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MIDDLESEX - Legendary Reading Memorial High School track coach Harold Croft spent just a few months in the jungles of Vietnam before learning everything he needed to later mold generations
When picking up Keith's No. 5, the first thing noticed is the deceptive lightness of the gun. You’d think it’s going to be heavier.
Ruger, which had started in 1949 with a 9-shot .22 semiauto, offered a .22 Single-Six in 1953, and then in 1955 upgraded the Single-Six to an adjustable-sighted .357 Magnum called the Blackhawk.
I’d venture to say the #5 is the most copied, imitated, sought after, and basis, for custom single-action sixguns. A #5 sixgun has its own traits. The sexy grip-frame is the most obvious, being like no other. How the #5 came about is a wonderful story worth repeating, especially for those who’ve never heard it.