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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)

Yep yep yep !!!

I remember the 357/9mm combo guns. I have the 45 auto spare cylinder combo with my 45 Colt Blackhawk.

93 posted on 08/15/2008 7:08:20 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet)

To: MileHi; Squantos

“But then the .357 Maximum came out and they both failed togeather.”

The market may have failed for the .357 max, but the cartridge certainly did not.

The max in a Ruger Black Hawk is a slick combination.

101 posted on 08/15/2008 7:30:40 PM PDT by Fichori (Obama's "Change we can believe in" means changing everything you love about America. For the worse.)

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