Protective rear sight ribs, or Ruger patented integralĪdded to the Super’s cylinder frame to help stabilize and Is attributed to the Super being fitted with a steel grip frameĪnd other beefed up parts. Ruger’s original offering, the Blackhawk. Improvements in the Super Blackhawk that set it apart from 22 caliber rimfire revolver and Blackhawk Included in the barrel address versus on the cylinder frame like found Produced in Ruger’s new expanded facility in Southport,Īlso the first Ruger revolver to have the trademark Eagle logo The Super Blackhawk was the first revolver to be The Super Blackhawk is marked on the left side Over 600,000 of the new models have been sold to date. Super Blackhawk today, with its New Model safety barĬonfiguration that was introduced in 1974, continues to retain Super became an immediate hit with shooters, hunters, and The Super’s catalog number was S47 and the introductory This was just three short years after introducing their “Blackhawk”. 44 Magnum single-action revolver in Septemberġ959 and shipping began in November 1959. This article is dedicated in memory of myįriend Lynn Laudise who helped educate me and found me aīlackhawk”.
