jakk280rem
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Anyone laid hands on one yet? It's a Davidson's exclusive, it may not be catalouged. What's the general consensus of a 3" 41 mag? I prefer short barreled handguns and this looks too good to pass up.
Ruger Redhawk 41 Magnum Snub
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hollywood63
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It'll make a nice flamethrower. You'll want plugs and muffs......and make very sure your thumb isn't behind the cylinder release. Don't ask how I know...... A buddy had a 3 in. S&W 657 .41 mag. We immediately christened it "Thumper". Everyone who shot it got bit by the cylinder release. Edit - looking at the ad I see the Ruger is a 4.2 in. (the Canadian model - they don't allow no snubs up there). That's completely different.
jakk280rem
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That's nice too, but I was referring to this one: http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/...&cat=All&type=All&cal=41M&fin=&sit=&pid=&inv=
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Have had one since last year, a lot of fun to shoot with mild loads.
DownInTheDark
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Just make sure you use 300mp powder when ya load up some ammo. I did and was shooting the 3 inch j-frame 357 mag. The range master came over and asked what flame thrower I was using.
7mmb
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For me I'd rather have the 4.2" Redhawk in 41 Mag over the shorter barrel. If you really want to get the most out of the round the 7.5" Super Redhawk (also a Davidson's exclusive) would be the way to go. If you want a snub nose 41 Mag get it. You'll never go wrong with a Redhawk.
Legionnaire
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As I posted elsewhere, I really like the new GP100 in .44 Spl. The Redhawk is a big frame for the .41. What I'd like to see is a GP100 in .41 mag (even if only a five-shot), but with a 4 or 5-inch barrel. IMO snubs are for "snubbed" cartridges (.44 Spl, .38 Spl, etc.); why cripple the .41 mag with a short barrel? YMMV.
RealGun
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Another embarrassing case of Ruger not having an appropriate platform for such things in DA. They need something scaled between the GP100 and the Redhawk. Their NMBH 41 magnum, on the other hand, is one of my favorite guns, except that I only like the Blackhawk in Flat Top and am fortunate to have one in 41 Mag, 6".
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Threads like this are why I love gun message boards. I learn about guns I'd love to have but had no idea existed.
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Yeah, threads like this have cost me a lot of money too.
Deaf Smith
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Pity the new S&W L frame five shot .44 Magnum model 69 was not made a six shot.41 magnum.
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gotboostvr
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That I think would be a great power/weight ratio. A ~4" L frame 6 shooter in 41mag would take care of just about any task. If S&W released that, and Ohio allowed 4" barreled pistols I could be happy with that as my "one revolver"
I wouldn't, but I could!
That's alot of if's though.
The problem with the .41 Mag. caliber is it is a ".41" Mag. and as such will never sell as well as the .44 Mag. It was never really accepted by the masses or very popular when it was introduced in 1964. It could have and should have been the ideal LEO cartridge (back when LEOs still carried revolvers) because it really is a huge step up from the .357 Mag. But the LEO administrators decided they "needed" more little bullets than only 5 or 6 big ones. Unfortunately for us the marketing clowns decide what gets built. And most Americans firmly believe that more is better - we like the biggest bullets and biggest TVs and the biggest cheeseburgers and the biggest trucks we can buy. But I agree with the above posts - the L frame S&W or the Ruger GP frame in .41 Mag. would make a very fine carry gun. Heck, I would sell off a .44 Mag. to get one. I also wish Winchester had produced the 94 Trapper in .41 Mag. I have several in other calibers but a .41 Mag would have been a perfect carbine IMO.
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RealGun
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Made me think of the soldier in Paris this morning who shot an attacker multiple times and didn't kill him.
gotboostvr
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The local fun store has a 10mm MP5 in their "class 3" locker and man, that'd be a fun thing to have.
The basic concept sure seems like a great idea for anyone whose job is to totally end threats as quickly as possible. Better than a Thompson even. I read that the U.S. Naval Special Warfare folks were pretty excited to hear about an MP5 in 10mm but it apparently just didn't hold up for long when they tested it. I do know they test their toys to destruction. Maybe they were using the hot stuff. Maybe they blew out their suppressors with only a couple of magazines. It seems like it would be a big step up from the 9mm in an MP5. Maybe not. Back to the original subject - a Redhawk somehow doesn't seem to really meet the definition of a "snub". That thing is a horse pistol in my book. I guess if you have a rig that allows you to lug it around - go for it.
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200Apples
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Anything is a step up from 9mm...
Meanwhile...
I like the idea of sending the present-day .41 Magnum out of a longer tube than 3"; leave the shorter stuff to something like .44 Special.
I couldn't agree more.
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