SuperBlackhawk Bisley

[GSaltzman]

Just saw a (used)SBH Bisley 44 mag 4 5/8" bbl for sale. Looks like it has been shot very little. They are asking $659 for it. Tried to deal with them but that's their bottom line. Would have been a nice addition to the family. Guess I'll settle on a 44 spec Lipsey's.

[markinalpine]

Here's a Ruger Bisley 7.5" .44 Mag from Bud's $531 shipped:
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/70159

Mark

[rststeve]

Wow 4 5/8 now I could go for that. All we have around here in Wa. is 7.5" you need a set of wheels to drag that one around buy it you won't regret it gun prices are only going higher

[Bass Ackward]

Guess I'll settle on a 44 spec Lipsey's.



You may just find that in a 4 5/8" tube that you really didn't lose all that much. In fact, it may just be the opposite. :grin:

[NHlever]

I wasn't aware that Ruger ever made the Super Blackhawk Bisley in the 4 5/8" barrel length unless it was a distributor special, or something. They have made some .44 Specials with the Bisley grip frame in 4 5/8", and 5 1/2". The 44 Magnum Bisleys I've seen have all been 7 1/2".

[nicholst55]

I'm wondering if the barrel has been chopped; never seen a 4-5/8" Bisley. They made a few stainless .45 Bisleys in 5-1/2" for a distributor, but I've never seen a 4-5/8" Bisley from the factory.

[EDK]

Someone probably converted a 4 5/8 SUPER to a BISLEY. BROWNELLS had a parts kit...in the white for blue and also stainless...several years ago.

I had TWO stainless 5.5 inch SUPERS converted. Parts was $175; fit grip frame $70+; trigger job to 2.5 pounds by ALPHA PRECISION. Then I stumbled across a like new used ACCU-SPORT 44 BISLEY at a gun show for $400.

A used DRAGOON or HUNTER grip frame is a nice conversion also....done a bunch of Original Size VAQUEROS in 357 and 44 that way.

:Fire::redneck:

[W.R.Buchanan]

I wanted one so badly I got mine cut down by Terry Tussey. It is 5"now , soon to get a full length ejector housing. It cost me $375 to have the barrel cut down to 5", a Weigand removable front sight soldered to the barrel, the whole gun bead blasted and reblued and I then added a Bowen rear sight. And did the free spin pawl and trigger job at my shop.

I like it alot.

Then I found a new "Blackhawk Bisley" in .44 Spec for $475 that I had to have as a companion to the big guy. So I've got $1000 in one, and $475 in the other. go figure?

Randy

[Lloyd Smale]

ive made up a couple myself in 41 44 and 45. Never was a production gun though. Closest thing was the fixed sighted vaquero in 44 mag. Allways said ruger was crazy for not making it a production gun. To me there isnt much better hunting gun made.

[markinalpine]

I'll bet Ruger could tell you the original configuration if you had the Serial # to e-mail to their Customer Service.
Mark :coffeecom

[David LaPell]

I know Ruger never made a 4 5/8 inch Bisley because back when I had mine, I wanted to have them convert mine to that length, and what I was told was that it would have constituted a custom gun and they didn't do that. Believe me, I have never understood why they didn't.

[EOD3]

I'm wondering if the barrel has been chopped; never seen a 4-5/8" Bisley. They made a few stainless .45 Bisleys in 5-1/2" for a distributor, but I've never seen a 4-5/8" Bisley from the factory.

I have one of the stainless 5.5" revolvers in the back of my handgun safe. I can't remember the name of the company that had them made-up.

[GSaltzman]

This gun has a blued finish. Very nice looking deep blue. It all looked like factory job though. I would have to look a little closer at it. I hate to do that because I would then want it. Have a SRH 7.5 and a SBH 5.5 already and I am going to get a Flattop 44 spl. I just have a "thing" for these Rugers! What do you guys think of a blued single six 32 h&r magnum 5.5". Another place has one and they are asking $550 but I know I can get the price down some there. I recently picked up the SBH 44 mag there for $400. Both the 44 I picked up and that 32 mag are in very nice shape.

[EOD3]

If the bluing looks REALLY GOOD, it's been rebuilt by someone. The bluing Ruger has used for the last several years just isn't up to snuff.