The Ruger Hawkeye is a single-shot
pistol chambered for the
.256 Winchester Magnum
The .256 Winchester Magnum is a firearms cartridge developed by Winchester, and was produced by necking-down a .357 Magnum cartridge to .257 diameter. It was designed for shooting small game and varmints.
History
Introduced in 1960, Winchest ...
cartridge, produced by
Sturm, Ruger & Co. from 1963 until July 1964.
It was built on the same frame as the
Ruger Blackhawk
The Ruger Blackhawk is a six-shot, single-action revolver manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co. It is produced in a variety of finishes, calibers, and barrel lengths.
History
In the early 1950s, Westerns were popular in movies and television. Colt ...
, but rather than having a rotating
cylinder
A cylinder (from ) has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes. In elementary geometry, it is considered a prism with a circle as its base.
A cylinder may also be defined as an infin ...
like a standard
revolver, it featured a swiveling
breechblock which allowed an individual round to be loaded and sealed into the frame.
The Ruger Hawkeye pistol was not a commercial success, and was discontinued after only 3,075 were produced.
References
External links
Serial number historyInstruction manual
Sources
*Larry Kelly, J. D. Jones. ''Hunting for Handgunners''. Book Sales, 1990. .
Single-shot pistols
Sturm, Ruger & Company
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1963
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