Ruger Blackhawk 357/9mm spotted today

[bikemutt]

Ran across a very nice stainless BH today, maybe a 7" barrel, with 357 mag and 9mm cylinders. I asked to see the 9mm cylinder and to my surprise it was a blue cylinder. I feel sure I can pimp a gun about as good as anyone else but this didn't seem quite right. The box the blue cylinder was in says to be sure the cylinder is fitted to the gun, the 3 digits should match the last three of the serial, it didn't.

The LGS wants 550 for the gun and, if that 9mm matched up, this would be a range report.

Thoughts from team-THR?

 

[savit260]

Probably didn't come from the factory as a set, but if the 9mm cylinder was fitted correctly, and timing and lockup were good, it would be cool to have for cheap (for factory loads) shooting

 

[Deer_Freak]

$550 is a lot to ask for a used gun with a 9mm cylinder as an after thought. I bought a 357/9mm for $500 OTD new in the box this summer. I would haggle there has to be some wiggle room in that deal. I must admit the 357/9mm has been hard to find about a month or so after I bought mine. Ruger was falling behind on production at that point the test brass was dated less than a month before I purchased the gun.

Perrys gun shop in Wendell, NC had a nice 357/9mm for $450 about a month ago. Check their website, all their used inventory is advertised online.

Sorry, I didn't read your post well enough. That is not a bad deal on the stainless blackhawk. My gun is blued, so is the gun I saw at perrys

 

[roaddog28]

I paided $400 for mine and it has a matched set of cylinders. Price is to high at $550.
Howard

 

[JShirley]

I think the combo from Ruger is blue. I know mine was.

John

 

[greenmtnguy]

Agreed - IF the 9mm cylinder works fine, it would still be a sub$500 revolver with the mongrel cylinder in my neck of the woods, too.

 

[murf]

the 9mm cylinder will be out of time and will cause problems. what else is "cobbled together" on that piece?

just a thought.

murf

 

[bikemutt]

The gun is a consignment piece which the shop says they will call the owner about the cylinder. The only way this one will come home with me is if I see a matching stainless cylinder and I doubt that's going to happen.

 

[CraigC]

Ruger only made a handful of factory stainless .357 convertibles. These are highly sought after by collectors. For a short time, you could have Ruger fit your stainless .357 with a stainless 9mm cylinder but that time has passed. So if you wanted a stainless convertible, you had to get a blued cylinder to go with it. There are absolutely no issues whatsoever if it works properly and no reason to assume it would not. I really wouldn't call it "cobbled together". However, the price is very high, shouldn't really be more than $400.

 

[Deer_Freak]

I priced getting a 9mm cylinder later when I bought my gun. The blued cylinder fitted by Ruger costs $60 cylinder + $20 labor + shipping your gun to and from Ruger. Once I saw the cost and the time my gun would be away it was an easy decision to buy the convertible.