357 Magnum which was also a wise move: the. This first generation of Ruger Blackhawk revolvers were made in. This model produced the same four clicks on cocking as the classic Colt SAA, and to load it the hammer had to be placed on half cock before the loading gate could be opened.
The Single Six proved the idea for a centerfire cowboy style revolver was viable and so the design team at Ruger got working on building a revolver that would be externally just like the Colt SAA of 1873, but with a frame mounted firing pin and modern coil spring internals, so that the revolver would have the same look, sounds and feel, but which would work better. The original Ruger Blackhawk entered production in 1955 after Bill Ruger had wisely tested the market with his first “Wild West” single-action revolver, the. The name was used on the standard production car and on Frank Lockhart’s world speed record car pictured here. The Ruger Blackhawk was named after the Stutz Blackhawk automobile. He decided to do this at a time when Colt had withdrawn their original Colt single action from production after the end of the Second World War thinking that no-one would want such an old fashioned revolver anymore. Bill Ruger was also a man who loved 19th century Western American art, so it comes as no surprise that he would decide to create single-action revolvers in the style of the Colt Single Action Army but with twentieth century improvements. 1 falling-block single-shot rifle was the sort of Farquharson inspired classic that a London “best gun” maker might create and sell for astronomical amounts of money: Bill Ruger made it brilliant, gorgeous and affordable. His Ruger Model 77 was a classic design with heavy David Lloyd influences, his Ruger No. Bill Ruger was involved in the design of every firearm Ruger made and was a calculated risk taker in his choice of the types of firearms Ruger would bring to market. In many ways Bill Ruger was a bit like Sir William Lyons who founded the Jaguar automobile company and had his hand on the design of every car that Jaguar made whilst under his leadership. So, to understand the underlying reason for Bill Ruger to introduce the single-action Ruger Blackhawk back in 1955 is best done by considering the things that Bill Ruger was passionate about: Bill Ruger was passionate about classic guns, and classic cars, he had a penchant for vintage Stutz automobiles especially, and was friendly with British riflemaker David Lloyd whose work he greatly respected. The best things are created by people who are passionate about the thing they are setting out to make, not about whether or not it will sell well.
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