[444]

:cuss:
I am not mechanically inclined, although if I know what I am doing, I can perform the task without problem.
Tonight, I didn't know what I was doing. I had taken a new .357 Redhawk out a few times this week and decided that tonight was the night to clean it. I didn't have any manual, but I have taken my other Ruger double actions apart many times, so how hard could it be ? Right away (of course) I realized this was nothing like the GP100 or the SP101, but a little head scraching got it apart and cleaned. That was the end of the joy ride. I have spent the last solid hour and a half putting it together, realizing that it doesn't work, and taking it back apart.
I have reached the absolute limits of my patience.

I have quietly placed the revolver on the counter, washed my hands, and poured myself a very healthy adult beverage. I am going to sit down here and watch my Innocents Betrayed DVD and relax.
If I can't get it tomorrow I am going to have to resort to downloading the instruction manual. I have already blamed this on the dog and gave him a dirty look.

[Pappy John]

444, order a manual before you have a stroke.......they're free, you know.:)
Even with instructions, getting that trigger housing seated just right with all attachments in proper place can be "tricky".

[P95Carry]

Getting everything ''back in'' can indeed be tricky .... reminds me of my hassles first time, with my first Redhawk.

Remember tho .... it all can and will go back together but always some need for jiggling. No easy answer in text form that will guarantee a solution but ...... keep trying.:)

[4v50 Gary]

You can always call up Ruger on Monday and have the folks at Customer Service walk you through the reassembly.

[HogRider]

Here is the on-line manual for the Redhawk:

http://www.ruger-firearms.com/Firearms/PDF/16.pdf

[Kamicosmos]

This will probably get some some 'What the hell are ya thinking' responses but I'll say it anyways:


I've never taken the cylinder out of my Redhawk. Only thing I've done to it is put in new Wolf Springs.
Never saw why I would need to take all that apart anyway...

Otherwise, download the manual and take your time. I have a heck of a short temper, and sometimes my guns can get me quite PO'ed, so I just have to go slow and work at it. Sometimes I too have to leave 'em for a bit and do something else till I cool off.

[Standing Wolf]

Reassembling my Ruger Mark II .22 caliber pistol was an exercise in pure hellaciousness. Now that I understand how it works and why, I can only wonder why it wasn't made an eighth to a quarter of an inch longer.

I'll never buy another Ruger anything!

[444]

Well I haven't gotten back to that project yet. It is still lying on the table. I gave it some thought and still don't know what I am doing wrong. I do believe my problem is in the trigger though.

Up to this point, I considered all of Ruger's products to be very simple to maintain. I got my first Ruger .22 autoloader when I was 9 years old and have never had a problem taking it down and putting it back together. The GP-100 and the SP-101 are both simple to take down which as far as I know can't be done with any other double action revolver. Over the years I have owned pretty much everything Ruger made with a few exceptions. If there was anything else they made that I wanted, I would buy it without a second thought.

[mec]

The only problem I had was the rube goldburg hammer/spring strut that comes apart easy enough but is replaced upside down and in the dark.