Hi all,
I have been reading these forums a lot but this is my first post. I'm new to CAS and SASS, but not to shooting in general. I want to purchase two SA handguns and would like to get it right the first time and avoid having to trade up. I am familiar with the
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I would appreciate any help or advice from those who have experience with any or all of these guns.
Thanks, Lee
Howdy Lee -
I can understand your wanting to get it "right", but only you get to decide what is "right" anyway.
I love the Rugers, especially the New Vaqueros. Because I can't afford the Colts right now. Or I'd buy them
and never look back.
For playing in the CAS game, the Rugers are a modern design in a standard classical envelope. They fit in a
Colt holster, and have the right weight and balance. They are a modern design inside, and I suspect they
will outlast the Colt in a cycling competition, that is I can operate a Ruger 100's of thousand of times
before breaking stuff, the Colt will probably have a spring or other part break in that time.
I believe the Ruger can be operated faster than a Colt, mechanically, with a smaller likelihood of breakage,
but I can't prove that and may well be wrong, as a Colt owner will likely point out shortly . . . .
I also reload, and if I stupidly blow up a Ruger I will probably feel a lot less hurt about it than if I frag a Colt.
I've shot Rugers for over 30 years and can find no faults with their customer service, their quality or reliability,
or anything else.
For me they are getting it right.
I'm still going to buy a Colt someday - but I'll probably make a BBQ gun out of it, not a CAS gun.
Shadow Catcher