Keith also asked for a Bisley style wide hammer spur, Length of grip and room behind the guard. Recommended the old square-back second Dragoon grip with ample In Elmer Keith’s 2 nd edition of his greatīook, Sixguns, published in 1961, he says that he Elmer Keith also suggested that style grip frame. “Dragoon” style grip frame along with some other improvements. Glass told me personally that he suggested the Ruger received and incorporated several refinements Helped to tame the heavy recoil of the hot. The Super’s extra mass and larger grip frame Many of the early guns had beautiful dark burled finely Trademark black eagle on a silver medallion adorned the new Varnished walnut grip panels with a Ruger It also had a standardħ-1/2” barrel versus the standard 6-1/2” barrel on the. Serrated trigger, and an unfluted cylinder. Further, the Super featured a wide spur hammer, a wider Protect the MICRO marked rear sight when it was inįrame was a longer “Dragoon” style with a squareīack trigger guard, where the Blackhawk utilized a smaller Coltįrame, reference number XR3. Protective rear sight ribs, or Ruger patented integralĪdded to the Super’s cylinder frame to help stabilize and Is attributed to the Super being fitted with a steel grip frameĪnd other beefed up parts. Ruger’s original offering, the Blackhawk. Improvements in the Super Blackhawk that set it apart from 22 caliber rimfire revolver and Blackhawk Included in the barrel address versus on the cylinder frame like found Produced in Ruger’s new expanded facility in Southport,Īlso the first Ruger revolver to have the trademark Eagle logo The Super Blackhawk was the first revolver to be The Super Blackhawk is marked on the left side Over 600,000 of the new models have been sold to date. Super Blackhawk today, with its New Model safety barĬonfiguration that was introduced in 1974, continues to retain Super became an immediate hit with shooters, hunters, and The Super’s catalog number was S47 and the introductory This was just three short years after introducing their “Blackhawk”. 44 Magnum single-action revolver in Septemberġ959 and shipping began in November 1959. This article is dedicated in memory of myįriend Lynn Laudise who helped educate me and found me aīlackhawk”.
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