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Posted: 6/17/2024 2:00:11 PM EDT

Sooo I used to have two in .357, sequential numbered that unused for CAS shooting.

However I got out of that game and sold them to fund something else.

No I'm kind of missing one, except this time I'd go with one with a 9mm convertible cylinder

Update: bought one today, traded my trashed 28-2 toward it

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Posted: 6/17/2024 2:04:05 PM EDT

[#1]

Ruger Blackhawk in .357 with a 9mm cylinder is the entire argument IMO.

Posted: 6/17/2024 2:13:38 PM EDT

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I've got two nice 3-screw ones. A Super Blackhawk in .44 mag and a Blackhawk in .357

Not to hijack but anyone have a link to the right 9mm cylinder for mine? I've got a ton of 9mm, not so much .357

Posted: 6/17/2024 2:15:25 PM EDT

[#3]

I don’t miss the Blackhawk I sold years ago. Never cared for the single action. But I am missing not having a 44 or 357 mag revolver.

Posted: 6/17/2024 2:30:34 PM EDT

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I've got two nice 3-screw ones. A Super Blackhawk in .44 mag and a Blackhawk in .357

Not to hijack but anyone have a link to the right 9mm cylinder for mine? I've got a ton of 9mm, not so much .357

https://i.imgur.com/UzpO6hS.jpeg

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Are you looking for a part number?

Posted: 6/17/2024 2:33:17 PM EDT

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Because when the 9mm fails to stop the threat, you can beat them to death with it.

Actually, one of those in 9mm sounds kind of fun. Talk about a soft shooter with minor PF loads.

Posted: 6/17/2024 3:42:00 PM EDT

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I've got two nice 3-screw ones. A Super Blackhawk in .44 mag and a Blackhawk in .357

Not to hijack but anyone have a link to the right 9mm cylinder for mine? I've got a ton of 9mm, not so much .357

https://i.imgur.com/UzpO6hS.jpeg

Are you looking for a part number?

Sure. Or someone who sells the right model? Just never looked into it before...seems like something I need!

Posted: 6/17/2024 3:46:05 PM EDT

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I have one in 357 and I bought a 9mm cylinder for it but i haven't fitted it to the revolver yet.

Posted: 6/17/2024 3:49:07 PM EDT

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Sure. Or someone who sells the right model? Just never looked into it before...seems like something I need!

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I don't think they make them any more for yours. But they pop up for sale on ebay or the gun auctions sites from time to time, also look at the Ruger forums.

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:23:59 PM EDT

[#9]

Do it!

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:33:29 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/17/2024 4:34:28 PM EDT

[#11]

Make it a bisley!

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:35:03 PM EDT

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The irony!!! In about 1976 or so I bought a Blackhawk convertible. For some reason I thought (wrong) that 9mm was widely available "surplus." Back then 9mm was not that popular and not cheap. And I discovered that unlike .38 / .357, reloading 9mm was a PITA. AND I had a Hi-power at that time, and that damn thing shit brass all over an acre. If you were outdoors you needed a 20' square tarp to catch most of it.

I sold that stuff, and now that I am 76, shooting big bore stuff actually HURTS. I've owned about 4 Superblackhawks and a Redhawk, which I did not like.

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:36:27 PM EDT

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This.

44mag that I turned into a bisley.

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Posted: 6/17/2024 4:36:54 PM EDT

[#14]

Get a weird one like the .30 carbine version.

Finally got one this year after years of finding reasons not to.

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:37:08 PM EDT

[#15]

This one stops the firing line for a few seconds at a minimum.

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:37:55 PM EDT

[#16]

Bisley in .480 so you can push the bullet weight that .454 owners dream of.

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:41:21 PM EDT

[#17]

I've got the .45LC/ACP model, complete with Elk stag grips.
love being able to swap loads without alot of drama...

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:42:11 PM EDT

[#18]

You need a Blackhawk in .41.

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:43:42 PM EDT

[#19]

I went to my LGS to order a convertible Blackhawk, but this:

..was $200 cheaper than the cheapest Blackhawk, and they are very highly regarded, so I'll be picking it up Thursday.

I still want a 5.5-inch stainless Blackhawk, though.

Posted: 6/17/2024 4:55:26 PM EDT

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I've got two nice 3-screw ones. A Super Blackhawk in .44 mag and a Blackhawk in .357

Not to hijack but anyone have a link to the right 9mm cylinder for mine? I've got a ton of 9mm, not so much .357

https://i.imgur.com/UzpO6hS.jpeg

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I bought a 9mm cylinder for my three screw Blackhawk off of ebay. I carefully filed down the front of the cylinder and got lucky. It fit and works fine. There is no factory option for a three screw. Ruger will not fit a second cylinder to any existing SA gun. I tried. I think I paid about $300 for this one used. I spent the money because I had just bought a NM the dealer said had no 9mm cylinder, and I wanted a 9mm BH. He was wrong, so in a week I acquired two BHs with 9mm cylinders.

Posted: 6/17/2024 5:04:16 PM EDT

[#21]

Everyone should have a Blackhawk. I had a New Model I bought in 84 (was my first gun purchase) and sold in the 90s. I always regretted selling it so when this popped up a few years ago I grabbed it. It is a three screw that was made in 1966.

Posted: 6/17/2024 5:11:43 PM EDT

[#22]

Because Ruger sucks and they hate us.

Posted: 6/17/2024 5:16:04 PM EDT

[#23]

They're great guns, I have a 357 and a 45. I have a "Super" Blackhawk in 44 too that has a regular Blackhawk grip frame so it might as well be a Blackhawk except for caliber. But I love single actions.

Posted: 6/17/2024 5:19:47 PM EDT

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I went to my LGS to order a convertible Blackhawk, but this:
https://i.postimg.cc/9ffTjVWb/Pietta-PSA511-X2-357-Magnum-9mm-4-75-inch-barrel-brass-jpg-optimal-01.jpg
..was $200 cheaper than the cheapest Blackhawk, and they are very highly regarded, so I'll be picking it up Thursday.

I still want a 5.5-inch stainless Blackhawk, though.

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@Zardoz

Is that a Cimarron?

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Found it - Uberti 1873 Cattleman II

Posted: 6/17/2024 5:58:37 PM EDT

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Is that a Cimarron?

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Found it - Uberti 1873 Cattleman II

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Nope. Pietta 1873 convertible, Davidson's exclusive.
LGS just got it in, so I went and took a quick look.
Man, it's a good-lookin' gun...

Posted: 6/17/2024 6:01:20 PM EDT

[#26]

Never had a Blackhawk but I own a super redhawk. I love it

Posted: 6/17/2024 6:01:37 PM EDT

[#27]

Because your other revolvers are boring and don't walk out the cylinder pin every few rounds.

Posted: 6/17/2024 6:03:04 PM EDT

[#28]

Been looking for one the past couple yrs myself.

Posted: 6/17/2024 6:04:52 PM EDT

[#29]

Mines not a Blackhawk, it's a Super Blackhawk in .44 Mag.
I bought it just because I wanted one.
I pull it out and shoot it once in a while then clean it up and put it away.
I prefer shooting my Uberti 1873 Cattleman in .45 Colt.

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Posted: 6/17/2024 6:25:02 PM EDT

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This one pistol that will shoot .357, .38, and 9 mm.

Posted: 6/17/2024 6:41:55 PM EDT

[#31]

Ruger Flattop .357 in Stainless with 9mm cylinder is what you seek.

Built on the mid - frame.

Great gun.

Posted: 6/17/2024 6:50:53 PM EDT

[#32]

The aluminum frame Blackhawk in 41 magnum is one of the best hunting handguns ever made.

Posted: 6/17/2024 7:10:39 PM EDT

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Foolishly I sold a .45 Convertible years ago. I found this beater .45 Colt a couple of years ago to replace it. I found a .45 ACP cylinder for it. The grips are by Chig’s.

Posted: 6/17/2024 7:14:06 PM EDT

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So…..

Mine is a 5.5” .45 Colt Bisley.

I think it’s a perfect revolver for short-range moose hunting.

If I were young and starting over again I’d buy a .41 magnum with a Bisley grip frame. I’d try to find a 6.5” barrel. Even if I had to buy a standard grip frame then swap the Bisley frame.

I’d make a nice squared-off front sight on my own. I’d do whatever it took to find a Bowen Classic rear sight.

The .41 is *all* the power you need for deer or varmints or any non-dangerous game you’ll ever pursue with a handgun. And recoil will be less than a .45Colt with Ruger-Only loads.

Trust me on this.

Posted: 6/17/2024 7:17:32 PM EDT

[#35]

A Ruger GP-100 stainless with a 6 inch barrel is a better choice in my opinion.

Posted: 6/17/2024 7:20:44 PM EDT

[#36]

I have one in 30 cal carbine..

it's how do you say.. LOUD!

if nothing else, it's fun to touch one or two off on the pistol range and have everyone look at you.

Posted: 6/17/2024 7:21:58 PM EDT

[#37]

i want one in .30 carbine

Posted: 6/17/2024 7:22:29 PM EDT

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Mine is a .44 and it's a great gun!! My brother got the .357 and sold it. We got both from my father. If I still spoke to my brother I'd kill him for selling it.

Posted: 6/17/2024 7:24:13 PM EDT

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Sooo I used to have two in .357, sequential numbered that unused for CAS shooting.

However I got out of that game and sold them to fund something else.

No I'm kind of missing one, except this time I'd go with one with a 9mm convertible cylinder

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You need Blackhawk, because Old Army's aren't very common:

Posted: 6/17/2024 7:33:38 PM EDT

[#40]

You need a Blackhawk because they are awesome. The adjustable sights make them so much better than a Vaquero.

Posted: 6/17/2024 8:47:47 PM EDT

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A Ruger GP-100 stainless with a 6 inch barrel is a better choice in my opinion.

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I'm not positive that you're correct but I bought one yesterday just to be sure.

Posted: 6/17/2024 8:55:43 PM EDT

[#42]

I’ve got a super Blackhawk hunter in .44

It thumps.

Posted: 6/17/2024 9:07:55 PM EDT

[#43]

I just bought one in .45LC.

Great pistols. With the blackhawk frame you can get into magnum territory out of a .45LC.

Posted: 6/17/2024 9:08:07 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/17/2024 9:10:28 PM EDT

[#45]

3 screw is best.

Posted: 6/17/2024 9:22:58 PM EDT

[#46]

You don't. You need one of these..

Posted: 6/17/2024 9:29:45 PM EDT

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I had a super blackhawk and a super blackhawk hunter, both .44, both stainless. The barrel on both shot themselves loose in a few hundred rounds or less.
I sent them back to ruger, the hunter looked like it had road rash all over the barrel, covered in scuffs and scratches when I got it back.
I sold them both.