32-20/327 Fed Mag Blackhawk?

[jonp]

I ran across a Buckeye 32-20 Blackhawk and in the comments it was suggested that a 32 H&R Mag cylinder could be fitted for a nifty conversion.
That got me thinking about why stop there? Why not a 327 Fed Mag cylinder for even more versitility as the Blackhawk certainly can handle the pressure. It would allow the use of 327 Mag, 32 H&R, 32 SW etc

Any reason why that wouldn't work?

[Wheelguns 1961]

The buckeye came with a .32hrm cylinder from ruger. Ruger also made a .327fed blackhawk so I would say the cylinder is long enough. I wouldn’t buy a buckeye that didn’t come with both cylinders, unless it was very cheap.

[contender1]

Many of the Buckeye's in 32 H&R have already been reamed to accept the 327 round. It makes it a bit more versatile. Finding a Blackhawk sized SPARE cylinder in .327 will be hard. The Blackhawks in .327 are harder to find, and not cheap. The Ruger 32 H&R mags were built on the Single-Six frame size.

[Green Frog]

One of the dumbest moves I ever made in my life was selling my convertible 32 Buckeye Special about 25 years ago... that still hurts! As soon as I found out about the 8 shot Blackhawk in 327, I bought one. I’m not likely to sell this one. I just wish there had been a 32-20 cylinder available for it as well. . I keep looking. I would swap the 8 shot ‘hawk for the combo ‘eye, then ream the H&R cylinder to 327. I’d willingly give up the two extra rounds to get a second cylinder.

Froggie

[jonp]

Were all Buckeyes like that, 38-40 etc shipped with 2 cylinders? Probably be hard to locate a 327Fed or even a 32 HR. I did find a place that sells Blackhawk cylinders with .308 chambers for final reaming. Think one of those would work?

[contender1]

There were (2) Buckeye guns built. Both were convertibles. One was a 32-20/32 H&R mag,, and the other one a 38-40/10mm. If you wanted a 3rd cylinder,, it's hard to find one by Ruger,, so I'd say go with the custom one offered.

[Johnch]

Buckeye also had a 44-40 and 44 mag

I have the 38-40 & 10 MM

John

[contender1]

The 44-40/44 mag was not marked Buckeye. It WAS a special,, but not a marked Buckeye.
The Buckeye guns,, have a special serial number block.
610-00000 to 610-05202 for the 32 cal guns.
611-00001 to 611-06199 for the 40 cal guns.

The non Buckeye,, 44 cal;
87-00001 to 87-01219.

Many of the Buckeyes were shipped as sets! I have a matched number set where the prefix is the only difference.

[Green Frog]

The single action enthusiast could do a lot worse than to own these three guns... I probably should have followed through with what I started rather than giving up the one I did buy. If it could be done with a SA revolver, it could be done with one of these. About the only thing I would have to change would be to ream the 32 H&R cylinder out to 327 Fed Mag. It's just a shame these weren't/aren't regular production variants!

Froggie

[jonp]

The 44-40/44 mag was not marked Buckeye. It WAS a special,, but not a marked Buckeye.
The Buckeye guns,, have a special serial number block.
610-00000 to 610-05202 for the 32 cal guns.
611-00001 to 611-06199 for the 40 cal guns.

The non Buckeye,, 44 cal;
87-00001 to 87-01219.

Many of the Buckeyes were shipped as sets! I have a matched number set where the prefix is the only difference.

Didn't they all have a "Buckeye" stamped on them? I almost bought the 38-40/.40cal I think it was last year and didn't

The one I saw does not have the second cylinder. The price to get one made makes the gun prohibitive for me. Cheaper to wait and come across an original.