Blackhawk .357 + 9mm -- A Good Idea?

Gordian Blade

Ruger makes a version of the Blackhawk that comes with an extra cylinder for 9mm, so you can shoot .357, .38, or 9mm with the same gun. I like the idea, but is that just because I don't know better? Is it a gimmick or a worthwhile second pistol after a .22 like the Mark II? Does accuracy suffer trying to shoot all 3 calibers out of the same barrel?

tajjn

A Black Hawk 357/9mm convertable was the first gun that I bought and would be one of the last ones I would ever sell. I can put rounds in the black all day long with either caliber. Also being a single action gun you don't burn up tons of ammo.

gruntled

I had a hard time loading the 9mm cylinder.Since there is no rim & no half-moon clipI found that it was very picky regarding what rounds it would take. There was no problem with the .38/.357 cylinder.

RugerNiner

Isn't this the gun that you have to slip the 9mm ammo onto a plastic holder and place it over top of the open cylinder?

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Herschel

This is the Blackhawk model, a single action that is loaded by dropping the rounds singly through a loading gate.