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Post by jjsharpshooter on Jan 21, 2018 22:33:02 GMT -5
Been keeping an eye open for a 30 Carbine Blackhawk at a reasonable price and found one today at a local gun show. Old Model, first year production, 1968, in very good-excellent shape and unconverted. I already have brass, dies and bullets from a 30 Carbine rifle I had traded off a few years ago so I'm all ready to play.
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Post by Encore64 on Jan 21, 2018 22:37:45 GMT -5
That's a great find
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Post by jjsharpshooter on Jan 21, 2018 22:51:46 GMT -5
And the best thing was, when I left the show with it and returned to my loving wife waiting for me in the truck, she asked how much it was and gave me what i paid for it to have as a gift from her.
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Post by Encore64 on Jan 21, 2018 22:57:19 GMT -5
Have to say, I wouldn't have left it on the table either.
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Post by tinkerpearce on Jan 22, 2018 13:21:26 GMT -5
Been keeping an eye out for one of these myself- nice score!
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Post by jfs on Jan 22, 2018 13:22:35 GMT -5
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Post by williamiorg on Jan 22, 2018 13:26:16 GMT -5
Well. Bless Her Heart. Our serial numbers are 4,248 apart with yours younger. Mine shoots well and compares favorably to the .32-20 Buckeye Special. I dont know if you remember but back in the silhouette days they were shooting quite a few heavy bullets in the.30 Carbine. Both in the Contender and in the Blackhawk. There was quite a bit of published load data using the Hornady and Sierra 130- and 150-grain bullets. The Contenders performed especially well pushing 130 grain Hornady to 2,000 fps using Winchester 296. Extraction would get sticky and Ruger chambers needed polishing. The Buckeye is the same and the .32-20 cylinder would leave machine marks on the case walls with heavy loads. The Blackhwak will not match the 10" Contender but it will deliver good accuracy with heavy bullet/high pressure loads and never show the strain.
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Post by jsh on Jan 22, 2018 13:59:41 GMT -5
Your Buckeye may just have a rough cylinder. I crowd my 32-20 pretty hard, actually real hard. Cases drop from the cylinder with no ill signs.
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Post by williamiorg on Jan 22, 2018 14:02:55 GMT -5
After a polish mine does well. Had the same troublewith the .32 Magnum cylinder.
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Post by dobegrant on Jan 22, 2018 14:03:15 GMT -5
Nice find indeed, Nice of your wife as well.
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Post by Otony on Jan 22, 2018 14:07:01 GMT -5
I had a very clean New Model (pre-warning) that I was forced to sell in a moment of financial duress.
I hated to let that gun go, as it was quite accurate, but boy, it would flat hurt your ears. I took to wearing plugs and muffs in an effort to protect myself. I can't imagine shooting it without hearing protection, you would have wax fall out of your ears that had been in there since the second grade!
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Post by Burnston on Jan 23, 2018 14:48:31 GMT -5
It is a sincere pleasure of a pistol to shoot. It boasts as one of my most accurate handguns. Still, I have to echo Otony on this; it is not one that I'd have as a saddle companion for its noise level. Congratulations on the great find.
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Post by matt56 on Jan 23, 2018 16:56:38 GMT -5
The 30 carbine Blackhawk has my interest and there is one that has been at our local shows priced at $400. Not sure if this is a good price for one or not but since I don't have any dies or components I keep passing it up.
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Post by jjsharpshooter on Jan 23, 2018 18:37:01 GMT -5
The 30 carbine Blackhawk has my interest and there is one that has been at our local shows priced at $400. Not sure if this is a good price for one or not but since I don't have any dies or components I keep passing it up. Did you see it at the Butler gun show? That's were I got this, was priced at $400, haggled down to $375 out the door. I had brass, dies and bullets so it was a no brainer for me.
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Post by matt56 on Jan 25, 2018 20:34:30 GMT -5
Yes that must have been it! Amazing how small the world is
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