contender
Ruger Guru
Can we get a sticky of Bob Campbells list put back up?
Bob C's list of OM .357's.
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To the best of my knowledge, The List has never been published online.
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contender
Ruger Guru
Ok, I know you've been keeping up with the list,, so I'll drop you a PM. I saw another one this past week. I got the number.
Appreciate it, Ty.
Is this list all Old Model 357s (Flattops and winged)? How can numbers be added to it?
Yep, all "three-screw" Old Model .357 Blackhawks. Just post here, the serial number and barrel length. That's all that's required in The List . . . no names or other personal data is ever included. If it has a 9mm cylinder, include that info as well, and If it has been "lettered" it's good info for the sake of documentation of ship date and any notable features such as a brass grip frame, or having had the transfer bar "safety conversion".
If you are not comfortable posting the info here publicly, a PM -- "conversation" -- to me will do nicely. :)
If you are not comfortable posting the info here publicly, a PM -- "conversation" -- to me will do nicely. :)
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Don't know if I sent this or not s/n 30-08065, 6 1/2" barrel
30-08065 appears on The List as having Pachmayr grips. ;)
shootinfule
Bearcat
s/n: 100257 6-1/2
Thanks. It's now on The List . . . between 100017 and 100941, 1967. :)
Dantforth
Blackhawk
9444 6 1/2”. It may be on.
Yep, 9444 is there, shipped 5/58 as a BKH3. :oops:
This gun apparently shipped late, right after the ROSS guns. At some point the original 4-5/8" barrel was apparently changed out for the 6-1/2" one. There are a few so noted on Bob's List. The longer barrels weren't introduced until mid-1959.
This gun apparently shipped late, right after the ROSS guns. At some point the original 4-5/8" barrel was apparently changed out for the 6-1/2" one. There are a few so noted on Bob's List. The longer barrels weren't introduced until mid-1959.
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Yup. It's there, among guns shipped 5/58. :)
blkhwk8
Single-Sixer
I have three
59492 6 1/2
30-89494 4 5/8 w/9mm
30-46895 4 5/8
59492 6 1/2
30-89494 4 5/8 w/9mm
30-46895 4 5/8
First two were already listed. I have added 30-46895. Thanks. :):):)
I'm not sure any of the ones I owned/own were entered.
30-25771 -4-5/8
8131 - Don't remember length I think it was a 6"
8567 - 4-5/8
30-25771 -4-5/8
8131 - Don't remember length I think it was a 6"
8567 - 4-5/8
8131 was not there. Almost impossible for it to have been anything other than a 4-5/8" gun at that time, unless retrofitted, of which there are a handful. The 6-1/2" guns don't begin to show up until like serial number 22000, two years later.
Your other two were already on The List. :)
EDIT: See posts #26 & #27
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I sold it before our registrations recorded barrel length. I’ll look for an old picture.
Dantforth
Blackhawk
Ale8…I don’t think it shipped as 4 5/8”. I believe it was one of those which was held back and shipped much later than it’s serial number might indicate. I tried everything to track it down. Dave
The entry on Bob's List indicates it as having been shipped in May of 1958 as a BKH3, thus having a 4-5/8" barrel. The reported ship date indicates somebody along the line called the gun in to The Factory and got that info. The listing also indicates that at the time the gun was reported to The List it was wearing a 6-1/2" barrel, which is not altogether unusual. Stuff happens. As mentioned before, it does appear that this was a late-shipped gun. However, the 6-1/2" barrels didn't begin to show up until 1959. Many guns have been retrofitted with the longer tubes, either by owners or by The Factory.
This situation occurs frequently on The List. It's a record of how guns were reported at a specific time in the gun's life. It was the reason Bob started The List in the first place, him having seen guns over a period of time that had been changed since first seen. When he noticed such a thing he'd call The Factory for the gun's original ship date and configuration. He didn't get letters for many of them because he didn't want to wear out his welcome with the nice ladies in the records department. I have done the same on occasion myself.
We have never claimed that any one gun is/was absolutely "correct" due to the fact that things change over time. The List's best function is to reveal what was the "going trend" of manufacture at any particular time, a "snapshot in time" if you will. Your opinion as a previous owner is as valid as anything. :)
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Snake Pleskin
Banned
Rimrock
Bearcat
sn: 364
4-5/8
4-5/8
28342 already in place. I added the two 30-prefix guns. Thanks. :)
Added to The List. Probably shipped late 1955. Thanks for a real old-timer. :)
looks like 8131 is 4-5/8.
Yup, and I have added it as such. Thanks. :)
twriggen
Buckeye
22844 - 10" lettered
39865 - 6/5"
39962 - 6.5"
128209 - 6.5"
30-20486 - 4 5/8"
30-27895 - 6.5"
39865 - 6/5"
39962 - 6.5"
128209 - 6.5"
30-20486 - 4 5/8"
30-27895 - 6.5"
