Weekend Photo: Ruger Vaquero … After 1 Week (or two!) Underwater

by Steve Johnson

Published: February 21st, 2015

weekend photo ruger vaquero after 1 week or two underwater

James purchased a Ruger Vaquero for just $25 … a bargain if it had not been underwater for at least a week! He finished it up and apparently it functions “quite well”. He wrote …

My Ruger Vaquero that sat underwater for a week or two. Bought for $25 and (poorly) refinished with new grips.despite the outside appearance it still functions and shoots quite well.
Could have uploaded one of my decked out tacticool ARs, but this is one of my favorite pictures i’ve taken.

I agree, its a nifty photo. I wonder what kind of groups James’ gets out of it.

#Pistol #Ruger

Steve Johnson

I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!

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Zebra Dun on Feb 22, 2015

I found a .22 lr Revelation Savage bolt action tube fed rifle in a river I was canoeing the stock was swollen a bit but a spent round in the chamber and a plug of mud saved the rifling and chamber.
I cleaned it up and oiled it down it shoots very accurately.
Lost by some canoe crew or a Raccoon hunter I guess.
I use it to hunt squirrels with.

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- FalconMoose on Feb 24, 2015
  
  @Zebra Dun Deliverance!
  
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Jamezb on Feb 23, 2015

I love a gun with character...one I'm not worried about scratching or laying on the ground. Plus, any sixgun that looks trail-worn fires up my imagination... it looks great to this guy!!

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