Hello all,
I have Blackhawk .357 serial# 101. Where do I go to find the value of it?
Thanks in advance,
David
Where to value (for insurance)
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Re: Where to value (for insurance)
David,
You could start with the Blue Book of Gun Values. That would give you a start but really will not show what the true collector value might be (I suspect it is probably quite a bit higher). That said, anyone giving you an estimated value would want a whole lot mofe information about your revolver. Serial number, barrel length, is it a flat top model, any and all writing on the gun no matter where the writing is located. Do you have any of the original paperwork and box? Do you have a Letter of Authenticity from Ruger? Pictures also help immensely for estimating a value.
You also might want to post your query on these forums: https://www.rugerforum.com/ and also: https://www.rugersociety.com/
There are very knowledgeable people on these forums who can help you more than I can, I'm a Ruger Double Action revolver collector (but I do own a number of Ruger Single Actions but not the old highly sought after models
)
Hope this helps.
You could start with the Blue Book of Gun Values. That would give you a start but really will not show what the true collector value might be (I suspect it is probably quite a bit higher). That said, anyone giving you an estimated value would want a whole lot mofe information about your revolver. Serial number, barrel length, is it a flat top model, any and all writing on the gun no matter where the writing is located. Do you have any of the original paperwork and box? Do you have a Letter of Authenticity from Ruger? Pictures also help immensely for estimating a value.
You also might want to post your query on these forums: https://www.rugerforum.com/ and also: https://www.rugersociety.com/
There are very knowledgeable people on these forums who can help you more than I can, I'm a Ruger Double Action revolver collector (but I do own a number of Ruger Single Actions but not the old highly sought after models
)Hope this helps.
Ron
USAF Retired E-8
RCA, ROCS, RENE Member
FFL 01/SOT 03
USAF Retired E-8
RCA, ROCS, RENE Member
FFL 01/SOT 03
Re: Where to value (for insurance)
Bluebook of gun values won't give you an accurate value for that gun. Hopefully your #101 is still NIB with split shipper??
In a case like that, value is whatever the top $ guy is willing to pay for it.... what the market will bare.
I've known about that gun for quite a while. Came out of Florida along with several early #59's and 65's. I think Lynn Laudise got into those maybe sometime in the late 1980's or in the 1990's.
Another thing your gun has going for it is that it is consecutive to the #100 factory Jerred Engraved .357 flattop. In fact, if I remember correctly, your gun was actually shipped to Jerred for engraving but only #100 ended up being engraved. #101 was returned to Ruger, and probably later was involved with Ruger's warehouse cleaning of miscellaneous two-digit revolvers that WBR had archived for safekeeping, most of which left the factory in September 1957 or so.
One last note... I like historical stuff so once was able to buy a quantity of old Shotgun News editions, 1958 to 1960. The Florida gun shop that got these guns originally had those advertised in there at one time, the 101, 59's and 65's.
Chet15
Last edited by chet15 on Thu Jan 02, 2025 6:48 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Where to value (for insurance)
Would love to see pics of that gun on here, including the stamp that is on the shipping sleeve!
Chet15
Chet15