Posted: 8/4/2006 11:47:36 AM EDT
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I was at the London Proof House today and came across this somewhat unusual gun. I took the pic with my camera phone so that's why the quality's poor. The gun appears to be a Single Shot revolver. It was a Ruger in .256 Winchester. Other than that, I can't find anything on the web. The cylinder appeared to be a single cylinder thingy but the barrel had all the usual Ruger safety stuff on it as well as being engraved .256 Winchester, so it looks like a factory original. Any idea's?  This is a pic of a shotgun that failed proof   Mark |
| I believe that's a Ruger Hawkeye, not Blackhawk. I agree with the previous respondent that the cylinder appears cut away for illustrative purposes. However, the bottom of the loading door cutout on the frame doesn't appear to have the provisions for hte loading door hinge. Odd. |
| My dad had one, guy owed him money for some work on his boat, so my dad took the gun as collateral. Guy was never seen again, my dad gave me the gun. I shot a couple of boxes of ammo thru it, accuracy was ok, but my friends busted on me heavily for having a "stupid looking" pistol. I took a beating economically when I traded up with it. They are rare now, wish I still had mine. The action is wierd, not really a cylinder, kind of a flat cylinder is the best way to describe it. |