Herters 22 SAA

Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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Was up at the inlaws this week and the BIL brought out a Herters SAA 22rf. The ejector rod tab was broke off. Do you think one off a ruger wrangler would fit? Or can you just change the tab? Its been sitting in the machine shed for at least 20 years that I have been going in there.

I gave him my bronze Wrangler to give to his boys for Christmas. He wanted to get this one fixed so the two boys would each have one. So I need to get it fixed in the next couple of weeks.
 
Snakeoil

Snakeoil

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Without seeing it, hard to say. I think those Ruger revolvers were made in Germany. If it were me, I think I'd just make a new tab and either thread it on or solder it on to the original rod, which a assume is steel. My guess is the tab was probably zamac or similar.
 
462

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JonB said:
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I bought a used .22 LR Herbert Schmidt L. A.'s Deputy, its ejector rod tab broke during the first shooting session, and I discovered that Colt Frontier Scout parts fit.

To make an infantry rifle shoot round corners, the Germans bent its barrel. The L. A.'s Deputy shoots round corners, but its barrel is straight.
 
Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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I have to go back up there his week to get the gun. All I remember was it was a Herters. It has wood grips and is in an old leather holster. Where the gun has been touching the holster it has complexly removed the bluing on it. I oiled it up with some breakfree and put it back in the holster. They used this for shooting coons and skunks that were caught in the live traps they had.
 
Snakeoil

Snakeoil

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Too bad we cannot just ship a pistol to whoever we want. I'd be happy to make a new ejector rod end for that old gun, if for no other reason than a winter therapy project. I could make it a bullseye type like they used on the Colt SAA.

On a similar note, one year for Christman, I got a Daisy corkball gun. Basically, a '94 Winchester that shot 50 cal cork balls. Pretty much a rebarreled BB gun. I was happy as a clam and I had targets set up in the living room and shot it all day. My Dad even took a few shots with it. Even if you missed, the corkballs did no damage unless you hit a nicknack. And I was smart enough to put my target trap against a blank wall with no "stuff" around. But towards the end of the day, I was loading it up and the zamak tab on the follower for the tubular magazine broke off and that was the end of my paintball gun. One stinkin' day and it was relegated to another one of my toy guns with me yellin' BANG, BANG as I chased one of my buddies. I was not a professional pest like I am now with manufacturers that make crappy products. Daisy would have been sending me a new rifle or at least the parts to fix mine if this were today. My guess is Pop realized he'd created a monster with that gun and was glad it was out of commission.
 
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