BlackBart66
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Hello All...I am new to the forum so I hope I am posting this in the right place. I have decided to buy a blued .357 Magnum Blackhawk with the 4 5/8” barrel....I just really like the gun and it will be a great big-bore companion to my Single Six.
My local gunshop has a used “unfired” 1978 New Model .357 Blackhawk at a price pretty close to that being asked for a band new gun. It does include the original box and holster, and does look to be unfired...or fired very little. It has the factory wood grips also, which the brand new 2018 gun does not (rubber grips on that).
My question to folks who really know Rugers is: Were the guns made in 1978 considered better in any way than those newly-manufactured today? For instance, was there more hand fitting, etc.? Or are the newest guns made on the latest machines considered superior to those Blackhawks made 40 years ago? Thanks for your thoughts....again, the price difference is not enough to sway me on its own.
My local gunshop has a used “unfired” 1978 New Model .357 Blackhawk at a price pretty close to that being asked for a band new gun. It does include the original box and holster, and does look to be unfired...or fired very little. It has the factory wood grips also, which the brand new 2018 gun does not (rubber grips on that).
My question to folks who really know Rugers is: Were the guns made in 1978 considered better in any way than those newly-manufactured today? For instance, was there more hand fitting, etc.? Or are the newest guns made on the latest machines considered superior to those Blackhawks made 40 years ago? Thanks for your thoughts....again, the price difference is not enough to sway me on its own.