SuperBlackhawk Project

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Barry the Bear

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So I recently bought a ruger sb in a stainless finish for 400 out the door.Ive had the blue model and got rid of it :banghead: .(for pics see linkhttp://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=747895 ) It came with a miradot sight and weaver base and hogue wood grips. Well I ordered a factory replacement sight from brownells, which leads me to my problem. I just paid off my ruger super blackhawk hunter from the gunshop. so now I want to do one of two things to the regular model, either call ruger and see if theyll make me a .44-40 cylinder to go with the .44 mag, or have the gun converted into a bisley and have it rechambered into .480 ruger. Which one would you prefer?
 
I doubt Ruger will do either. The .44-40 isn't a normally chambering for Ruger (though I think they made a few limited runs in the past), and AFAIK they don't make a SBH in .480 Ruger - so it's unlikely they'd do a one-off.

There are lots of custom smiths you will do a Bisley conversion, though. You'd be looking at a new Bisley grip frame, hammer, and trigger. Ruger sells all the parts and they are available thru Brownells (when in stock). Also, the .44-40 cylinder would be a piece of cake for any number of smiths. Though the .44-40 and the .44 Mag have a slightly different bullet diameter, I think you could make it work.
 
I was going to have a gun smith do the re chambering if I decided on that route, I see your point on the bisley parts except for the trigger. Wouldnt the trigger be the same bisley or not?
 
I think .480 Ruger would be a 5-shot proposition for a SBH. You can get a Magnum Research BFR in .475 that would be pretty similar though.
 
the bisley trigger is more curved than the standard. also, ruger hasn't had any bisley grip frames in stainless for sale for a while now. you can occasionally find them for sale privately, but not often.
 
the grip frame? it's your call. some like the two tone look. the grip frame also includes the trigger guard, so the whole thing won't be covered by the grips.

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not sure i follow you. the blackhawk and super blackhawk grip frames both include the trigger guard. i see the pics you posted, but that wood grip likely won't fit a bisley grip frame. every bisley i'velaid eyes on has retained the customary slab stocks.
 
Your correct it would be cheaper however then Id have another .44 that cant I cant afford to feed :rolleyes: between my now two super blackhawks , model 29-3 smith and wesson, and my redhawk, I need to be sure which ones get fed on range day. Also if I do the bisley convert. I would also like it to be in either .480 ruger or .475 linebaugh.
 
Trade it towards a Magnum Research .475 BFR. It would save a lot of money vs having a smith do it.
 
You can do a Bisley conversion yourself if you can find the parts ... I did, and it wasn't cheap. Nor did I do as precise a job as a good gunsmith would. But the gun looks fine (I know where the errors are) and shoots great. But were I to do it again, I'd have kept the Blackhawk stock and looked for a Bisley, too.

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For a .480, you're looking at $2000-$2500 just for the conversion on an existing Bisley. Another ~$300 to convert a Blackhawk to a Bisley. Depends on what you want, the .480 is a lot of cartridge.
 
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