed chicken) beside a new model eagle. notice how flat the emblem is on the grip attached to gun which is an OM Super. There are some variations on the OM silver eagle and I believe they are all listed in the Gunblast article.

 

[MovedWest]

Alrighty folks. It officially doesn't matter. The gun was in great shape with no cylinder marks. Everything on it checked out. And although made in 1972, it appears to have NM grips. I don't care because I always have Sack Peterson and his marvelous stag grips!

I pick my new addition up in 9 more days. Hrmm... California laws...

-MW

 

[Will_G]

This is interesting to me because I had a question about that emblem (the "squashed chicken"): if a Ruger Single Six had a RED emblem, would it be more or less valuable? I have actually seen one of those but could not find anything about why it would have had a red one.

 

[Hud]

Will,
The red emblems were only used until 1950 when Sturm died at which time they were changed to black. That was before any single sixes were made, so the only red emblem sixes (or any others) would be a 50th anniversary model.

 

[Will_G]

Hud,

Thanks much! That probably explains why I have seen only one of them - guess I'll go search on the 'Net for 50th anniversary Single Sixes. The history of these things is interesting even if one doesn't have a Single Six!