Anyone like Blackhawks?

Not as fancy as some, but pretty good guns
Please excuse the close relatives, this is the only picture I have right now.

I'll play;






Two of my babies. The 7.5" is a .45 Colt. The 4 5/8" is a .45 Colt/.45 ACP convertible. The grips are Eagle sambar stag and thank God I bought them many years ago when prices were much better.


Another glamor shot of the 7.5" with a Gerber sambar stag handled Bowie. this knife grip is one of the best pieces of sambar I have ever seen. It fits the hand perfectly without being too rough or too slick.



Most of the time the 7.5" wears a rubber Hogue mono grip as it is a pure hunting revolver, steadly digesting a diet of .45 Colt "Ruger only" loads to harvest hogs and deer. The set of sambar grips shown on it in these pictures mostly lives on a nice Single Six .22 LR/.22 Magnum convertible I found in a gun shop a few years ago.

CraigC

the pics of your blackhawks and especially the Vaquero have haunted me all afternoon. Can you give info on who did the custom work??
maybe a website??

Man I'm drooling. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE stag grips.

I love some of these grips on this thread. Mine are comfortable but ugly in comparison.

awesome customs.
love the vaquero w/ lanyard ring...
all very cool

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Thanks!

The first one started life as a beater 6.5" Blackhawk .357. Jim Stroh fitted a new Douglas barrel, rechambered the cylinder, tightened everything up, did an action job (~2lbs), added the custom front sight, custom basepin and refinished it in matte hard chrome. It has antique paper micarta grips by CLC.

The second one just has quilted maple grips by CLC.

The third one was a stock Bisley .44Mag that David Clements did an action job, tightened it up, adjusted headspace, removed barrel warning, checkered ejector button, added custom sights, Belt Mt. #5 basepin, freewheeled cylinder, and refinished it with Turnbull case colors. It wears grips I got from Ebay.

The fourth one began as a 4 5/8" stainless Super that I converted to a Bisley. I later sent it to Clements for warning removal, action job, custom front sight, Bowen target rear, roundbutting, Bowen lanyard ring, freewheeled cylinder, crescent ejector, Belt Mt. #5 basepin and American holly grips by CLC.

The last one was worked over twice by Clements. It was a 5½" Bisley Vaquero .45Colt that was tightened up, tuned, action job, freewheeled, warning removal and a dovetail front sight installed plus ivory micarta grips by BluMagnum. Few years later it returned for his proprietary pre-war S&W style adjustable rear sight, barrel cut to 4½", custom front sight, blackpowder bevel, roundbutting and lanyard ring.

Not a Blackhawk but a Bisley Vaquero fitted with pre-war S&W-style adjustable sights:

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Who did the sights on that?

Nevermind. Just read your last post.

Here's a pair of 44 Special's.

I now have a new Blackhawk on the way, 5.5" 45 colt/45 acp convertible ordered today. Should be in Friday!!

Boxhead, the grips on those .44's are amazing, what are the ones on the left one?

Spalted maple left, walnut right.

I love them, currently own two. One is a 357 magnum blued with a 4 5/8" barrel, the other is a 44 magnum with a 6 1/2" barrel. Both are the 50th anniversary edition models! They look as good as they shoot!

3 screw 44 Mag
second gen 45 Colt/45 ACP
3 screw Single Six
last 4, all 3 screws 357. Top 2 are cowboy match guns. Bottom two are backups.

A hearty thanks to everyone who has contributed, and zombie1210 for getting it rolling. This thread is awesome. I'm going to have to add some better grips and a Single Six to my collection.

Break, break... I motion for a sticky.

My 45

My favorite 45lc to shoot... She gets used and abused at least once every week.

Excellent first post Iron Will. Great looking iron everyone!

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I got a couple of 'em laying around

Another favorite.