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To: MileHi

There is one of those in a ruger blackhawk at my gunrunners shop !

Cool looking , yet I know squat about that caliber.....will read up !


85 posted on 08/15/2008 6:45:12 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Squantos

The Ruger Black Hawk was offered with a spare 9 mm cylinder for some reason. So the .357/.44 B&D was wildcatted as a necked down .44 mag case and the spare cylinder was reamed for it. The original had good ballistics but had a nasty habit of backing up and locking the cylinder up

There was a redo called the Dreadnaught that had a sharper shoulder to reduce that problem and it worked OK ( I have the specs). But then the .357 Maximum came out and they both failed togeather.

I don’t have either, but the .357 SIG seems to be the modern version. I want the Dreadnaught, and keep looking for the .357/9mm Black Hawk and the time to play...


90 posted on 08/15/2008 7:00:15 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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