Hugh
Buckeye
I know we've been through all of this before, but I'm just dense. Today I was down at the local revolver store, and there was a nice shiny stainless New Model Blackhawk .357 Magnum. It had the black hard rubber grips. It of course, felt skinny in my hand and I told the fellow so. He said I should order the rosewood grips and it would be fine. With that, he stuck a .44 Magnum with rosewood grips, in my hand. Those grips fit the way I believe a single action should feel.
Although I have a number of DA's and a .44 Magnum Vaquero, I've never seriously looked at a Blackhawk.
The barrel appeared to be 5.5" and the price $550 or thereabouts.
I noted that the rosewood grips were thicker on the .44 Magnum.
I realize there is a significant overall diference in size of the two shooters, but that said, would the rosewood grips for the .357 fatten it up as much as on the .44 Magnum?
I note, also, on the Ruger site the stainless only comes with rosewood grips; barrel 4.62 or 6.5, and the blue comes with black hard rubber grips. The stainless one suggested retail price $681 and the blue one suggested retail price $557.
I guess my real question here is two parts. Will the rosewood grips for the .357 fatten it up as much as the .44. And, were the barrels previously 5.5? Or, did I just misjudge the length, because I was mainly interested in how it felt in my hand?
Although I have a number of DA's and a .44 Magnum Vaquero, I've never seriously looked at a Blackhawk.
The barrel appeared to be 5.5" and the price $550 or thereabouts.
I noted that the rosewood grips were thicker on the .44 Magnum.
I realize there is a significant overall diference in size of the two shooters, but that said, would the rosewood grips for the .357 fatten it up as much as on the .44 Magnum?
I note, also, on the Ruger site the stainless only comes with rosewood grips; barrel 4.62 or 6.5, and the blue comes with black hard rubber grips. The stainless one suggested retail price $681 and the blue one suggested retail price $557.
I guess my real question here is two parts. Will the rosewood grips for the .357 fatten it up as much as the .44. And, were the barrels previously 5.5? Or, did I just misjudge the length, because I was mainly interested in how it felt in my hand?