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Offline 1894cfan

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3 screw BlackHawk age?
« on: December 09, 2009, 06:58:42 PM »
Anybody here know of where I can go to find the manufacturing year for a 3 screw .357 Blackhawk, serial number 30-32***? TIA

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Re: 3 screw BlackHawk age?
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2009, 07:07:52 PM »
Should be a 1970

30-24975  = 1970
30-81253  = 1971

Here's all of the numbers:

Blackhawk Revolver
(manufactured from 1955 to 1973)
Caliber: .357 Magnum
Beginning Serial Number:    Years of Production:
1    1955
1737    1956
7318    1957
11676    1958
18688    1959
25734    1960
34325    1961
39490    1962
43698    1963
52569    1964
60373    1965
73551    1966
87269    1967
108764    1968
30-00001    1969
30-24975    1970
30-81253    1971
31-10018    1972
31-41551    1973

You can get this info right on Ruger's website:

http://www.ruger-firearms.com/service/productHistory.html#
Mike

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Re: 3 screw BlackHawk age?
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2009, 07:56:07 PM »
Thank you very much, Skunk. That told me just what I wanted to know.  8)

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Re: 3 screw BlackHawk age?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2009, 03:47:04 AM »
You are very Welcome 1894cfan. :)
Mike

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