OK I am a sucker for 4 5/8 Barreled Ruger Blackhawks !

[Gordon]

I just won on GB a 1986 .45Colt Blackhawk 4 5/8 Barrel for $600 shipped (no taxes in Oregon) which has 30 rounds thru it. That makes for 8 such 4 5/8" various versions of that format : A 1959 three screw .357 flattop , a 50th year Flattop .357 , a .44 Magnum three screw flat top cut down from a 62 Flat top 6.5 Inch. , a 1986 Bisley .44 Mag cut down and spruced up by Magna port in 1987 , a .44 Special "little gun" created from a Stainless .357 in the 80s , a .454 5 shot from a .45 Bisley made in the 90s , a full race SASS .357 New Vaquero and now this .45 which will remain fairly stock, other than grips and maybe some action tuning . The good thing is other than the older .357 flattops and New Vaquero is they all fit it in the same holsters .
I had an early 70s 6" New Model Black Hawk Convertible .45acp/Colt Blackhawk for years which I shot the heck out of with mostly acp. reloads but got passed to another family member , now deceased , and the .454 Custom is too pretty and valuable to shoot alot and has been promised to a son who shot it a little with .454 earthquakes ! Anyway here it is in all it's glory ! I consider 1976-1986 era Black Hawks to be some of the best quality years IMHO . I do have half a dozen other Blackhawks of different barrel lengths, calibers and varieties a GREAT American design and in a lot of respects the best SAA style revolver ever ! Certainly the great factory support and ease of customization and servicing is the best ever.
My favorite Holster for them is THIS:

 

[Barbaroja]

nice gun
I want a 4 5/8” blackhawk pretty bad. Ive got a 6.5 and a 5.5 and if the trend continues I can only imagine a 4 5/8ths to be that much handier and easy to carry.

 

[murf]

the 4.625 inchers balance best. i only have three, but they all feel better in hand than my 5.5 and 7 inchers.

murf

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Very nice buy. My 40sw/10mm is a 4 5/8.

 

[Gordon]

That .40 is PURTY ! Nice wood too !

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Thanks.

 

[bannockburn]

Gordon

That makes for 8 such 4 5/8" various versions of that format

My preferred choice is a 4 5/8' barrel as well but sometimes you just got to play the hand you're dealt...

 

[LaneP]

Agree, they are great. I've had this .45 Colt for years. It's been fitted with an extra tall front sight for heavy bullet +P loads, and later I fitted a Power Custom oversize cylinder stop and cylinder pin. Those two additions completely took all play out of the cylinder and it locks up like Fort Knox. If you are going to explore the limits of "Ruger Only" handloads in a revolver, this is the platform.

 

[1KPerDay]

Best looking of the Blackhawks by far. I still don’t own one but they are lookers. I actually prefer the ones with the rear sight ears or contours or whatever.

 

[BobWright]

I, too, prefer the 4 5/8" length for personal use:

Here in .45 Colt:



Another .45 Colt:



Sort of a stepchild, but a Vaquero in .45 Colt:



And, in .357 Magnum:



And, holstered:




Bob Wright

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

That's a nice catch there Gordon.
I have one one of the 1976 marked ones in 44 magnum.

 

[JeffG]

Nice score. I am pretty much a Vaquero junkie.

 

[Rock185]

The 4 5/8" Blackhawks are my favorite too. Had them in blue, stainless, etc. My FA and SAA were 4 3/4" since that was the closest standard length to 4 5/8" offered.

 

[NorthBorder]

Lucky you. A 4 5/8" Blackhawk in 45LC is what I have been looking for for about 2 years.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Nice wheel guns guys.

 

[tbob38]

Of the guns I have gotten rid of, my Ruger 4 5/8bbl Blackhawk 45 convertible is the one I REALLY miss. Was a 3 screw model I bought new.

 

[Riomouse911]

My only 4 5/8” Ruger SA is a shiny stainless .45 Colt Vaquero. Its paired here with a 16” Rossi 92 .45 Colt.

I’m certainly hoping to find another shorter Blackhawk, all of mine are 5.5” or 6.5”.

Stay safe.

 

[rwilky78]

I'm starting to be a Blackhawk addict. I found me a practically brand new 50th anniversary blackhawk in .357 magnum last summer. Then another one in January which is a .45 colt/ .45 ACP with a 5.5 inch barrel.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

I prefer the 5.5" for balance, but sure wouldn't kick a shorter one out of the safe for eating wadcutters either!

 

[bannockburn]

Riomouse

Great pairing! I picked up these two .45 Colts at a gun show 10 or 11 years ago. It was a match made in Handgun Heaven!

 

[tomrkba]

A Blackhawk is one of my next guns. We'll see what I can find at the local gun show! The dilemma is 357/9mm or 45 Colt/45 ACP.

 

[tominboise]

Here's my 4-5/8" 45 Colt Blackhawk, out in its' natural environment:

 

[Conelrad]

'Nuff said, in 45ACP

True love.

Conelrad

 

[Biblethumpncop]

I adore my 4-5/8" Flattop .44spl after swapping to an alloy grip frame and erh. The steel grip frame was too heavy for a finely balanced machine!

 

[jstert]

A Blackhawk is one of my next guns. We'll see what I can find at the local gun show! The dilemma is 357/9mm or 45 Colt/45 ACP.

get both! i did and these two are forever handguns. in fact i don’t own a semiauto pistol in either 45acp or 9mm.