I have one of the 50th Anneversary Blackhawks, and goodness, it's a nice piece. Handsome in a simple way, and just that little bit less bulky than the full-sized New Model Blackhawks.
It appears to be built on the same size frame as the New Vaquero. It has the "reverse-indexing pawl" mechanism, so I suspect its internals are the same as the New Vaquero also.
I recently sent a letter to Ruger saying "If, having tooled up to manufacture these, you really do stop making them after only one year, you're doing yourself a great disservice." I suggested they continue making them in .357. I also suggested they try .44 Special, just to have something different, something the gun cranks like me would like.
I said that my fellow shooters and I would "bark like seals to get our hands on somehting like that." A line I stole from someone else here, I think. But that's not the point, that's not the question.
The question is... was I right?
It appears to be built on the same size frame as the New Vaquero. It has the "reverse-indexing pawl" mechanism, so I suspect its internals are the same as the New Vaquero also.
I recently sent a letter to Ruger saying "If, having tooled up to manufacture these, you really do stop making them after only one year, you're doing yourself a great disservice." I suggested they continue making them in .357. I also suggested they try .44 Special, just to have something different, something the gun cranks like me would like.
I said that my fellow shooters and I would "bark like seals to get our hands on somehting like that." A line I stole from someone else here, I think. But that's not the point, that's not the question.
The question is... was I right?