[mec]

Been checking out various loads with this. Interesting that the trigger pull is five pounds but this is just fine on the 50 oz revolver. Any magnum level tears up the web of my hand with the factory grips but these Pachmayrs make it comfortable. the 5.5" redhawk has plenty sight range for bullet weights from 250 to over 300 grains.

[mikey357]

...oka-a-a-y, is it a .44 or a .45???....mikey357

[mec]

.44. It seems to like 300 grain xtps, 312 gas checks from dry creek the heavy corbons and keith types at moderate velocity. It seems not to like even premium keith types driven to magnum velocities.

[mikey357]

...pretty good shootin', Mike!...how "New" is this particular Ruger? Any "Issues" crop up with it? TIA....mikey357

[mec]

I just picked it up used last week. Not very used though. The components hadn't seated well yet. The single action was 6pounds 4 oz but after a bit of shooting, it settled in at five pounds even. I suspect somebody got a load of the recoil with the factory grips and traded it. The only possible issue is that I've gotten a couple of light double action strikes with cci primers. I haven't done all that much double action shooting but these came right after I put a pair of Pachmayr rubbers on it. I believe that the spring module was dragging on the rubber and retarding the thrust. When I got home, I put some tetra grease on the strut for a marker and noted that it was rubbing off on the interior of the grips.

I can shoot it 30-40 times with heavy loaded 300 grain and over bullets before the blood flows. this is with the factyory grips. The pain and injury factor is cancelled by the Pachmayrs. some groups with a couple of xtp loads have been exceptional. ranging from 1.- 1.4 for five at 25 yards from the bench.

the convenient deal is that the sights are right for heavy bullets. Super Blackhawks usually shoot high with these and you have to get a higher front sight to bring them down to poa.

[J Miller]

What you have is what I want, except I want a .45 Colt.
If the Single Action trigger pull is 5 pounds, what is the Double action pull?
Good looking gun. Those pachmyers really dress it up. :D

[mec]

My double action weighing routine is somewhat rube goldberg- I have to use a dumbbell plate in conjunction with my trigger pull gauge. It is a smooth pull that seems to weigh between 11-12 pounds. Both let-offs seem lighter than they actually weigh. The five pound single action sounds pretty bad but gives a steady surprise release with the 50 oz revolver out there on the end of your arm.

A friend has 5.5" RHawks in 41,44 and 45. He said that , for no reason he could readily put a finger on, he prefers the .45.

I just put the factory grips on and popped 12 primers double action. The firing pin imprint was good and solid on all. I believe that the spring strut does or was impinging on the rubber grips enough to cause the light hits I got earlier.

[Pappy John]

I ran into the same problem with the Pachmayr's that were on my Redhawk when I bought it used. I tried inletting the inside of the grip surface to stop the rubbing, but since the mounting screw tightens at that spot it didn't help much. They've been consigned to the landfill. I'm back to original wood now. No blood as of yet. But since this is my deer gun, I'm usually shooting it with gloves anyway. I've got other forty-fours for fun shooting at lower power levels.

The forty-four family
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[Poohgyrr]

Hey I like that scoped 7 1/2"er. Looks like one I let go in a moment of weakness for a Trapper 30-30- which I do like, just wish I still had the Redhawk. Nice shooter, and not bad with good grips and 300 gr. loads. Congrats on a nice collection of .44's....

The narrowness of the Pachy Grippers caused me grief though. IIRC, I settled on small Presentations. Anyway, the Redhawk is a good working .44......

[mec]

Played with the rubber grips some more and confirmed that overtightening them is the cause of the light strikes on double action. If you turn the screw until it seems tight, it rubs on the strut. It turns out that it is necessary to screw it in only until the halves of the grips come together and the screw does not protrude through the threaded gromet. No light strikes correctly installed and the grips are firm on the frame.