A friend of mine at the range was telling me how much he liked the beavertail hammer of his Python, and wished a similar one was available for his Vaquero. He had called Ruger about such an issue, and they had told him none was available. "Why not just put a Super Blackhawk hammer on it?" I asked him.

"Would it work?" he asked me.

"Sure," I told him, "its an easy installation if you can disassemble and re-assemble your Vaquero."

"Now, why didn't Ruger tell me that?" he asked.

His gun is stailness, but I carried him one of my carbon steel ones Saturday to try before ordering one himself. I told him to try it on his gun, and then if he wanted to, order one from Brownell's, or, if he wanted to keep mine, I'd take twenty dollars for it.

He thanked me, and handed me a twenty.

Bob Wright