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Ruger 44 flat top

rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
edited January 2014 in Ask the Experts
I bought a Ruger Blackhawk 44 mag dom 1959
sight unseen and I found out it has been modified
for a scope mount. I want to install a rear sight assy.
I took one off a 3 screw 357 blachawk but it
didn't come close to fitting.
Is there a special sight for a flat top
and if so ,where can I get one?
Thanks-Ron
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  • rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
    edited November -1
    I bought a flat top Ruger 44 a couple months
    ago and just noticed the hammer is blued.
    Is this normal or has the gun been refinished?
    Thanks
    Ron
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  • AmbroseAmbrose Member Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The flat sides of Ruger Blackhawk hammers are not blued but left bright.
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  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Picture035.jpg

    It's factory blued on top of the hammer and not on the sides on the Flattop Bisley.
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  • rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
    edited November -1
    I see, maybe the pistol has been reblued.
    My flat top is an old 3 screw DOM 1959.
    I wonder if it came from the factory like that.
    Wishful thinking[?]
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If just the hammer and NOT the rest of the pistol It is easy to temove the bluimg from the SIDES only wit a piece of Glass and 600 grit sandpaper . Has the three screw been modified at factory recall "safety". Remove hammer place Glass on table lay sandpaper on glass"FLAT SURFACE" and POLISH the BLUE AWAY.
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  • rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
    edited November -1
    The pistol is unconverted but the blued
    hammer has the same deep blue hue as the rest
    of the revolver as well as the screws.
    Oh,well for $375 "cheap money" for a 3 screw
    re-blued 44 flat top. I'm happy.
    Some day I may do just that Karl just to
    be "similar" to my other 3 screw pistols.
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  • AmbroseAmbrose Member Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My old flat top is a 1958 that I got long, long ago and has bright hammer sides. I have one of the newer production flat top .44 Specials and its hammer sides are in the white, also.

    Your $375 was a great buy, refinished or not! It's hard to find any Blackhawk in any condition for that.
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  • woodchuckjohnwoodchuckjohn Member Posts: 207 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Enjoy it. It's a beauty. Looks like a 44 special. is that correct? Shoot it in good health.
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  • woodchuckjohnwoodchuckjohn Member Posts: 207 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Enjoy it. It's a beauty. Looks like a 44 special. is that correct? Shoot it in good health.
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  • tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by woodchuckjohn
    Enjoy it. It's a beauty. Looks like a 44 special. is that correct? Shoot it in good health.


    If his is an older 3 screw and it is a 44, then it is a 44 Remington Magnum. There were only two models of the 3 screw Flattops made...one in 357 Magnum, and the other in 44 Magnum.

    Best
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