Came onto this post quite late......so.....Ruger roll marked 16,314 frames and/or completed guns. After all the hoopla of top strap cutting (which abates after a 1000 rounds or so due to "re heat treating" and carbon build up, is a non issue. Forcing cone erosion was the killer. Lite bullets, fast burning powders pushed at MACH 4 speeds eroded forcing cones. There never was an official recall. Guns were sent in, some people supposedly got a Super, and I have HEARD of other choices or they were sent a check. (These are things I have heard of, sorry I am a doubting Thomas and to this day I have no physical proof, though I do believe it happened) The project was handed over to Walter Howe, Head of special Projects (More like a "fixer") Walter was actually fired by Bill Sr. for two weeks because he was sending out checks for full MSRP regardless of people paid for them. Ruger stopped shipping some time in 1983, I'm out of town and away from my files so I can't give you an exact date. There were some uninformed and under informed gun writers (Bob Milek was probably the worst) That bashed the project . Correspondence I have between Walter and Steve Seneti (sic) discusses the legal aspects of these issue. Ruger was still reeling form lawsuits regarding old Model safety issues and given the litigious society we live in, especially i.e. firearms, Bill Sr. Cancelled the project. At the 1984 Shot Show Tom Ruger had Maximums on the Ruger table. The signage read "The Max is Back" Bill Sr. heard of this and the guns and signs were soon removed. The roll mark on the frame was actually changed for this re release. The word "Blackhawk" was removed and "SRM" was added. This occurred somewhere between 600-11588 and around 600-13000. Ruger "scrapped" around 5-6000 completed and/or serialized frames. Just to give you a heads up, the year/serial number production table on Rugers site is wrong. Once again, away from files, but I think only about 2-3000 guns were roll marked in 1984. I got lots more, but the bar next to this hotel is calling for me. Thanks for looking.