.30 Carbine Blackhawk

[Greg Mercurio]

Picked up a Blackhawk in .30 carbine over the weekend from a fellow forum member. Like new, low S/N, low round count, price was right, what more could you ask for? How about neglible recoil, and abundant accuracy! Great shooting pistol, I couldn't ask for more. Waiting for the ground squirrels to finish their naps. I think we'll thin the herd a bit later. As Phil says: Happy, Happy, Happy. :mrgreen:

 

[frank n texas]

I hear they look like a flame thrower at night...lol

I have one but have never fired it...

Ammo hard to find and/or expensive right now....

Time should heal that wound

Congrats

frank n texas

 

[Jim Puke]

I hear they look like a flame thrower at night...lol

I have one but have never fired it...

Ammo hard to find and/or expensive right now....

Time should heal that wound

Congrats

frank n texas

I have heard the same and saw a couple of videos that demonstrated it...cool

 

[eveled]

I've always wanted a 30/30 single action revolver, the .30 carbine is a close second. Hope you enjoy yours.. Ed.

 

[eveled]

I've always wanted a 30/30 single action revolver, the .30 carbine is a close second. Hope you enjoy yours.. They must have been a real hoot back in the day when the surplus ammo was available. Ed.

 

[Greg Mercurio]

I was fortunate to get some ammo, brass, and bullets with the pistol so I'm set for a long time. I'll have to shoot it after dark to verify the flamethrower effect. I suspect it performs as advertised.

 

[Kevin]

The last time I was at Cabelas. They had lots of .327 and 30 Carbine. Not much else for pistols.

 

[damienph]

My .30 Carbine Blackhawk is one of my favorite revolvers. I scoped mine; helps me make use of its accuracy out past 100 yards. It does have some muzzle blast that is noticeable, especially at dusk, with some ammunition but I think that it's reputation as a flame thrower is somewhat exaggerated.
I handload 90gr Hornady XTPs for mine, very effective on coyotes.

 

[cjs1945]

Fire it one time and all the ground squirrels will wake up real fast. They are a lot of fun to shoot, i have one that was made in 1968 that goes to the range two or three times a year.

 

[BearBio]

Picked on OM up in trade and just shot it. It is NEATO-JETTO!

 

[Tellico]

I was fortunate to get some ammo, brass, and bullets with the pistol so I'm set for a long time. I'll have to shoot it after dark to verify the flamethrower effect. I suspect it performs as advertised.

If you have it shortened to 4 5/8 like my old model you won't need to wait until dark! :lol:
Fred

 

[Smee781]

I also have a 30 Blackhawk and had mine cut to 5 1/2, that is a fun gun to shoot in the evening. You may also want to put on double hearing protection if you shoot production ammo, it is loud out if that little gun. I would not sell mine, to much fun and such little recoil, I also had a few rounds that would stick in the cylinderafter firing from time to time so you may want to bring a rod to punch out the empties if they get stuck. Happy tree rat hunting.

 

[xtratoy]

I just recently picked up an OM 30 carbine. It doesn't seem any louder than the rest of my revolvers with either foam earplugs or ear muffs. With factory Prvi 110 FMJ ammo it shot 7.5" high @ 20 yards. :shock: Loaded up some 90 grain Hornady XTP's with 16.5 gr of H110 and it brought the group down to Point Of Aim at 20 yards. I will use the factory ammo for shooting at stuff way out there! :lol:

 

[edlmann]

I remain amazed yet delighted that Ruger keeps these in the catalog. Over the last ten years, annual sales have averaged about 400/year.