Is Ruger still offering CCH on new Vaquero's?

Chili Pepper Kid · March 24, 2009, 09:10:40 PM

Can't find it offered on the Ruger web site. I have been a wantin CCH/blued 7 1/2" .45 and was all set ta get one when life interfered.... kids need new glasses and such.

Chili Pepper Kid

Leo Tanner · March 24, 2009, 09:23:51 PM

One of the shops up here has one in the case. PM me if you want further investigation. Would a 5 1/2 do?

RRio · March 25, 2009, 02:50:29 PM

Ruger has stopped the CCH. I guess they were getting too many complaints about rusting.
I, for one, am not very happy about that, because I wanted to get a brace of b/cch RNVs in .357. Guess I'll have to get it done by Turnbull or somebody, now.

Pettifogger · March 25, 2009, 03:41:46 PM

The Ruger CCH was just a chemical treatment. It wasn't all that durable so I guess they gave up on it.

Four-Eyed Buck · March 25, 2009, 05:52:56 PM

Think it was more like an ink than a chemical treatment. I'm sorry to see it go as well. CCH frames are just more cowboy looking, IMHO...........Buck

Chili Pepper Kid · March 25, 2009, 07:44:07 PM

Thanks fer the offer Leo but I got my heart set on a 7 1/2 barrel cuz I like the look of em.

Chili Pepper Kid

cazio · March 29, 2009, 05:43:12 PM

Cabelas in wheeling wv had some but I was looking at 4-5/8 bbls and 45lc they did have .357's because I was considering them also.

Skinny Preacher 66418 · April 03, 2009, 09:30:08 AM

I bought my first Ruger New Vauqero at Cabelas a couple weeks ago. It has the color case hardening finish on frame.

I did notice that their website is showing the vaquero with a blued frame, but haven't seen one on the shelves yet.

...and I am surprised at how smooth this NMV is out of the box. wow. i did pull the plunger and spring to let the cylinder spin both ways...very handy.

Wandering Man · June 14, 2009, 04:53:05 PM

Well Darn!

I seem to be having poor luck on getting a matched set of NMV's.

I ordered my first through my gun dealer last year. I asked for a stainless model in .357. The shipment was delayed and I was needing it for a match the following weekend. He quickly ordered a second, and they sent a CCH model, instead. I was desparate, and so bought the CCH model. The stainless arrived and languished in his gun case for a year. When thieves broke in last month they cleaned him out of semi-autos, but left the stainless Ruger behind.

I finally saved enough for a second gun and thought I'd buy the stainless gun from him, but he sold it. That relieved my guilt, so I ordered another Ruger from him to match the one I bought last year.

The gun that arrived was in .45 Colt. He sent it back (no rush this year). Two days later my new one arrived.

I was shocked to learn when I got it home that it is not a CCH gun, but rather is blued. It more closely matches my ole Blackhawk than my NMV.

Now I gotta wrap my mind around the idea that Blued is close enough.

WM