.44 Super blackhawk a good choice???

[kitestir]

I have a chance to buy a super blackhawk cheap and was wondering if it was a good choice?  I am just getting started and probably won't compete this year much because of my schedule.  I reload for .44 mag already and could load light etc.  I also shoot major class in ipsc so recoil won't bother me much.  But how much slower will It be then say .357?  If I go the .44 route what would be a good rifle that is good out of the box?

Thanks for any advice!

Shawn

[Will Ketchum]

Shawn, Welcome to our fire.

Tthe Super Blackhawk will limit you to the Modern Class but if it is a good deal you can always swap it later.  It wouldn't be my first choise for a CAS gun but my son shot a pair for his first couple of matches.  As for the caliber you can load the 44 mag pretty light so that wouldn't be a problem.

Will Ketchum

[Capt. Jack McQuesten]

The SBH should work out just fine for you to start with and, as WK mentioned, it will limit you to the "Modern" class, but I don't think that is a bad thing at all. As for comparision with the .357 magnums, I would venture to say that the majority of folks shooting the .357 guns do so with light .38 specials, so their recovery time would be a little bit faster. I shoot a brace of .44 magnum Ruger Vaqueros, but I use .44 special ammo and it works for me. As for the rifle, my personal choice would be a Cimarron model 73 in .44 special, but they are a might expensive.
For a beginner, I would take a hard look at the Marlin in .44 magnum (Big 5 sells them for about $300 bucks) or a Rossi 92 in .44 magnum. Glad to have ya'll join the fire!

[Silver Creek Slim]

I started this game with a 3 screw SBH because I already had the brass, bullets, and reloading dies. I bought a used 1894 Marlin in .44 Mag. There are plenty of used Marlins in .44 Mag for sale. You should be able to find one for under $400. If you are not going to get into Frontier Cartridge or Duelist, the SBH would be a good choice.

Slim

[Mustang Gregg]

I started shootin' SASS matches in 2000 wit' a pair of 10.5" K-Super Blackhawks.
I shot Modern for the first 2 years & had a great time!!!!  I was clean (but slow) on several matches.
Hell, ya cain't miss wit' 10.5" of barrel out there!!!

I then sawed the barrels off to 7.5" & put Bisley Gripframes on 'em.

Sold 'em to a new shooter buddy & now do the GF thang wit' my .44 mag 5.5" K Bisley Vaqueros.

MG

[Hemlock Mike]

Most of the small local matches don't care about sights.  They are happy to see you.  That's the way I started with and old SBH.  Load 'em down to about 850 Fps.  About 7 gr of Unique is OK.  There's a lot of MArlin and Uberties out there for rifle -- Just look.

I don't use the rear sight for CAS so I don't care what you shoot 

Mike