Home on the range with the Liberty Single Six
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2025 7:28 pm
Being able to shoot in the backyard between doctor and rehab visits for my husband has helped me to keep my sanity this summer. That said, I need to shoot single action revolvers on a regular basis to keep my sanity, anyway.
Today was a session with one of my favorites, a New Model Liberty Single Six, the Liberty meaning it was made in 1976 and like all Rugers made that year, this Single Six got the bicentennial stamp. (Also, since it was made prior to 1978, there is no instruction warning stamped on the barrel.)
I added a red dot at some point, just for some accuracy testing and meant to take it back off and stay with the iron sights, but never got around to it.
For this afternoon's shooting session with this Single Six, I figured the red dot would give me too much an advantage, so I decided to just use a 2" bull at 12 yards instead of the larger targets I have been using.
As always, when revolver shooting, I don't use a rest (I really hate shooting revolvers from a rest, just ain't natural), but I did alternate between sitting and standing. These old bones do a need a rest, sometimes.
The Liberty SS did great, though. Darn near shot out the center of the target. Maybe it was me having a good day or maybe it was the red dot or maybe I got a good batch of the Colibri, but the Single Six and I were in a single action kind of groove.
Home on the range with a Single Six. A cowgirl's best friend.
Today was a session with one of my favorites, a New Model Liberty Single Six, the Liberty meaning it was made in 1976 and like all Rugers made that year, this Single Six got the bicentennial stamp. (Also, since it was made prior to 1978, there is no instruction warning stamped on the barrel.)
I added a red dot at some point, just for some accuracy testing and meant to take it back off and stay with the iron sights, but never got around to it.
For this afternoon's shooting session with this Single Six, I figured the red dot would give me too much an advantage, so I decided to just use a 2" bull at 12 yards instead of the larger targets I have been using.
As always, when revolver shooting, I don't use a rest (I really hate shooting revolvers from a rest, just ain't natural), but I did alternate between sitting and standing. These old bones do a need a rest, sometimes.
The Liberty SS did great, though. Darn near shot out the center of the target. Maybe it was me having a good day or maybe it was the red dot or maybe I got a good batch of the Colibri, but the Single Six and I were in a single action kind of groove.
Home on the range with a Single Six. A cowgirl's best friend.