Replacement .30 Carbine Blackhawk directly from Ruger

[jski]

By request of some readers, here is my replacement .30 Carbine Blackhawk.

One thing that seems different is the the small groove cut into the cylinder pin is gone. That groove allowed the pin to move along the outer covering for the ejector rod. With my new Blackhawk, the cylinder pin doesn't ride along this outer covering and hence, has no need for a groove.

Also, I must say this puppy seems more polished. The gap between cylinder and breach is smaller and the bluing is deeper. The one that was replaced dates back to circa 2003.

 

[jski]

BTW, the groove/notch was in the cylinder pin "collar" and not along the cylinder pin itself.

 

[44 AMP]

for those of us new to the story, WHY did you need a "replacement" .30 Blackhawk???

 

[jski]

On one chamber when the hammer was cocked, the cylinder had some play in it. There was "slop" in the mechanism as mechanical engineers put it. That's it.