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Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: gunman42782 on May 16, 2011, 11:46:23 AM

Title: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: gunman42782 on May 16, 2011, 11:46:23 AM: Well, finally got this one off lay a way. Sorry for the sucky pictures, but my camera stinks. I ordered some Tyler T grips for it. From what I am hearing, these crooks took everybody's money even after they went out of business, and their website is still on too. Don't know if I can deal with the wood grips without the Tylers. May have to put the rubber Hogues back on it.

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l96/gunman42782/100_2811.jpg)

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l96/gunman42782/100_2812.jpg)
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: BAC on May 16, 2011, 12:03:06 PM: Sweet!
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: Hazcat on May 16, 2011, 12:16:18 PM: 4inch barrel, nice. Mine is a 5.5
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: BAC on May 16, 2011, 02:11:34 PM: Quote from: Hazcat on May 16, 2011, 12:16:18 PM
4inch barrel, nice. Mine is a 5.5

Show off
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: Hazcat on May 16, 2011, 03:09:43 PM: Quote from: BAC on May 16, 2011, 02:11:34 PM
Show off

Size matters ;)

;D
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: kilopaparomeo on May 16, 2011, 03:21:35 PM: I'd take 4 or 5.5. That is a gun on my wish list...
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: CJS3 on May 16, 2011, 05:18:11 PM: Quote from: kilopaparomeo on May 16, 2011, 03:21:35 PM
I'd take 4 or 5.5. That is a gun on my wish list...

Same here, but I prefer stag grips.
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: alfsauve on May 20, 2011, 07:58:45 AM: Very nice.

I may have to swallow my current S&W snobbery and get the RedHawk.

I just feel the need for large caliber.

Alf <- (Of course then I will just HAVE to have new grips, reloading die, bullets, brass.....)
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: jaybet on May 20, 2011, 09:15:10 AM: Very nice wheel gun!
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: sledgemeister on May 20, 2011, 11:32:23 AM: wheel gunz are real gunz!
nice jobby in a nice calibre. .45 colt loaded right isnt that far behind the .44 mag.
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: shooter32 on May 20, 2011, 03:10:59 PM: Quote from: sledgemeister on May 20, 2011, 11:32:23 AM
wheel gunz are real gunz!

+1

Very Nice!! 8) 8)
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: Hazcat on May 20, 2011, 03:54:49 PM: Quote from: sledgemeister on May 20, 2011, 11:32:23 AM
wheel gunz are real gunz!
nice jobby in a nice calibre. .45 colt loaded right isnt that far behind the .44 mag.

Ya almost got it right, Sledge.

It's

Wheel Gunz Iz Real Gunz.

;)

;D
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: gunman42782 on May 20, 2011, 07:57:11 PM: Thanks guys. I have tried several grips so far. The Houge bantams, the full size Houges, the wood factory grips, and just bought a set of Uncle Mikes from Gun Parts Corp. Think I like the Uncle Mikes better than any of them. BUT, have not shot it yet with them.
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: gunman42782 on May 23, 2011, 06:09:12 PM: Well, got to shoot the Redhawk today with the Uncle Mikes grips. I must say, I am impressed with them. Made shooting much more comfortable, and my groups improved accordingly. I highly recommend them to anybody with a Redhawk that does not like the factory grips.
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 23, 2011, 06:20:16 PM: Quote from: gunman42782 on May 23, 2011, 06:09:12 PM
Well, got to shoot the Redhawk today with the Uncle Mikes grips. I must say, I am impressed with them. Made shooting much more comfortable, and my groups improved accordingly. I highly recommend them to anybody with a Redhawk that does not like the factory grips.
Its a tough call. The old school factory wood grips are (IMHO) extremely pretty. The padded are far more practical. I suffer ugly for practical in pistols. With revolvers, well...... :-[
FQ13
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: Hazcat on May 23, 2011, 08:07:51 PM: I didn't like the feel (or look) of the original wood grips on mine either. Looked too small for the gun and they were too small for my hand and allowed the gun to move around.

Put on a set of Houge wood grips that not only look better but afford a good grip. Even when I shoot 'hot loads' from it it does not move around and with the good grip it allows the recoil to be properly distributed.

(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p78/hazcater/Guns/100_0861.jpg)
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 23, 2011, 08:14:03 PM: Those are nice Haz. I still like the old factory Cherry with the black back strap, but the wooden houges will work. I suffered rubber ones on my Python, but it just felt wrong. I know I'm being illogical here as I don't care how ugly a pistol is, but with revolvers, as with deer rifles and bird guns I value aesthetics. :-\ ???
FQ13
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: gunman42782 on May 24, 2011, 06:28:55 AM: I really like those HazCat! Very nice.
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: billt on May 24, 2011, 07:22:56 AM: You have a nice, rugged, well built 6 gun that will stand up to decades worth of shooting. Enjoy it! Bill T.
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: blackwolfe on May 25, 2011, 01:48:42 AM: I bought a used Redhawk .44 a few years ago that had the Uncle Mikes grips on them and love them for shooting although I like the looks of wood more. Is your .45 Redhawk have a 4 inch or 4.2 inch barrrel? I have heard that Ruger went from a 4" barrel to 4.2" for export reasons, I think for Canada to meet minimum barrel length requirements. So if you want to get all the .45 Redhawks in stainless you need the 4", 4.2", 5.5" and 7.5". Not sure if they made .45's in blued also or with the scope ring cuts, so there may be others models out there. Then there are the .41 magnums and the .357 mag Redhawks.

I'd like to find a Tyler grip adapter, but they are few and far between now.

KPR we need to get together again and go to the range. I'll bring both the .44 and .45 Redhawks, but may be real short on the .45 colt ammo.
Title: Re: .45 Colt Redhawk
Post by: Ping on May 28, 2011, 09:19:34 AM: Nice looking wheelguns. Really dig the grips on Haz's Ruger.