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Never saw one of these before, and I have a lot of Ruger single action revolvers…!
Turns out that Ruger put in a ‘safety lock’ to comply with some state regulations, I guess…
Saw this on a Gunblast post from a ways back – https://www.gunblast.com/Ruger-NV45ACP.htm
At least it is unobtrusive.
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They put that lock on all of the New Vaquero's, but I don't know if the other models have it or not. I recently bought a SBH Bisley 44 mag, and most recently a 2024 year Blackhawk 45 convertible. I have not had the grips off of either one. I hope it's not on there. I have not heard of one inadvertently locking up, but I guess the possibility exist.
Some of the other New Models had them too. Easy to remove if you take out the mainspring then you just need to make a little strut for the mainspring to rest on. Much less problematic than the S&W nonsense.
My 50th Anniversary 357 had one, I drilled it out from the blind side with a 3/8 bit. It uses a different (shorter) strut and spring than the original configuration.
If I was to come up with a seat for it I'd try for something that would take the original parts, the short strut/spring has a slightly different feel in use.
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samsi wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 12:48 pm
My 50th Anniversary 357 had one, I drilled it out from the blind side with a 3/8 bit. It uses a different (shorter) strut and spring than the original configuration.
If I was to come up with a seat for it I'd try for something that would take the original parts, the short strut/spring has a slightly different feel in use.
Yes, the 50th flat top, has the lock. Mine still has it.
