Blackhawk vs. Vaquero vs. SBH

For whatever its worth, all of my .45s are 1980~1990 vintage, and have all steel grip frames and ejector rod housings. A couple of them have cam-cut ejector rod housings and crescent ejector rod heads. This by my own doing.

Bob Wright
 
In the past week the price on the website for the SASS version has dropped by ~$800, and it no longer says anything about a pair. So I assume there were enough people that wanted one (but not 2) for them to decide to offer to sell them one at a time.

Is the grip frame interchangeable between the bisleys and the standard grips? I very much like the look of an unfluted cylinder, but it seems to be avalable on the SBH or on the bisely .45's.
Would it be possible to buy a bisely gun and then change the grip frame to the standard handle? Or install the cylender from a bisley into a standard BH?
 
They were sold with consecutive serial numbers in a two gun plastic carrying case. Perhaps they decided to split them up; its the first I've heard of it though.

These guns are new Vaqueros built on the "medium" frame so the cylinder is smaller than the one on the large frame Blackhawk. I'm pretty sure the .45 Colt Bisleys are built on the large frame.

There is a medium frame Bisley New Vaquero out there in Stainless and I understand its grip frame will interchange. The cylinder is fluted but it does have the Bisley hammer which is a lowered hammer just not as wide as the Montado hammer on the SASS Edition guns. You might want to take a look at those; here is a link: http://www.ruger.com/products/vaqueroBisley/models.html
 
Blackhawk vs. Vaquero?

You cannot make a bad choice here.

The cool factor on these guns is off the chart.

They can be handed own to the next generation and the next!

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This .45 Colt Blackhawk, or Super Blackhawk if you will, was originally a Bisley:

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And this Bisley started ut life as a .45 Blackhawk. (Its now a Blackhawk again)

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Most parts completely interchange pretty easily, especially hammers and grip frames. The Bisley hammer can be put on a Blackhawk, though some opening up of the hammer slot is required on the grip frame.

Bob Wright
 
Probably my favorite revolver is a Blackhawk (or better yet, Bisley Blackhawk) .45 Colt convertible model. I suggest the convertible model because for just a little extra, you get a .45 ACP cylinder so you have two cartridges and a wide range of loads and power levels available.

You can load the .45 Colt warm, to meet and even exceed the 44 Magnum, and with the ACP cylinder you can not only shoot .45 ACP, but also the more potent .45 Super. There is even an article on "Ruger only" .45 ACP loads that mimic the 460 Rowland.

Very versatile and affordable and a LOT of fun to shoot, a lot of bang for your buck. Ruger offers the convertible Blackhawk .45 Colt/.45 ACP in blued and stainless with 4 5/8" - 7 1/2" barrels. There are some 5.5" stainless Bisley convertible models too, I just picked one up.

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so close.

My wife (while I was in the car) pulled in to the local gun store by mistake today. I managed to convince her that it was a sign, and if they had a SS blackhawk/SBH I should get it. She actually agreed, but it was not there. There was one Sa ruger, but it was blued and not at all what I wanted.
Apparently they need to make room for AR's and other things that might not be around in a while.
maybe next time.
 
Darn you guys all to heck! All those SA pics are makin' me want to make some space in the vault.

Man, there are some gorgeous SA pistols here..:)


Sgt Lumpy - n0eq
 
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