Guess I’m a dinosaur

[ACORN]

A couple weeks ago I visited a local shop and spotted a clean Ruger Super Blackhawk from 1978-1979 with the manual, box and shipper. Wouldn't be surprised if it was unfired but low round count at the minimum. I've kinda been on the lookout for one, but didn't buy it. Last weekend the panic hit. I went back and the little shop was jammed. You had to take a number, which I did. There were 37 numbers before mine. I waited for about 45 minutes and left. In that time they had called for 1 number. Went back today and it was still there. So I put money down on it. The rest of the shelves resembled Mother Hubbards cupboard but there were many revolvers and some single actions. I guess not many like cowboy guns in this age of plastic fantastics.
(SIGH!) Guess I'm a dinosaur.

 

[JayFramer]

A man, so armed with a Colt's Army Action Single, CANNOT BE TAKEN.

 

[Valmet]

You surely won't regret it OP. Those guns are built like bank vaults.

 

[jbtrucker]

I bought a reduced priced M10 three weeks ago LGS/range and later seen other older model revolvers reduced half priced. Everyone was buying up the cheaper polymer guns. Congratulations on the Blachawk

 

[UncleEd]

When I've been in a LGS the same question seems
to come up by perspective buyers, especially looking
at autos and the polymers in particular: How many
bullets does it carry?

Any answer under 15 is a turnoff.

If said customer looks at a "pocket" auto and learns
it only carries 6 or 7, it is immediately dropped like
it has the plague.

Often 1911s fare no better than wheelguns among the
new shooters because of their "low" capacity.

Movies often show extreme fire power confrontations.
And in those firefights, people learn they need more
and more and more ammo because 95 percent are misses.

 

[Bubba2014]

I like 1911's, but it is very hard to beat a good revolver, especially an older model Colt or S&W.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

OP, you are not alone. Another revolver guy here.

 

[hogblue]

SIX shot smiths and 1911's. Well placed shots are 100% better than the spray and pray plastical tacticals all the younger crowd wants today.

125 gr jhp 357 is still the one shot stopper I rely on.

 

[GypsmJim]

I hunt with an Encore. If I can't take a deer with one shot, I won't hunt.

I target shoot using multiple magazines, each only loaded with 5 rounds. No reason, that's just the way I do it.

I live in NY. Can't legally own a mag more than a 10 round capacity, and we can't legally load more than 7 rounds.

Of course I comply with the law, but regardless I just don't see the need.

 

[k22fan]

Super Bs tend to be very tight grouping revolvers. I much prefer their larger grip over the standard Blackhawk MR3Red. I let them roll in my hand until the muzzle nearly points up. Doing that makes firing standard .44 Magnum cartridges more comfortable than firing them in N frames. Super Bs are great revolvers for hobbyists and hunters. Never mind the kids. You are just as likely to need your Super B. to fight off Big Foot as the "plastical tactical" buyers are to need their new pistol to fight off who ever they're worried about.

 

[Protected One]

A couple weeks ago I visited a local shop and spotted a clean Ruger Super Blackhawk from 1978-1979 with the manual, box and shipper. Wouldn't be surprised if it was unfired but low round count at the minimum. I've kinda been on the lookout for one, but didn't buy it. Last weekend the panic hit. I went back and the little shop was jammed. You had to take a number, which I did. There were 37 numbers before mine. I waited for about 45 minutes and left. In that time they had called for 1 number. Went back today and it was still there. So I put money down on it. The rest of the shelves resembled Mother Hubbards cupboard but there were many revolvers and some single actions. I guess not many like cowboy guns in this age of plastic fantastics.
(SIGH!) Guess I'm a dinosaur.

I suspect that the majority of the people who are jamming gun shops today are not people like US - experienced current gun owners. They are first time gun buyers looking to equip themselves with a firearm out of fear of what they imagine could happen due to the coronavirus. As such, they have no idea what a Super Blackhawk represents...nor does it fall within their "price point".
Congratulations on your find!

 

[pantannojack]

My hot rod is a six cylinder

Three decades ago I was new to club range shooting. I had been a desert junkyard shooter until they got crowded and unsafe. Someone at the new club suggested shooting at metal plates about 7-10 yards and timing us. The auto boys thought they were supposed to empty 3 magazines in order to hit all 8 targets. When my turn came up I calmly aimed my Ruger Blackhawk 45 Colt and shot six targets, I ejected one empty, loaded one round then turned the cylinder and repeated with another round. I registered the cylinder, shot two more targets. I had the fasted time and won a trophy hat. Single actions are for men, spray and prey is for sissys.

 

[Krogen]

Hello fellow dinosaur! I get it! I delight in single-shots.

 

[jake1945]

Back in 1989, I won first place in production class using an old model Super Blackhawk in silhouette shooting competition. I reloaded the 44 mag to a little over max load using 2400 powder and my own cast bullets. Recoil was brutal, but those heavy ram targets at 200 yards fell fast. I could actually see the bullet on its way out. That gun was sturdy as all get out and never failed.

 

[sodacan]

I call for a meeting at Jurassic Park.

 

[jeffrefrig]

My last purchase, I bought a 6" GP100, .327 Fed Mag; Tomorrow, I have an appt. to retrieve a Blued Lipsey GP100, 5", in .327 FM, also. That's the one I've been waiting for. I guess I'm a dinosaur, too. But, just to be safe, both guns have 7 shots! Peace.

 

[old bear]

I guess not many like cowboy guns in this age of plastic fantastics.
(SIGH!) Guess I'm a dinosaur.

Check back in six or so months, for deals on returned Panic bought pistols.

 

[gwpercle]

In 1971 I got a Ruger Blackhawk 357 mag. for $75.00 .
Lightly used , the movie Dirty Harry had hit town and the original owner
(of two weeks) traded it back in on a 44 mag. S&W model 29 !
The store owner took the $75.00 I had in my jeans for it saying
" Nobody wants a old cowboy single action in 357... I can't hardly give them away... S&W 44 magnums , I can sell every one I can get my hands on!".
Sometimes it pays dividends to be a dinosaur !!!

I still have the Blackhawk... just call me Dino
Gary

 

[cowboy4evr]

I have 3 Rugers SA's , a NMBH in 41 magnum , an OM Vaquero in 45Colt and a single six in 22 magnum . I shot my first revolver when I was 10 . It was my uncles Blackhawk in 44 magnum with about a 7.5' barrel . I've been hooked on revolvers ever since and I thoroughly enjoy a nice SA revolver . I would love to own a Colt , but more than my budget will allow . Regards, Paul

 

[ACORN]

My last purchase, I bought a 6" GP100, .327 Fed Mag; Tomorrow, I have an appt. to retrieve a Blued Lipsey GP100, 5", in .327 FM, also. That's the one I've been waiting for. I guess I'm a dinosaur, too. But, just to be safe, both guns have 7 shots! Peace.

Jeff, is it the shop in Dravosburg? They are only selling by appointment. Never heard of that before the current situation.