Walt Longmire Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Years ago I purchased a stainless Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 magnum. Has the 5.5 barrel. What makes it different is that it came with the smaller Blackhawk grip. Ruger made a run of them for one of their jobbers. I heard there was something like 1500-3000 made in that run. Could have been more later, or maybe not. I gave it to my son a long time ago. Pulled it from the safe and took it for a walk. Still just as fun to shoot as ever. Blasted a stump to Kingdom Come. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Walt Longmire said: Years ago I purchased a stainless Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 magnum. Has the 5.5 barrel. What makes it different is that it came with the smaller Blackhawk grip. Ruger made a run of them for one of their jobbers. I heard there was something like 1500-3000 made in that run. Could have been more later, or maybe not. I gave it to my son a long time ago. Pulled it from the safe and took it for a walk. Still just as fun to shoot as ever. Blasted a stump to Kingdom Come. Need pix of the gun and the stump 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Those guns are built like bank vaults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 SBHs are nice! After a series of trading, selling, and thievery, I find myself without a .44 Mag. I still have a couple of .44 Specials and a shipload of .44 Mag reloads, but no launcher. So I'm looking for a good deal on one. Alas, anyone with one is aware of their value and won't sell to me cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 I forgot to mention. It also has the fluted cylinder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 A 45 ounce pistol soaks up recoil pretty nicely. But, it was .44 magnum, wasn't it. I took my 52 ounce Redhawk .357 to the range yesterday. The heft of the beast really tames .357. But, after awhile, the gun starts to feel a little hefty. TOP: Ruger Redhawk chambered in .44 Magnum (six round capacity). BOTTOM: Ruger Redhawk chambered in .357 Magnum (eight round capacity). The .357 can utilize moon clips and ejects rounds with or without moon clips (clip pictured leaning near the trigger guard). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 29 minutes ago, minervadoe said: A 45 ounce pistol soaks up recoil pretty nicely. But, it was .44 magnum, wasn't it. I took my 52 ounce Redhawk .357 to the range yesterday. The heft of the beast really tames .357. But, after awhile, the gun starts to feel a little hefty. TOP: Ruger Redhawk chambered in .44 Magnum (six round capacity). BOTTOM: Ruger Redhawk chambered in .357 Magnum (eight round capacity). The .357 can utilize moon clips and ejects rounds with or without moon clips (clip pictured leaning near the trigger guard). I have an early Redhawk in .357 with a 7.5 barrel. The hottest loads are like plinking with a .38 Special. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Walt Longmire said: I have an early Redhawk in .357 with a 7.5 barrel. The hottest loads are like plinking with a .38 Special. It just makes it a lot of fun to shoot a powerful cartridge. A Blackhawk in .357 is at the top of my bucket list. How's the trigger? That would be my main reason for buying one. But, when I shake the money tree, nothing falls out (after I had to spend my birthday money on a new computer ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 5 hours ago, minervadoe said: It just makes it a lot of fun to shoot a powerful cartridge. A Blackhawk in .357 is at the top of my bucket list. How's the trigger? That would be my main reason for buying one. But, when I shake the money tree, nothing falls out (after I had to spend my birthday money on a new computer ). I bought the SBH with the Blackhawk grip unused at a pawn shop. Also bought the 7.5 inch Redhawk .357 at a pawn shop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 17 hours ago, gwalchmai said: SBHs are nice! After a series of trading, selling, and thievery, I find myself without a .44 Mag. I still have a couple of .44 Specials and a shipload of .44 Mag reloads, but no launcher. So I'm looking for a good deal on one. Alas, anyone with one is aware of their value and won't sell to me cheap. A feller shouldn't get buried unless he's owned and shot a lot of hand loads out of a Blackhawk, Redhawk and Model 29. Own and shoot them all. NB when you fire the first .44 Remington Magnum cartridge at the local range, folks tend to peek around the dividers with that, What the Hell was that? look on their faces. I always requested a lane next to the wall. If you were in a lane next to me, the muzzle blast from my Blackhawk would ruffle your hair some. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyzz Kydd Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Ruger makes good guns. Vaqueros are the standard by which all pistols are measured in SASS. Take a Vaquero, chamfer the edges of the cylinder face and ejector housing, take out the transfer bar and weld up the hammer, smooth all the internals, cut a half cock notch, move the trigger back and reduce trigger pull to 1.25 ounces and you have a gun that will outrun most semiautos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 12 hours ago, tous said: A feller shouldn't get buried unless he's owned and shot a lot of hand loads out of a Blackhawk, Redhawk and Model 29. Own and shoot them all. NB when you fire the first .44 Remington Magnum cartridge at the local range, folks tend to peek around the dividers with that, What the Hell was that? look on their faces. I always requested a lane next to the wall. If you were in a lane next to me, the muzzle blast from my Blackhawk would ruffle your hair some. The .454 with full hose loads tends to attract a lot of attention also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pogey Bait Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 I know what you're thinking Did he fire 6 shots or only 5 Well, in all the excitement I kinda lost track But see'ins how this is a .44 magnum, the world's most powerful handgun and would blow your head clean off you gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk? Yea I know. Not a model 29 but a 629. She's a handful with full house loads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 3 hours ago, Pogey Bait said: I know what you're thinking Did he fire 6 shots or only 5 Well, in all the excitement I kinda lost track But see'ins how this is a .44 magnum, the world's most powerful handgun and would blow your head clean off you gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk? Yea I know. Not a model 29 but a 629. She's a handful with full house loads. I have a bunch of very collectible Smiths including a very early 29 4" shortly after they started stamping the model number in the yoke. 1956-7. It's a 4 screw. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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