My Dad gave me a blued Ruger 5 1/2 single six convertable 22-22mag for my 18th birthday. It sure has digested a lot of lead in the last 35 years since then.
Starlings and chippies were my first "trophies" but its conquests have grown legion since then.
A few years back a local smith who likes working on rugers spruced it up by changing out the battle worn alumimum grip and ejector rod for polished stainless, deep custom blue on cylinders, fram and barrel give it a unique two tone finish. A few other tricked out mods rounded out the project. It's sort of went into semi retirement after the passing of my dad but it still gets taken on an occasional safari in the fall squirrel woods.