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This ball detente is unique to the New Vaquero. It was added to answer the demands of the Cowboy Action Shooting fraternity. Ruger single actions, ever since the introduction of the transfer bar mechanism, do not index the cylinder's revolution to line up with the loading gate as they should. We have to hold some thumb pressure on the cylinder to keep chambers lined up with the loading gate to load and unload the things. A minor inconvenience, but the Coboys hated it, since some of their stages involve a reload, and all are timed. The ball detente fixes this problem.
I'm sure the next one will be just fine. I know Cabela's is pretty anal about such things, but make sure you insist on cycling it a few times before accepting the new one.
Oh, and good thing it's a Ruger - the grips will interchange. Colts still will not do that - we have to hand fit all of them, to this day.
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
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