1969 Ruger Blackhawk

If you are looking just for a value, there is no way anyone can give you an accurate assessment with the limited info you have provided...

We would need detailed pics of the gun, knowledge of whether you have the box, shipping sleeve, and papers, and pictures of all that is included...

With your current info I can easily assure you that it is worth between $200 and $1,000 dollars...
 
I don't have the papers or original box. I soon as I can figure out how to post pictures i will. This is my first time using this site
 
This site requires that your picture be hosted elsewhere on the net, and then you click the icon above the text box...The icon is fourth from the right, and is a cheesy example of a picture of a 'mountain'...It is square, and sorta cream colored...

You then paste the URL of the picture in the box and hit 'OK'...

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The revolver would go for around $450 in these parts. I assume the rear sight has been removed for the scope mount? If you don't have that, it may decrease the value a bit.
 
How did you come up with the $450? I seen the newer model Blackhawk go for $450 used. I never took the scope mount off. But yes I would think that the rear sight was taken off
 
The collector value for the gun is decreased because it's missing the rear sight and the scope mount has likely marred the finish. $450 to $500 max, with scope, is my guess.

Jim
 
I just bought one like that for $425, with a little more finish wear. I purchased the 4.5" version a month ago for $300, with a lot of normal finish wear, but no pitting. I had that one re-blued and the frame case colored. Take a look on gunbroker at the used auctions and see what they SOLD for (not what they are asking) and you will find them all day long for $400 - $500. They aren't that hard to find. The older flat-tops will bring more money.
 
Max value around here in perfect condition would be about $500.

krcjr said:
This gun as never been sent back for the recall, it does not have the transfer bar over the firing pin.
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I wouldn't bother to send it in for the recall. I sent a couple of Blackhawks back to Ruger for the recall and they came back with the GRITTIEST, SORRIEST triggers I have ever felt on a single action. At least they send the original parts back. I have the recall parts in zip-lock bags somewhere.
 
Here's what happens:

Q. "I just bought this. What's it worth?"

A. "I think around $XX."

Q. "What? How can you say that that?" (Apparently Q paid a lot more.)

Here's my solution:

Q. "I just bought this. What's it worth?"

Me. "You just bought it and you're asking what it's worth? I'd say it's worth exactly what you paid for it."

Value estimates has to be the top question on these forums, but it's impossible to make an accurate assessment. Way too many variables.
 
Some of the older scope mounts require that the frame be drilled and tapped. Collectors will reduce the price if that is the case. The other factor is the caliber, 357 magnum which is about the most common blackhawk of that era. If you like the revolver, I would keep it as some of the old blackhawks had very nice triggers. YMMV
 
Be aware that if you send the gun to Ruger, for ANY reason, they will convert it to the new model lockwork. And they will do this even if you specifically tell them not to.

They have to, as part of the legal settlement that created the New Model system in the first place.
 
We all like to think our gun is Special most likely it is not ,
A Ruger is nothing special just one more Ruger ,

If I was buying your gun $300.00 would be tops it is not number one is it ,
Some People pay way more than a thing is worth ,
 
Q. "I just bought this. What's it worth?"

Me. "You just bought it and you're asking what it's worth? I'd say it's worth exactly what you paid for it."
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^^^^^^^This

If you are just looking to validate what you paid for it, you should have done your research before you bought it, not after the fact.

Not trying to be a dick, but we see these type of posts all the time. I have seen posters get really butthurt over the fact that the general consensus of opinion doesn't agree with their preconceived notion of value and or rarity/desirability.

In the meantime enjoy the fact that you got a great revolver. If you paid a little too much for it, so be it. I have been buying guns for many years and every once in a while I still let my emotions override my common sense and pay a little more than I should.
 
44 AMP said:
Be aware that if you send the gun to Ruger, for ANY reason, they will convert it to the new model lockwork. And they will do this even if you specifically tell them not to.
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That is true. But the conversion does NOT modify the gun in any way except for the substitution of the drop-in conversion parts in place of the originals. They send the original parts back to you with the gun and it takes about 2 minutes to put them back into the gun in place of the conversion parts.
 
If you intend to use the gun without the scope, just order a replacement adjustable sight (provided the top strap was not cut to fit the scope mount).

Those old 3 screw Blackhawks are fun to shoot. I bought mine new in 1968 - it has never been altered to the transfer bar safety, which most of the Ruger accumulators/collectors don't care for on the old ones:

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I have an older 3 screw 44 that was born in 58 and it is a pleasure to shoot. I will agree with the others that a gun is worth what you will pay for it. That is why I put myself on a 24hr hold to stop myself from impulse buys:o, unless I know its a steal. So what did you pay for your gun and what do you think its worth? I use gunbroker and check to see what the guns sold for and not what they list for,
 
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