Hunter grip frame ??????

I'm a little confused. I've owned and still own a few single action Rugers. At present I own 2 Bisley gripped Blackhawks -- a Bisley Super Blackhawk " hunter " ( 44 mag , 7 1/2' ) , along with a Bisley Super Blackhawk convertible 5 1/2" in 45C/.45acp. Now for my question ..In a recent thread several members referred to different grip frames on the Blackhawks : Bisley , Plowhandle , and a " Hunter " grip frame. What is a Hunter grip frame ? Obviously I know what the Hunter model is ( I own one ) but it can be had in both a Plow handle and the Bisley grip frame .... confusion or did they simply misspeak ??

regards , brushunter

The Hunter grip frame is simply a Super Blackhawk grip frame with a round, rather than 'square' or 'Dragoon' trigger guard. It's still a plowhandle, just longer than the normal variety.

Huh , well I'll be.....had never heard of that before. Thanks Enigma

regards , brushunter

I like the longer Hunter grip frame with the rounded trigger guard. That's why I'm gonna change out the shorter one on my brand new SBH mentioned here:

http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=232476

The "SBH Hunter" model standard grip frame is the long plow handle 'Hunter' grip frame.

SBHs are only made in 44 Mag.

Any Ruger model has been made in a Bisley 'Version' at one time or another even the single six .22s and .32 Mags.

Hondo44 said:

[...] SBHs are only made in 44 Mag. [...]

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The last time I wrote that members posted pictures of .45 Colts stamped SBH. William's kid hasn't been able to keep the model names straight.

k22fan said:

Hondo44 said:

[...] SBHs are only made in 44 Mag. [...]

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The last time I wrote that members posted pictures of .45 Colts stamped SBH. William's kid hasn't been able to keep the model names straight.

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Yes you're right, I've seen those. There are lots of anomalies with Rugers, just enough to confuse everyone. They use 'SBH' for distributor exclusives that can be a hodgepodge combination of parts for any number of special exclusive SBHs in different calibers.

Regular production has fixed nomenclature, Steel XR3-RED size grip, Dragoon Grip, Bisley and Hunter, blue or stainless are 44 Mag. SBHs.

Just a distinction for 'Regular production' and I should have written that.