Old Model 41 Magnum? Yes Please!

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So yesterday at the Scheels when I was buying ammunition, I saw a Ruger 41 Mag Blackhawk.

I didn’t really didn’t think about it at the time, but got home and wondered why I didn’t ask to look at it.

So I called the store today. And when they said it had three pins in the frame and just said “Blackhawk” and not “New Model Blackhawk.” I rushed right over.

$699 and no turn line, the deep bluing of the older Rugers. How awesome.

The grips are funky. They have a thin piece of wood glued to the inside to make the grip thicker.

Is this a custom sort of thing? Or is there a particular company that did this?

The grip frame is the alloy XR3-Red, Alcoa grip frame.

And it’s got a 6 1/2 barrel.

Hey, @contender , I’ll bring it out to NC so you can see it in person.

Oh, and when I bought it, as I was filling out the paperwork, the sales lady went to grab a box of ammo in case I wanted to buy ammo and the gun at the same time. 😀😀😀 I reload for the 41 magnum, but bought the box anyway. $50 for a box of 50. Just thought I’d try some factory cowboy loads.

Oh, pictures….

The grips
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They are a bit beat up at the corners.

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Nice! 👍
Can't have too many .41 magnums!
Looks like those are some vintage Jay Scott grips to me.
Thanks! I’ll look this up. I’ve not seen any before.

I can’t tell if I like them or not. They are comfortable, but I do have some other old model walnut grips that fit very nicely.
 
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Kevin, they are definitely Jay Scott plastic grips; I had bunches of them. Personally, I'd have to have a set of orig. grips "just because".
Nice gun, good price for a hard-to-find/desirable caliber.
p.s. Hopefully Stopsign32v will notice your purchase post; he was asking about values of this exact gun (his is not as clean, but he has the correct grips).

J.
 
Nice snag. I never caught on with the .41 magnum but it's my fault not the cartridge's. I quit at about six different sets of dies and even sold out of .300BO and .45 Colt. That Blackhawk looks like it's in great shape but I am like many others, I'd need the correct black eagle walnut grips.
 
Nice gun and I'm looking forward to seeing it. It's a1970,, not 1969 built.

Black, recessed eagles,, w/o nick feathers,, for the XR3-RED grip frame.
And as noted,, Jay Scott aftermarket grips.
 
I love the unconverted OM single-action Rugers---used to have quite a collection of them, but mostly the even older original Flattop models... Still have a couple, but in 357 and 44 Magnum calibers---never really bonded with the 41 Mags, but several shooting friends had 41s and spoke highly of them... And yeah, the grip is smaller then ideal for my large hands, but that problem is solved by a couple of Freedom Arms 454 Casull revolvers with their Bisley style grips... Fine shooting guns all...
 
So yesterday at the Scheels when I was buying ammunition, I saw a Ruger 41 Mag Blackhawk.

I didn’t really didn’t think about it at the time, but got home and wondered why I didn’t ask to look at it.

So I called the store today. And when they said it had three pins in the frame and just said “Blackhawk” and not “New Model Blackhawk.” I rushed right over.

$699 and no turn line, the deep bluing of the older Rugers. How awesome.

The grips are funky. They have a thin piece of wood glued to the inside to make the grip thicker.

Is this a custom sort of thing? Or is there a particular company that did this?

The grip frame is the alloy XR3-Red, Alcoa grip frame.

And it’s got a 6 1/2 barrel.

Hey, @contender , I’ll bring it out to NC so you can see it in person.

Oh, and when I bought it, as I was filling out the paperwork, the sales lady went to grab a box of ammo in case I wanted to buy ammo and the gun at the same time. 😀😀😀 I reload for the 41 magnum, but bought the box anyway. $50 for a box of 50. Just thought I’d try some factory cowboy loads.

Oh, pictures….

The grips
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They are a bit beat up at the corners.

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Beautiful gun. Love it. Don't know anything about the grips, and they may be better than the gun for all I know, but not my thing. The wood set would win for me. Congrats on a great looking find.
 
For some reason, I never got interested in the 41 mag but I will admit if I ran across one like that I would have to buy it. You’ve done really good. And I would have to opt for the original walnuts just because.
 
So yesterday at the Scheels when I was buying ammunition, I saw a Ruger 41 Mag Blackhawk.

I didn’t really didn’t think about it at the time, but got home and wondered why I didn’t ask to look at it.

So I called the store today. And when they said it had three pins in the frame and just said “Blackhawk” and not “New Model Blackhawk.” I rushed right over.

$699 and no turn line, the deep bluing of the older Rugers. How awesome.

The grips are funky. They have a thin piece of wood glued to the inside to make the grip thicker.

Is this a custom sort of thing? Or is there a particular company that did this?

The grip frame is the alloy XR3-Red, Alcoa grip frame.

And it’s got a 6 1/2 barrel.

Hey, @contender , I’ll bring it out to NC so you can see it in person.

Oh, and when I bought it, as I was filling out the paperwork, the sales lady went to grab a box of ammo in case I wanted to buy ammo and the gun at the same time. 😀😀😀 I reload for the 41 magnum, but bought the box anyway. $50 for a box of 50. Just thought I’d try some factory cowboy loads.

Oh, pictures….

The grips
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They are a bit beat up at the corners.

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If I tried just a little bit I could work up a real dislike for you, you damn lucky dog.😱
 
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