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Ruger ~76' NM Super Blackhawk - Original Grip Frame?

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  • Bw511
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    • Oct 2008
    • 154

    Ruger ~76' NM Super Blackhawk - Original Grip Frame?

    Hey guys,

    Bought this badboy a while back and haven't been able to find any straight answers. Was this a custom with a brass grip frame from the factory, or did someone add it on? The grips are stamped with the frame's serial #.

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    bwiese
    I need a LIFE!!
    • Oct 2005
    • 27621

    Unless this is a rare 'special edition' release I've never heard of, this looks aftermarket.

    [There were a few hundred or so brass gripframe SuperBlackhawks w/the 'dragoon' (squared-off triggerguard) gripframe - those would have been marked "MR3-DB".]

    Also it appears J&D Mold is the caster for Qualite Parts/QPG and these guys made quite a few aftermaket gripframes for Ruger SA guns.

    So I'm pretty confident this is not a factory gun configuration.

    Bill Wiese
    San Jose, CA

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      Fjold
      I need a LIFE!!
      • Oct 2005
      • 22907

      Ruger owns one of the largest investment casting businesses in the world so I doubt that they would out source a grip frames.
      Frank

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      • #4
        den888
        I need a LIFE!!
        • Jul 2009
        • 10520

        I had a old BH from 1985 and it did not look like that. My cousin's NM BH is from the late 70's and it does not look like that either.

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