Ruger Super Blackhawk?

I was torn between a Super Blackhawk and the Smith. Went with the Smith because of the trigger and decided I liked the double action better. Would still like to pick one up eventually. Love shooting the 44's
 
i have the redhawk my brother has two of them they are hard to beat if you like single action the blackhawk is the one to get you wont regret it
 
Don't have the super, but opted for the Blackhawk in 45 cal, 4 5/8, stainless. It's either that or the Colt when I'm out and about.
 
I bought mine brand new in 1973. It was one of the last of the 3 screw models. In the mid 90's and after around 70,000 rounds of shooting I had to send it back to Ruger for a new barrel. They put a new tube on it, all new screws, and reblued it for $70 something. Not bad. Alas, they put the transfer bar safety in it as well, but eh, what the heck. Like a new gun after that.

A year or so later I sent it to Magnaport and had it tricked out with an action job, barrel shortening and porting. It will outshoot any of my other 44 magnums that I own now or have ever owned. I will never shoot another 70,000 rounds through it, but nice to know that the gun will take it if I wanted to.
 
I've got one in the Hunter model in .44mag. The trigger is excellent on this one. Shes a real shooter. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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I have one of the older three screw models (late 60's early 70's) that I got from my father in law. I don't think mine has seen anywhere near 70,000 rounds, but it's sure a nice gun. Not to mention with the 7.5 inch barrel it's a hog leg when you pull it out.
 
Lots of folks wonder about that 70,000 round figure. If anything, this may be on the low side. I shot hundreds of rounds every week through this gun for the first several years that I owned it. I just loved shooting that big boomer with 23 grains of 2400 with the Sierra JHC bullet. I shot it and shot it and shot it and shot it. No more. Once cylinder full every month or two does me fine nowadays.

But I have tried to wear out a SB and it wore me out instead. I have two grandsons that I hope will be fighting over which one gets this gun someday, but I doubt that either of them will ever wear it out either!
 
I have one and LOVE it. Do yourself a favor and buy a Wolfe spring kit for it and clean that trigger up, then replace the cylinder pin with one from belt mountain.
 
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I have one and LOVE it. Do yourself a favor and buy a Wolfe spring kit for it and clean that trigger up, then replace the cylinder pin with one from belt mountain.



Ditto here. I have one with the 5.5" barrel. Trigger was terrible until I did as above. One other problem, even with the rear sight all the way down, it still shoots too high. Looks like I am going to have to get a 'smith to build up the front sight (or any other ideas?).
 
I got my first Super Blackhawk in 1965 and it was complemented with a Ruger Semi-Auto Carbiine. Both were dead reliable and blast to shoot. The early ones were finished better than what's out there now. The hunter model with the grooved barrel is great with a 2-4 power LER scope or red-dot. My first one had better lock timing than the 3 others. The locktime is a little slow compaired to many good double actions, but you get used to it. You need oversized grips to manage the heavy loads, or it has a tendency to roll back in your grip. Beware of old ones that have been drilled and tapped for scope mounts. Some were badly botched by would-be gunsmiths.
 
I spent some time behing a Blackhawk in 41 mag, years behing the Redhawk and Super Redhawk and my old hunting partner now shoots a Blackhawk in 45 colt with a 45 acp extra cylinder. These are well made solid guns.

It you want the utmost for wear and tear get the stainless version. Ruger has one of the toughest stainless steels on the market. Got a friend whom had one in his safe when Katrina went thru. It got flooded with saltwater and all the ruger stainless guns made it after weeks of immersion.
 
I have a SB Bisley Hunter and love it. Just got it late summer. Put a red dot on it and am very confident out to 50 yards. I think I could take it out to 100, but haven't shot it enough to be real sure of a 100 yard shot.
 
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I got my first Super Blackhawk in 1965 and it was complemented with a Ruger Semi-Auto Carbiine. Both were dead reliable and blast to shoot. The early ones were finished better than what's out there now. The hunter model with the grooved barrel is great with a 2-4 power LER scope or red-dot. My first one had better lock timing than the 3 others. The locktime is a little slow compaired to many good double actions, but you get used to it. You need oversized grips to manage the heavy loads, or it has a tendency to roll back in your grip. Beware of old ones that have been drilled and tapped for scope mounts. Some were badly botched by would-be gunsmiths.



What kind of over-sized grips did you use?
 
I have Hogue rubber grips on mine . They feel good but they slip off because of the bottom mount bracket . I would not buy them again . I even talked to Hogue and they sent me a new bracket. I would look at some with a standard through the grip screw . Maybe Harret's?
 
I had Herrett's Shooting Stars on mine but that was a long time back. Don't know what's good now. I have Hogues on my Raging Bull that came from the factory, and they work fine for me.
 


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