Nice pistol for sure, enjoy shooting that beauty.

 

Very nice!!! I'd be interested to see how it functions after a couple of boxes of ammo are put through her!!! Venture to guess how many rounds have been through it??? 50,000??????

 

I have no idea on round count, but I wouldn't be surprised with the age. I can tell it's been used, as it was gunked up fairly decent. It had enough the bolt wasn't quite seating all the way due to the buildup where the barrel and receiver come together. But the mainspring came out easily, so it's been cared for.

I don't know what these things have for rifling depth, but you can barely see it with a light. About like Marlin's micro-grooves. However, it grouped nicely test firing it with cheap ammo, so I'm happy with it so far. I'm going to do some plinking and put it on paper to see how she does. I'll probably go out later today and see how consistently I can hit the spinner target and which size I can hit most frequently.

 

Nice find!! Enjoy!

 

The more I look at the rust, the more I'd be tempted to send it back to Ruger for a refinish and an overhaul. The only forseeable issue may be if Ruger deems it too worn internally to repair, and/or doesn't stock parts to repair. They could refuse to return it to you and offer to replace the whole pistol with a new one. Tough call!!!

 

Honestly, there wasn't a lot of rust on it when I cleaned it up. Certainly no pitting on it. It's got some wear on the finish and a bit of oxidation, but it all cleaned up nicely.

I'm a sucker for that used look on the older guns. I get what you're saying about a refinish, but that's not really my thing. Very few guns in my collection are pristine, other than a couple of hunting rifles I have. I'm a sucker for the oldies.

I've had a chance to put some rounds through and it's been an awesome shooter. Enough I've trusted it hunting and it's done the job.

I have been contemplating putting a set of springs in it to freshen them up. Considering the Wolff springs, assuming the Mk I springs will work in a Standard, which appears to be the case from what little I've researched.

 

Nice find. I enjoy shooting the standards.

 

Wow awesome find. enjoy shooting

 

Curious if you called Ruger and sent your photo and asked them about a refinish...Could you disassemble and send only frame and barrel? Understand about the risk of them saying..sorry we have to keep it.

 

That's a great question. I just assumed that because of it's age it may require an overhaul. If it functions well, it may not be needed. If that's the case, an independant may be able to refinish it. I sent my 1953 three screw in about 20 years ago to the mothership for an overhaul and refinish. They insisted on installing the transfer bar. The gun came back like new, and the old parts were returned.

 

Ruger will clean it up a little and re-do the bluing, and check out the springs etc. if you request it. As for keeping it and sending you a replacement, how exactly would they do that? Replace it with a Mark IV? Not likely. I sent my Mark I (NOT a Standard) back to them for this exact work and it was returned to me in excellent shape. Cheap, too, much less than an outside company would charge for the same work.

 

Nice find. The old standards are built like battle tanks. Personally, I'd leave it as is and replace any worn internals. The wear gives it character. Mine is a 1974 A-100 frame and it needed the rebound spring support and spring replaced inside the bolt. The support was worn to a nub and the spring had a kink in it from the support being so worn. I also replaced the extractor.

 

I'm the same, I like the character some honest wear gives a gun.

I remember shooting dad's when I was younger. He sold it years ago and I've wanted one of my own since then.

 

After spending several days hitting shops while out of town looking for something worth bringing home, I found one that caught my fancy locally at a shop I don't get to get by very often.

Picked up what I believe is a Standard. If I'm looking right, the SN puts it as a 1952.

Came home and ran a mag through it to function test and it was hitting good groups. Gave her a good cleaning and ready to really put it to the test. She's got a little wear to her, but I think she'll do just fine. View attachment 340795

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Congrats! Love the standards.

Serial puts it at 1958

 

I saw that on the serial a while back and never updated the post. I think I got the dates intermingled with the Winchester 94 I bought at the same time. It's a 1962 and I know I've referred to it as a 1968. My mind isn't as sharp as it used to be. LOL

 

Nice! I have and old standard I got several years ago. Mine is a longer barrel version. It was in real rough shape. Looked like someone tried to take it apart with a screw driver and hammer. Was also pitted and rusted. I dissassembeled the gun totally and cleaned and filed it and then Duracoated it black. Even made new grips for it. I used my laser to make the Ruger emblem on one side of the grip but got

it crooked and never did the other side. I still have the black grips with the silver eagle too. This thing shoots better then I can!