Thank you.
I have 50th Anniversary .357 Mag #89.
One of our guns should go live with the other. Since you are not a collector, my vote is your gun comes here
Thank you Sir!Not too much to tell. It found me. I was talking to a guy I know about a week ago and the topic of firearms came up. I didn't know he was even interested in them or had anything.
Well, he call me on Friday and asked if I was interested in purchasing a couple. One was a Blackhawk and one was a Glock. He said he bought the Blackhawk around 1980 and the Glock in the early 90's.
He made a price and I said ok.
I am a little confused on your comment about your 'new' Ruger .357 Blackhawk having serial # 89! I see that number on the gun, so do you have any idea when it was made? 89 does not sound right, but it is there!at all. My Ruger Blackhawk I bought in early 1966, and its serial number is 83030 (as you can see below). Mine is blued and not SS. I would assume that the serial numbers are in sequential order. And according to my research online, the first stainless steel handgun ever made was made by Smith & Wesson in 1965 with Model 60. The best I could find about when Ruger first made stainless steel revolvers, was in 1974 with the New Model Single-Six. So, this unit looks a bit suspect!Picked up my first Ruger Blackhawk today.
Serial number 89.
The original poster does not say that it's a stainless steel Blackhawk. Before the Gun Control Act of 1968 guns were not required to have serial numbers. Each gun made after that had to have a unique serial number so Ruger implemented the prefixed number so instead of a straight 123456 number or in the case of the gun shown being 89. If it had a prefix the serial number would be 30-00089. Blackhawk #1 through #1737 were produced in 1955 which makes his one of the first. He made out good when he bought it.I am a little confused on your comment about your 'new' Ruger .357 Blackhawk having serial # 89! I see that number on the gun, so do you have any idea when it was made? 89 does not sound right, but it is there!at all. My Ruger Blackhawk I bought in early 1966, and its serial number is 83030 (as you can see below). Mine is blued and not SS. I would assume that the serial numbers are in sequential order. And according to my research online, the first stainless steel handgun ever made was made by Smith & Wesson in 1965 with Model 60. The best I could find about when Ruger first made stainless steel revolvers, was in 1974 with the New Model Single-Six. So, this unit looks a bit suspect!
If only 1737 were made in the first year of 1955. If you take 1737 and divide that by 12 as in months, that is about 145 per month. So a gun marked 89 was made in about the second week of production or close to it.......Wow......The original poster does not say that it's a stainless steel Blackhawk. Before the Gun Control Act of 1968 guns were not required to have serial numbers. Each gun made after that had to have a unique serial number so Ruger implemented the prefixed number so instead of a straight 123456 number or in the case of the gun shown being 89. If it had a prefix the serial number would be 30-00089. Blackhawk #1 through #1737 were produced in 1955 which makes his one of the first. He made out good when he bought it.
Sorry, you misunderstood . This was my "first", not "new" Blackhawk. And, it is BLUED not stainlessI am a little confused on your comment about your 'new' Ruger .357 Blackhawk having serial # 89! I see that number on the gun, so do you have any idea when it was made? 89 does not sound right, but it is there!at all. My Ruger Blackhawk I bought in early 1966, and its serial number is 83030 (as you can see below). Mine is blued and not SS. I would assume that the serial numbers are in sequential order. And according to my research online, the first stainless steel handgun ever made was made by Smith & Wesson in 1965 with Model 60. The best I could find about when Ruger first made stainless steel revolvers, was in 1974 with the New Model Single-Six. So, this unit looks a bit suspect!