Ruger SASS Vaquero

Ruger have partnered with the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) to produced a special edition Ruger Vaquero single action revolver. The SASS Vaquero is sold as a matched set (two guns) bearing consecutive serial numbers.

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Ruger SASS Vaquero

The new revolver features a high-gloss stainless steel finish, the lower and wider hammer from the Ruger Montado and SASS markings. It is chambered in .357 Magnum and has a 4.62″ barrel. MSRP is $1459 (that is for a pair of revolvers) and will be available in August.

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More info available at Ruger.

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Steve Jun 25th 2009 handguns Tags: , , , , , 7 Comments

7 Responses to “Ruger SASS Vaquero”

  1. Cemetery's Gun Blobon 26 Jun 2009 at 4:59 am link comment

    Ruger SA’s are built like a brick s**house. Need very little work, if any, to make them competition ready.

    All I did for mine was replace springs, and open cones and gaps to match each other. Voila…..

  2. T Sarpon 26 Jun 2009 at 9:12 am link comment

    Nice. I wish I had money.

  3. Kevin Delaneyon 27 Jun 2009 at 10:15 am link comment

    I wish i had money too. Hell I’d take one!!!

  4. David Welleron 29 Jun 2009 at 1:08 pm link comment

    Taylor’s Smoke Wagon Deluxe, in sequentialized pairs, would be cheaper by a couple hundred. Will be interesting to see if there is any competitive markdowns. Competition is good :-)

  5. Mark Staebellon 22 Aug 2009 at 10:55 am link comment

    Curious: why .357 Magnum and not .45 LC? Does SASS have a bias in favor of .357 Magnum?

  6. Daveon 11 Sep 2009 at 7:10 am link comment

    Because .38 special ammo is cheaper i would assume.

  7. Jim Marchon 20 Nov 2009 at 6:57 pm link comment

    I’ve had one since 2005. It’s a New Vaquero with a 4.68″ tube. I dropped a SuperBlackhawk hammer in it :) .

    Seriously, the SBH and “Montado” hammers (same as the SASS hammer above) are identical in reach and “side profile”. Only the thumbpad pattern varies. I prefer the SBH, personally. It’s side-to-side grooves lets me slip my strong-side thumb off the hammer at the end of the cocking stroke. I don’t cock with the off-hand, I think it’s not a good idea and when shooting real ammo (hot 357s in my case) there’s no disadvantage at speed. The advantage is that the operation of the gun is basically the same one handed or two.

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