Super Blackhawk with fluted cylinder?

Gun is a 5 ½" Bisley, in .44mag, with a fluted cylinder and is marked: "RUGER .44 MAGNUM CAL., NEW MODEL SUPER BLACKHAWK", s/n 86-007xx. I thought the Super Blackhawks had solid cylinders. I can't find another one like it. Is this a factory gun or did somebody modify it?

Thanks for your help
Ken

yes, only Ruger .44mag super blackhawks with 5.5" barrels have fluted cylinders.__bedrockfred

Ken,
I think someone just put a Bisley grip on an S45N shown here:
http://ruger.com/products/newModelSuperBlackhawkStandard/models.html

i do have a 2002 bisley vaquero .44mag with the fluted cylinder. __bedrockfred

bedrockfred said:

i do have a 2002 bisley vaquero .44mag with the fluted cylinder. __bedrockfred

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All Vaquero's and Bisley Vaquero's have fluted cylinders from the factory.

Ruger's first year (1985) Bisleys had fluted cylinders.

TexNekkid said:

Ruger's first year (1985) Bisleys had fluted cylinders.

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But they were blued, with 7.5 inch barrels.

M'BOGO said:

TexNekkid said:

Ruger's first year (1985) Bisleys had fluted cylinders.

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But they were blued, with 7.5 inch barrels.

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Yes and aren't Bisleys stamped Bisley on the frame?

I've got a Super Bisley 44mag factory early production model it does have a fluted Cylinder as all the early Bisleys! ps

Hondo My early 44 is stamped Super BlackHawk My others are stamped Black hawk! ps

looking the S/N up on Rugers site shows '89-'90 production.

I bought this gun from Ken a couple days ago. Ruger gave me the info on it.

Model - 0830
Catalog - RB-44
Serial - 86-00787
Shipped - February 27th 1990
Barrel length - 7.5"

I now have a question myself. I forgot to ask if the 0830 was a fluted model. I assume the numbers on the cylinder will match the gun, as it looks used little, but I'll bet there's a man or two on here who knows this model number. I'm assuming RB-44 rather than RB-44W tells me it's fluted, but I'm all ears.

Next question. To the collectors and older Ruger dealers who've seen them all, did Ruger EVER put out a blued Bisley large frame with any other barrel length than 7 1/2" as standard, or as an exclusive or limited run :?:

gunsbam69 said:

Next question. To the collectors and older Ruger dealers who've seen them all, did Ruger EVER put out a blued Bisley large frame with any other barrel length than 7 1/2" as standard, or as an exclusive or limited run :?:

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The .44 Spc flattops are the only other blued Blackhawk Bisleys, and they are not large frames. There were the Bisley Vaquero's, and the stainless 5.5"er's.

M'BOGO,

Thanks for your input. I know about all the ones you mentioned and have/deal in them. Always learning something new that turns what I THOUGHT I knew upside down, and was hoping this might be another one of those moments