[Jeff Higgins]

No use for a .22 revolver??!! C'mon, Tim, they have to be the all-time greatest plinking toys. I would be lost without mine.

Your Super Blackhawk is a mid-generation "3 screw", which are more desireable to Ruger guys. It should have the traditional single action lockwork, with three notches on the hammer; "safe" (not really, though), load/unload, and full cock. There should be no transfer bar, either. Ruger still takes these in, free of charge, to be converted to the more modern transfer bar/one hammer notch action, but that conversion is not seen as desireable (it is reversible, though). It is also missing the obnoxious "for a free instruction manual, contact Sturm, Ruger, and Co...." stamping that takes up most of the barrel on the newer (post '73 or so) Rugers, the lack thereof which is also highly desireable. I would think $500 would be on the very low end for a "three screw", non-instruction-manual-stamped Super Blackhawk. These are highly prized among single-action shooters and Ruger collectors. I would hang onto it; you would have a very difficult time replacing it. That goes for that little Colt, too - these things are getting very hard to find.