Super BH Help

Includes all Pre-1973 Old model Single-Sixes, Blackhawks,
Super Blackhawks, Bearcats, Super Bearcats, Hawkeye
and Black Powder Old Army.
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JAYDAWG
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Super BH Help

Post by JAYDAWG »

Need some help as all my reference books are still boxed up in the shipping container waiting for my shop to be finished.

Stopped by a gun shop today and there was a New Model Super Blackhawk with a highly polished blued finish serial # 81-01246. A quick look at the Ruger site shows the beginning serial for the new models in 1974 was 81-12401.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me.
Thanks,
JAY
I do not "own" these guns, I am but the next caretaker
67stingray
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Re: Super BH Help

Post by 67stingray »

Jay, according to RENE, you are correct that 1974 started with 81-12401, but the New Model Super Blackhawks started in 1973 with serial number 81-00001.
Bennett
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JAYDAWG
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Re: Super BH Help

Post by JAYDAWG »

Bennett,
THANK YOU.
Like I said, all my reference material is boxed, RENE included.
Looks like the Ruger site only has 1974 as the first year for the SBH.

Thanks again,
JAY
I do not "own" these guns, I am but the next caretaker
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