David Bradshaw
Blackhawk
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chet15 said:David Bradshaw, I do not see Ruger ever using a barrel sleeve for any of their Blackhawks. The barrels start out as a tube, probably hammer forged, then cut to length turned to diameter and installed on the frame....then the front sight is attached. Using a sleeved barrel for their SA's would add unnecessary manufacturing steps and expense in my opinion.
Che15
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Far as I know, most Ruger round barrels are gun drilled round stock, hammer forged to produce rifling and internal dimensions. From day one, Redhawk barrels were drop forged, machined, drilled, reamed, and rifled with a broach pulled through. Super Redhawk barrels start as round stock and are hammer forged. I suspect Super Blackhawk Hunter barrels start as drop forgings, which receive the broach treatment.
Single actions were made in Southport CT until 1992, when production resumed in Newport NH. Barrels for Southport guns were supplied by George Wilson Company in Connecticut, with .22's through .357's button rifled, larger bore broach rifled.
David Bradshaw