That sure is a nice steel color and material on that one. Kind of vintage museum quality. No wonder, many suggest, try not to sell em, they look better with age, we can pass em down to our grand children.
I saw an explanation vid on this topic which coincides with some of what others posted on modern revolvers.
It mentions …
Passive Safeties
Hammer Blocks and Transfer bars
The reason I posted this was because I saw someone I like who’s very popular, and he chose to carry with one empty chamber where the hammer rests. I didn’t get a chance to ask him why. I figured either he had a very old model, or he had not studied up on the safety of modern revolvers.
I admit, I was not too sure myself, until I read up on it.
One question though, RUGER9 , why the “so shut up” ? Are you referring to the serial number or to whom? Thank you Sir.
Thanks. I figured as such, I had heard about that, the “numbers”. Photo sure looked nice, uncovered - as you posted.
Someone else had posted on another page - they really try hard not to sell them, but instead heirloom for family. I never really thought that one we owned would become a gem years later, but yours sure has.
Old Colts and S&W’s have had some style of hammer block in the first decade of the 1900’s. That’s over one hundred years now. The firing pin on the hammer is not an indicator. However, S&W changed their design a couple times before 1930.
I’m a little confused with other brands, but with limited searching on the internet it seems like much later brands like Charter Arms (1960’s) and Rugers (1970’s) started using a transfer bar for the same purpose.
MY old, unconverted Ruger Blackhawk doesn’t have a transfer bar but DOES have a notch cut in the hammer that, when cocked to this notch, keeps the hammer from contact with the firing pin. My brother has an old 38 Special with the firing pin on the hammer. Not sure whether its Colt, S & W or “other” I’ll have to check if it has a hammer block the next time I visit.
At Raahauge’s fair one year my brother fired the entire cylinder of the scandium S&W snubbie with .357s. The guy from S&W told him he was the first one that day who had fired a whole cylinder through the weapon. As we were driving home much later that day my brother said his hand was still feeling funny with kind of a numb tingling feeling. The feeling eventually went away a couple days later.
IIRC, there are comments on other websites about this notch breaking (or maybe parts related to the notch) and Ruger offering a free upgrade to the transfer bar to eliminate this possibility. I don’t know if this service is still available (nor if you would want it).
I believe the conversion is still available. To be certain, owners of 3 screw, unconverted Blackhawks can call Rugers Service Dept. at 603-865-2442 or you can write to:
Sturm, Ruger and Company, Inc
Lacey Place
Dept. KC
Southport, CT 06890
They “will provide you with a shipping container and you will only pay for the shipping to their factory. They will cover all other charges including return shipping costs.”
There are anecdotes that the conversion affects the trigger pull in a way that may be undesirable.
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Thanks to all!!! As far as the “many more” part, that’s what I’m aiming for, if for no other reason than to piss off my heirs and assigns. As a consolation to them, they have been informed that they’ll make out pretty well but they’ll have to be patient.
Had it done and if it affects the trigger pull, I cannot detect it. I like not having to “load one, skip one, load the rest.” I like having six immediately at hand. Used to have to carry two cylinders to rapidly reload. I disliked having a loaded cylinder rolling around in my pocket too.
there are older single action revolvers and clones that do have the firing pin on the hammer that require an empty chamber under the hammer to be safe, such as the colt 1873 single action army and its clones . no one is immune from such an accidental discharge with this type of revolver. one famous old west character (WYATT EARP) had such an accident in a saloon one day. modern revolvers are mostly made in ways to avoid this practice. my carry revolver(Charter arms "pitbull " .45ACP is safe to carry full up.- full cylinder and that’s the only way I load it
Something about those antiques that still work. IDK. Nostalgia, American history, old smoothed triggers and cylinders, wooden grips. No wonder some rare folk still EDC/CCW them occasionally in the U.S. outback.
Just got me own mini version, but modern built, 2024.
Felt the need to chime in on this Topic for a while.
I have owned Revolvers all my life, my first Handgun was a '686; Smith.
My Newest Wheel gun is an Anaconda (Colt). I LOVE HER!
My view is I am limited in amount of Boolit’s as it is
If she’s designed to take Six—she gets Six and so on and so forth.
My first .44M took (5) (But she was a .44! ) and 5 would hopefully have been
enough in a fight. Man was I wrong.
I guess I view Guns, Carry, Holsters, Boolits differently than some folk’s.
Baptized at a very young age with Death will do that.
All my efforts, purchases, Carry are based on STAYING ALIVE.
We Gunner’s now face dangerous times ahead.
Much the same as in the Old West/Tombstone/Alamo day’s
I never thought Mr. Earp or Doc Holliday packed less rounds
than they could carry. I am the same way.
My FIRST encounter with Self Defense (as some of you know) was an Armored Car attack
I used ALL 6! against (2) ijidts w/ Mac 10’s. They both died, I obviously didn’t.
But laying in the gutter with my legs torn up, couldn’t move, my Smith empty
was a horrible feeling. Too out of it to reload. THANK GOD I HAD ALL SIX BULLETS THAT DAY!
The last bullet was a Headshot and that completely ended the fight.
Had some joker picked up either guy’s machine guns I would have been dead.
(I don’t ever want that feeling again) So since I recovered I carry a back up weapon.
I was naïve and extremely young and saw my fellow Guards w/ (2) irons and they scoffed
at me for carrying a Revolver. They said it was going to get me killed. Hmmmmmmm?
Today my main Carry (for now) is the Anaconda (6) w/ a back-up Semi-auto and an extra mag.
You folk’s need to feel comfortable with your choices and like everything else
I will NEVER TELL ANYBODY what to do. My life/My choices but I feel better
with as much fire power as I can without looking like Rambo. Summer, Winter I adjust.
Rain, activities I adjust. We might not face any ‘Troubles’ as the Irish are fond of saying
but I highly doubt this. Some of you (for work) wear suits or uniforms and you
‘adjust’ with ‘Pocket Pistols’ GOOD FOR YOU! I learned from you the having something is better than being unarmed.
IF/When the SHTF I am not going to be empty handed (ever)
Life is Tough
Act Accordingly
Mi dos Centavos
WWG1WGA
. If I don’t black out a serial number I have to hear about it so I was just being a smartass
