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Blackhawks are awesome. I have several in different lengths and calibers: 357, 44, and 45.
The Redhawks are ok and the ruger marlins are also awesome. |
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I love my .45 Convertible. It’s pretty cool to go to the range and shoot some cheap 45 ACP through my cowboy revolver.
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LGS nearby has a stainless 6.5in barrel .357/9mm convertible model
I originally wasn't really think stainless but that revolver looks nice |
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Realllly wish I didn't see this thread. I've been toying with a Blackhawk/Rossi 92 "pairing"
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Quoted: LGS nearby has a stainless 6.5in barrel .357/9mm convertible model I originally wasn't really think stainless but that revolver looks nice View Quote FYI, the front sight is easy to replace on a stainless Blackhawk if you ever want to. Not so much with the blued guns. Congrats if you bought it. I got a great deal on my blued .357/9mm but wanted a stainless Flattop. Haven't seen a .357/9mm Flattop anywhere in a long time so I'm glad I got the one I did. |
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Quoted: just got mine today, long boy edition https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/77166/IMG_4118-3245478.jpg View Quote Very nice! |
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i wouldn't buy a new smith just because of that goddamned hole and i did buy a whole pile of rugers last year
kept a gp100 match champion out of about 6, sold the rest off here on the EE it's in the safe though, the revolver i ended up actually carrying was one of those $1100 colt blems, love that thing. hope to hell they come out with another huge batch of blems like that so i can buy some more |
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Quoted: Sure. Or someone who sells the right model? Just never looked into it before...seems like something I need! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: 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! You might be able to buy one from Ruger if the gun was originally sold as a convertible. I've heard they won't sell a cylinder for a gun that wasn't originally sold as a convertible. |
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Some guys like the simplicity and cadence of a single action. Some get bored with the slow drill to dump the empty brass and get it reloaded
I would never sell my convertible Blackhawk in 357/9mm . Truth be mostly because it was the first pistol I purchased back in the mid 1970s. I don't think I have shot it in 6 or 7 years,too busy shooting my mess of S&W double action revolvers. |
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Quoted: Meh, I had both....and kept a Magnum Research BFR in Casull. .454 brass/ammo/components are a whole lot easier to find, and you can always shoot .45 Colt through the Casull. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: This. Even 400 grain slugs at 1200fps aren't bad to shoot with the Bisley grip. Meh, I had both....and kept a Magnum Research BFR in Casull. .454 brass/ammo/components are a whole lot easier to find, and you can always shoot .45 Colt through the Casull. I want a BFR in .45-70. Now that I have a .500(more powerful) I'm not sure if I can talk myself into it. One thing is for sure, pick your caliber-the BFR is a great gun. |
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Quoted: Because your other revolvers are boring and don't walk out the cylinder pin every few rounds. View Quote |
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Quoted: 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. https://a4.pbase.com/o9/72/325172/1/119814048.DytRmOeE.SuperBlackhawk3.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/20962/UbertiCattleman_jpg-3243987.JPG View Quote @AZ_Sky I have a 357 black hawk and a Uberti 45 colt and the Uberti is my favorite. Attached File |
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Quoted: Because your other revolvers are boring and don't walk out the cylinder pin every few rounds. View Quote Just a FYI…. You can get a shorter (bird’s head?) base pin. Shorter = less mass = less likely to walk under recoil. As a bonus, mine allows me to have full case ejection. (My other one never walked anyway, but I recognize that the problem exists) |
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Quoted: 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 View Quote You don't have one and you miss the ones you had. Reason enough. |
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Quoted: Meh, I had both....and kept a Magnum Research BFR in Casull. .454 brass/ammo/components are a whole lot easier to find, and you can always shoot .45 Colt through the Casull. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: This. Even 400 grain slugs at 1200fps aren't bad to shoot with the Bisley grip. Meh, I had both....and kept a Magnum Research BFR in Casull. .454 brass/ammo/components are a whole lot easier to find, and you can always shoot .45 Colt through the Casull. I have my eye on a short cylinder BFR in 500 JRH for just that reason. I can't understand why the few factory loads you can find for 480 now are 325 grain. If I wanted to shoot 325 grain bullets I'd just stick with 45 Colt or 44 Magnum. I want the heaviest bullet I can launch at 1000-1200 fps. |
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Quoted: Get a weird one like the .30 carbine version. Finally got one this year after years of finding reasons not to. View Quote That’s the Blackhawk I want. Need a 30 carbine to go with it, always thought that’d be a fun pair to have. Maybe throw in a Marlin levermatic in 30 carbine for the trifecta. |
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Is a .30 Carbine shooting 110-grain ball ammo any different than a .357 shooting 110-grain handloads?
I mean if digging severe muzzle blast is your thing. Both guns look (and sound) the same from the adjacent firing point at the range. |
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Quoted: Is a .30 Carbine shooting 110-grain ball ammo any different than a .357 shooting 110-grain handloads? I mean if digging severe muzzle blast is your thing. Both guns look (and sound) the same from the adjacent firing point at the range. View Quote Based on a quick read through my load book, they’re roughly equivalent. |
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bought the Stainless Blackhawk at the shop
Attached File used that trashed 28-2 that I got back from my mom as fodder towards it |
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Quoted: bought the Stainless Blackhawk at the shop https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/142208/IMG_20240626_133606766_HDR_jpg-3251226.JPG used that trashed 28-2 that I got back from my mom as fodder towards it View Quote Noice! JMHO you should add: https://shopruger.com/Single-Action-Smooth-Bonded-Simulated-Ivory-Grips/productinfo/19881/ That's what I did... Attached File |
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Quoted: Eh I could never really get into the .44Mag in a revolver....lever gun yes but not a wheel gun Also I had two Blackhawks before and really missed them View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Why not a redhawk? Eh I could never really get into the .44Mag in a revolver....lever gun yes but not a wheel gun Also I had two Blackhawks before and really missed them Redhawks come in .357 or .44 just like Blackhawks. It's a "Super" in .44 - so a Super Redhawk or Super Blackhawk. The difference is that Redhawks are double action. Blackhawks are single action only. |
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The biggest problem with buying a Ruger Blackhawk is you will want to buy a lever gun to go with it, then a couple holsters, a new set of grips and then it never ends. It's always something else you have to get with it.
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Quoted: bought the Stainless Blackhawk at the shop https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/142208/IMG_20240626_133606766_HDR_jpg-3251226.JPG used that trashed 28-2 that I got back from my mom as fodder towards it View Quote Nice! Congrats. |
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Quoted: Noice! JMHO you should add: https://shopruger.s3.amazonaws.com/products/19881.jpg https://shopruger.com/Single-Action-Smooth-Bonded-Simulated-Ivory-Grips/productinfo/19881/ That's what I did... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/328408/17C28100-DCDD-4781-ABE1-AEB6AE229ADE_jpeg-1002358.JPG View Quote For not much $ more, Chad at Chigs Grips will custom make simulated ivory grips if you send him your grip frame. He doesn't list fake ivory on the site. Email him and ask. https://chigsgrips.com/ruger-single-action-revolver-grips/ Attached File |
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Quoted: The biggest problem with buying a Ruger Blackhawk is you will want to buy a lever gun to go with it, then a couple holsters, a new set of grips and then it never ends. It's always something else you have to get with it. View Quote Somewhat guilty.... I also had the shop order me a new Ruger Marlin 1894 Classic in.357 |
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Quoted: Noice! JMHO you should add: https://shopruger.s3.amazonaws.com/products/19881.jpg https://shopruger.com/Single-Action-Smooth-Bonded-Simulated-Ivory-Grips/productinfo/19881/ That's what I did... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/328408/17C28100-DCDD-4781-ABE1-AEB6AE229ADE_jpeg-1002358.JPG View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: bought the Stainless Blackhawk at the shop https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/142208/IMG_20240626_133606766_HDR_jpg-3251226.JPG used that trashed 28-2 that I got back from my mom as fodder towards it Noice! JMHO you should add: https://shopruger.s3.amazonaws.com/products/19881.jpg https://shopruger.com/Single-Action-Smooth-Bonded-Simulated-Ivory-Grips/productinfo/19881/ That's what I did... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/328408/17C28100-DCDD-4781-ABE1-AEB6AE229ADE_jpeg-1002358.JPG Looks good but I think buffalo horn or ebony would look better on stainless. I like the black and "white" look. |
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Quoted: Redhawks come in .357 or .44 just like Blackhawks. It's a "Super" in .44 - so a Super Redhawk or Super Blackhawk. The difference is that Redhawks are double action. Blackhawks are single action only. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Why not a redhawk? Eh I could never really get into the .44Mag in a revolver....lever gun yes but not a wheel gun Also I had two Blackhawks before and really missed them Redhawks come in .357 or .44 just like Blackhawks. It's a "Super" in .44 - so a Super Redhawk or Super Blackhawk. The difference is that Redhawks are double action. Blackhawks are single action only. I had a plain Redhawk in .44 magnum. Nice gun. The Super is a stronger frame for the extra hot loads and has scallops in the topstrap for Ruget scope rings. Looks like a scaled up GP100 snubby, with the barrel hollowed out and a round barrel threaded in. Not saying they don't exist but I've never heard of a Redhawk in .357. ETA-there are also "Blackhawks" in .44 magnum. The Super is an upgraded trim pattern. |
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Quoted: I had a plain Redhawk in .44 magnum. Nice gun. The Super is a stronger frame for the extra hot loads and has scallops in the topstrap for Ruget scope rings. Looks like a scaled up GP100 snubby, with the barrel hollowed out and a round barrel threaded in. Not saying they don't exist but I've never heard of a Redhawk in .357. ETA-there are also "Blackhawks" in .44 magnum. The Super is an upgraded trim pattern. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Why not a redhawk? Eh I could never really get into the .44Mag in a revolver....lever gun yes but not a wheel gun Also I had two Blackhawks before and really missed them Redhawks come in .357 or .44 just like Blackhawks. It's a "Super" in .44 - so a Super Redhawk or Super Blackhawk. The difference is that Redhawks are double action. Blackhawks are single action only. I had a plain Redhawk in .44 magnum. Nice gun. The Super is a stronger frame for the extra hot loads and has scallops in the topstrap for Ruget scope rings. Looks like a scaled up GP100 snubby, with the barrel hollowed out and a round barrel threaded in. Not saying they don't exist but I've never heard of a Redhawk in .357. ETA-there are also "Blackhawks" in .44 magnum. The Super is an upgraded trim pattern. Ah gotcha |
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There is a nearly mint used one in .45 LC nearby for a great price but I don't have the cash for it
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You don’t. I don’t own and will never own anything with that piece of shits name on it
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.30 carbine Blackhawk is tons of fun.
i have an old model .357 Blackhawk I bought used long ago, it has a sweet trigger. |
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Quoted: 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. View Quote .41 magnum is on my list I actually don’t mind shooting full house Ruger loads in my 45LC 4-5/8” Blackhawk I also have a .44 mag 9-1/2” Super redhawk that is an absolute track driver. |
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A buttload of h110 is why I love my 45. Convertible. Hardly shoot acp because I have a ton of starline brass loaded with cast 350 gr.
Deer every year for the last six with it. Cary it all the time in the woods. |
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