Big bore sixgun back in the corral

[Pat C]

Snagged a 1975 Ruger Super Blackhawk other day . This is second one Ive had the first was a terrible shooter so it went bye bye. Try one more time.

[Lastmohecken]

I bought one new in 1976, it was the 200th anniversary model. It had a couple of burs on the ratchet, and would skip cylinders. I was only 18 years old at the time, but I fixed with a file, and it was fine after that, but even though I had shot a lot of smaller calibers, I wasn't really ready for the big 44 and didn't shoot it all that good. I remember trading it for a Smith and Wesson K22 double action and I kept it for many years. It was a fine gun.

I later bought a used Super Blackhawk, just like that one you have, and on that one, I had a guy cut ports on each side of the front sight, and add a big set of those old Herritt Shooting Star oversized grips on it. That gun was a great shooter, I even won some bowling pin matches with it, competing against double actions and even 1911's. The pins were already full of lead and very heavy. That 44 mag always cleared them, and I had a great day that day. Stupid me! I sold it to a friend a few years later.

I owned a Stainless one, squared trigger guard and all a few years later, and it had a nice set of stag grips on it. Great shooting gun, and Stupid Me again, I ended up trading it back to the guy I bought it from, sometime after that.

Then, 7 or 8 years ago, I got a good deal on another blued one, just like yours. I put a set of stag grips on it, and it isn't going anywhere. All of mine loved 20 grains of 2400 behind a 210 grain jacked hollowpoint. I also had a pretty good cast lead load, 240 grain cast in front of some Unique, but I don't remember the load off hand. Those guns are getting harder to find used. If it shoots good, don't let it get away from you.

[765x53]

My first SBH was the 5 1/2" fluted cylinder model. It shot well enough but, some cartridge rims would bind on the ratchet and not seat. I sent it to Ruger and they fit a new cylinder. I added a Bowen rear sight and an Al Story steel ejector housing and bullseye ejector, making it all steel. Much later I acquired a 7 1/2" model giving it a Bowen Rough Country sight and the same Story ejector rod and ejector. They both do very well with my plinking load of IMR 4227 and my 240 grain Lee TL SWC's.

[Pat C]

Just and old shooter grade sixgun , plenty of holster wear and even few pits on cylinder from being stored in holster. You can tell its got some miles under it.

[JimT]

A well used but not abused sixgun is a beautiful piece of machinery!

[Scott Tschirhart]

I think a little honest wear makes a sixgun more attractive.

[Walt]

I have several Super Blackhawks. Back when I was doing my best shooting about 30 years ago, my stainless 7 1/2" SBH was the gun I shot the very best. My load was the Lyman 429421 in front of 20.5 gr of 2400 and I could usually keep five out of five shots on a 12" gong at 100 yards offhand. I can't do that any more, regrettably.

I also have an Old Model SBH which is buttery smooth and shoots quite well, a 4 5/8" model and a Bisley SBH that I shortened from 7 1/2 to 5 1/2", the latter two of which have round trigger guards.

[Pat C]

I wanted anouther pre warning SB this one 1975. Ill need to replace base pin as the notch is rounded and probably will send it out upon firing . This one shows throat of .432" and bore of .431" . Alignment is good , end shake was around. 003" and B/C gap at .006"

I think I will order Skinner Belt Mountain base pin and Steel ejector housing.

[Walt]

You have a nice setup, Pat. They're great shooters if you don't mind the long barrel. I guess I had forgotten that Andy had purchased Belt Mountain. Wonderful!

[Pat C]

Just checked and he's already sold out of the Blued Supers.
I'll wait because I need one for my single six rebuild..I had a 1976 SB years ago it was not accurate with factory loads at all.And I had to get new pin from Ruger for it. Hopefully this one shoots

[Pat C]

The base pin has double the wear my old SB had. Doubtful it would stay in place with 44 Mag.

I still had the old replaced SB pin from my other .Ill order a new one and wait for Skinner BM pin.

[Streetstar]

Got a long barrel .45 Colt version (not the Super obviously) ---

I love the way it shoots --- unlike a snappy 44 mag though, this one reminds me of an M79 grenade launcher -- bloop- bloop - bloop --
when shooting at distance

I just havent settled on how to carry the darn thing in an unobtrusive manner when im woods walking ---- but the accuracy is great and its fun

[Griff]

When I thought about getting into Silhouette shooting, I wanted a 10-½" Blackhawk in 45 Colt... or, preferably a Seville, or a Virginian Dragoon. Never have found one at my price point. Probably, because I'm cheap! And less likely as the years go by... Interest has waned somewhat also. Getting down and up from that weird prone position, is nigh impossible without help. Creedmoor Shooting Position But... I'd sure love to shoot one, nonetheless!

[Pat C]

Had a chance to blueprint the SBH today .

Throats- .4325"
Grooves- .4305"
Endshake .003"
BC Gap .004"

[Bill in Oregon]

I've been shooting sixguns since high school fifty-some years ago, and I don't know half the stuff you guys are educating me on in this thread. Thank you.

[Steve in MO]

About a month ago I picked up an OM Super Blackhawk from Gunbroker. It was a chance thing, I bid a low price and actually won! There's an odd mark on the cylinder and a couple of small blemishes on the barrel, but hardly any turn line and locks up tight. I have to find some new grips for it, though. It has some Herrett's on it that were made for someone with hands the size of Chuck Connors.

[Pat C]

We had Herrett stocks on the other SBH but I didn't like looks.
I like the plain old factory black walnut. Once I get the oversize cylinder latch and base pin Ill be ready to test fire it.

[High Desert Hunter]

My first Super was a 90s model I purchased off of a fellow NCO in Alaska, he said he couldn't hardly hit a 55 gallon drum at 25 yards with it and he had a 44 Desert Eagle on layaway. $200 got me the pistol, 140 rounds of 240gr JSP ammo and an Uncle Mike's shoulder rig with ammo wallet for 10 rounds. I put north of 5000 rounds through that pistol, it was almost as accurate as the 454 Super Redhawk my lovely bride bought for me 8 months later. Pop cans at 50 yards never stood a chance and weren't safe at 100 either. It needed a taller front sight the entire time I owned it, and it digested thousands of 429421 bullets and H110 with a bunch of Lee 310gr soup can bullets thrown in. About 13 years ago I noticed a crack in the barrel at the forcing cone, sent it to Ruger and they deemed it unrepairable. Gave me 50% off a new one, got the Bisley version, bet I haven't put 200 rounds through it. No where near as accurate, and the fit and finish was borderline atrocious. I put a lot more rounds through my Freedom Arms model 83 than any of my Rugers except for the 5 1/2" SS Bisley 45 Colt from the early 2000s. Enjoy your "new" shootin iron!
Dave

[Walt]

Back when I got my first SBH I switched between the original grips, Hogues, Herretts, Uncle Mikes, Pachmyers and then went back to the original dark walnuts. I've stuck with them ever since. Also, I can shoot better with the old "plowhandle" grip frame guns than with my Bisley-frame .44 mag.

[AJMD429]

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I also got a 200th-year commemorative Super Blackhawk in 1976 as a senior in high school. It was my first centerfire firearm, followed closely by a Marlin 1894 to match cartridge's (my other two firearms at the time or a Ruger Mark-I pistol and 10/22 rifle so that way I had four guns and still only needed to stock two cartridges).

I had a local gunsmith take off the front sight and replace it with a gold bead on a ramp I put on a rifle, and I made my own replacement blade for the rear sight using a V notch instead of a square notch. That was so much easier for me to shoot Accurately that way.

Forty years later, I discovered the thing we all know as the Bisley grip, when I picked up a used 357 Mag Vaquero with the Bisley grip.
It was so easy and sweet to shoot, but I wondered whether it was the difference in cartridge or the difference in grip. I wound up buying a Ruger Bisley ‘Hunter’ later on to test that theory, and realized I wanted every single action revolver I touched to have the Bisley grip…! Eventually, I purchased a separate grip frame and hefaced my original 200th year model with it, but it is so much easier on my hands.

The issue is that my fingers are long and skinny, and just the right length so that instead of the flat part (dorsal surface of the middle phalanx) of my middle finger being right behind the trigger guard, it is my middle knuckle (middle interphalangeal joint). A square trigger guard includes the ring finger in the drama.

But otherwise, the Super Blackhawk is an awesome creation in all of its variations. Maybe only rivaled by the regular Redhawk.