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Jim March · January 17, 2011, 06:20 PM

NO. Ruger SAs are easy to work on.

You do need to find hollow-ground screwdrivers or hex bits that fit the various screws. Brownell's has a neat screwdriver kit worth looking at:

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=2...ON_SCREWDRIVER

These bits are all specific to Ruger SAs. If you already have a handle get the bits only...the handle is overpriced but it does hold all the bits inside the grip. The hex drive pattern is standard...but for God's sake don't use any sort of power-driver. Seriously. If it's got a battery, don't use it on your gun. Period.

If you're going to take it down completely, and you will to swap the transfer bar, you might consider doing a spring kit at the same time:

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=2..._SHOOTERS_PAKS

If you want, you can also swap hammers to the SuperBlackhawk type, particularly if you're a "strong-side thumber" as opposed to an "off-hand cocker":

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=2...AMMER_ASSY__SS

This is basically the same hammer as a Montado or "SASS Special run" New Vaquero. It drops the hammer "reach" distance down to near-identical with a pre-WW2 Colt SAA or most of the USFA models. The NewVaq is most closely cloned off of the post-WW2 Colt SAA which has a longer reach. With this hammer your gun will look less "period correct" but in truth it will handle closer to something Wyatt Earp might have shot back in the day

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SASS rules recently legalized this hammer for all competition.

Just sayin, if you have an excuse to tear it all apart, put it back together *right*

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January 17, 2011, 06:20 PM	#22
Jim March Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Pittsburg, CA, USA Posts: 7,417	NO. Ruger SAs are easy to work on. You do need to find hollow-ground screwdrivers or hex bits that fit the various screws. Brownell's has a neat screwdriver kit worth looking at: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=2...ON_SCREWDRIVER These bits are all specific to Ruger SAs. If you already have a handle get the bits only...the handle is overpriced but it does hold all the bits inside the grip. The hex drive pattern is standard...but for God's sake don't use any sort of power-driver. Seriously. If it's got a battery, don't use it on your gun. Period. If you're going to take it down completely, and you will to swap the transfer bar, you might consider doing a spring kit at the same time: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=2..._SHOOTERS_PAKS If you want, you can also swap hammers to the SuperBlackhawk type, particularly if you're a "strong-side thumber" as opposed to an "off-hand cocker": http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=2...AMMER_ASSY__SS This is basically the same hammer as a Montado or "SASS Special run" New Vaquero. It drops the hammer "reach" distance down to near-identical with a pre-WW2 Colt SAA or most of the USFA models. The NewVaq is most closely cloned off of the post-WW2 Colt SAA which has a longer reach. With this hammer your gun will look less "period correct" but in truth it will handle closer to something Wyatt Earp might have shot back in the day . SASS rules recently legalized this hammer for all competition. Just sayin, if you have an excuse to tear it all apart, put it back together right . __________________ Jim March