Is this revolver worth owning or would a guy be better off with a regular redhawk in 45 colt?
I like the round butt. Opinions would be appreciated. Thanks Curdog
Is this revolver worth owning or would a guy be better off with a regular redhawk in 45 colt?
I like the round butt. Opinions would be appreciated. Thanks Curdog
Well, I own a regular Redhawk that was milled to accept moons & use 45 ACP. I PERSONALLY appreciate the versatility of mine. But,, only you can answer if it will be useful to you. Have you handled one yet? Shot one yet? I always let that be a guide in how I feel about an unknown gun!
I bought one used. I like the looks and balance. I haven’t shot mine much. The round grip is OK for acp, but not enough to hang onto with heavy colt loads. I found a Tyler T grip for mine, but haven’t shot it yet. It makes a great bullet puller, if you have reloading mistakes that won’t cycle in a semi auto. Perhaps, bullets seated too deeply, or light loads. You could also shoot some heavy loads in acp, maybe even 460 rowland loads. Everybody’s hand is different when it comes to grips. I like the versatility, but can’t shoot heavy loads with the round grip. Someone finally came out with a rubber aftermarket grip for the round butt. You can always go that direction.
I have the NM Blackhawk in .45 Colt / .45 ACP and had DougGuy uniform both cylinders. Most accurate revolver I own in either caliber. I use mostly the .45 ACP cylinder because I used to shoot NRA Bullseye style pistol and have lots of .45 ACP ammo hoarded which the Blackhawk shoots well.
If limited to only one cylinder it would be the .45 ACP. I hardly use the .45 Colt one.
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I've got it and like it a lot, though don't really use the ACP option much (Moon clips are a PITA). The round butt I think is a big improvement over the older square, but I'm waiting for the aftermarket industry to catch up with something that really properly fits me - I'm wanting something that fills the "Tyler T-Grip" section a little better.
It is not a gun for comfort with "Ruger Only" loads, but then, my attitude has generally become "the original .45 Colt load was designed to kill HORSES - why exceed it just because some manual says you can?"
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You might have a different opinion after shooting some heavy 45 ColtI like the round butt.
Thanks for the input I appreciate.
There has been documented problems with this gun. Something about failure to fire. I remember reading several threads on rugerforum.net. I was not interested in one, so I did not pay attention. I would do some research before buying. Also, it is a single spring design, and harder to get a good trigger job.
I've been looking hard at one, but just can't get off my retired wallet to get it. SSD doesn't pay well....
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
I had the BH in .45 ACP/Colt.
I only fired the ACP cylinder once. Accurate enough, but, I liked firing my 1911 so it got all the ACP ammo and the Colt ammo was fired in the BH.
I had two loads for the Colt. 300gn heavy loads, 255gn medium loads. Liked them both and both were accurate enough for clay pigeons at 50yds.
I considered the extra cylinder just one of those things. I knew if I ran out of ammo I could find ACP just about anywhere. In those days Colt ammo was a bit hard to find. I eventually got tired of the BH and sold it.
I think rimmed 45 ACP brass will take care of any issue with FTF with the gun. Moon clips if bent will cause this issue in any 45acp revolver I run Moon clips for practice and fun but my carry ammo in my 45acp is rimmed for reliability.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |