The ejector rod housing is made of aluminum alloy rather than steel, but most of the metal on this popper is ferrous. This was one of my first firearm purchases ever, and it’s been good to me, although I have never taken any big game with it. This particular one has a 7.5-inch barrel and was made around 1981. Right side of Ruger New Model Super Blackhawk 44 magnum single action revolver.
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These new versions were called “New Model” and were met with both cheers and jeers by handgun lovers cheers because now they could more safely carry a single action revolver with a full load of 6 rounds in the cylinder, and jeers because the trigger pull was not as nice and the cylinder indexing can make loading and unloading a pain the butt. Another notable feature is that no movement of the hammer is required to load or unload the redesigned revolvers, because the loading gate itself releases the cylinder when opened. The 44 mag was a bit much for the Blackhawk’s frame, and a few years later that chambering moved to a beefed-up wheel gun dubbed the Super Blackhawk.įast-forward to 1973, when William Batterman Ruger, ever the tinkerer, decided to overhaul his single action designs to make them safer by preventing the hammer from ever touching the firing pin directly. One year later the 44 Remington Magnum made its entrance, and the first single action revolver available for that round was Bill Ruger’s Flat Top Blackhawk 44. Ruger’s first centerfire handgun was the Blackhawk, introduced in 1955 to great success. We’ve been talking Ruger 44 magnums lately, so why not keep it going? Here’s a look at a New Model Super Blackhawk single action revolver chambered for 44 Remington Magnum.
The Ruger New Model Super Blackhawk 44 Magnum Revolver
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