The Blackhawk came with a adjustable rear sight and an ample front sight. It was built out of the best steel of the day and in place of Colt’s traditional flat springs were tougher coil springs-a change Bill Ruger would later point out as one of his design’s greatest improvements on the Colt SAA. This philosophy that stressed quality would carry the Blackhawk line through the ages, consistently edging out the big name revolver competition with moderately priced offerings of equal quality. He was right and the Single Six proved to be an instant success, largely because of the quality of its construction. Whereas Colt mistakenly believed shooters would not want technology from another era, Ruger figured that sportsmen would appreciate a good high quality revolver, regardless of the patent date on the design. 22 was a hot seller and paved the way for a centerfire gun, tougher than any revolver Colt ever made-the Ruger Blackhawk. One gun maker however by the name of Bill Ruger decided if Colt wouldn’t cash in on the craze, he would with a copy of the Colt revolver, the Single Six in. It was 1953 and Westerns ruled both film and television, cultivating a market for “throwback” weapons yet the firm behind many of these-Colt-had not produced their iconic Colt Single Action Army revolver since 1941.
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