Anybody have one of these yet? Ruger SRH 5" Barrel

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Interesting but like TennJed I have never been a fan of the Super Redhawk design. Would much prefer the original Redhawk model.
 
Whew...I sure hope that one grows on me. There have been some mighty funny looking revolvers introduced in the last few years, and I'm trying to learn to love them all (except the Judge/Governor) but, whooo boy ... that is "aesthetically challenged," by the wheelbarrow load.

FWIW, I think the Alaskan models are pretty cool looking. Nice lines. But the 5" barrel version just looks like someone's plumbing project gone wrong. :eek:
 
It's like a barrel with a barrel extension. I don't like it but can appreciate it. They should take the barrel and either make it look like one continuous piece like a full underlug or have lines like a RedHawk.
 
Who cares how it looks, it's about performance and practicality for me. I had a 7 and 1/2 inch and finally got rid of it because I couldn't find any gun smith that would shorten the barrel to 4.25 inches for me. I had no idea these existed! I want one!
 
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I do. Makes My X frame look like a work of art.

If it had a full barrel shroud and basically looked like a giant GP100, I'd be real interested in one that was chambered in 41 or 44 magnum. But I couldn't stomach this thing as it is. And I am a Ruger fan. I have a Ruger T-shirt on as I type this in fact.
 
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They designed it with that lengthened, beefed up frame, then they just couldn't figure out how to make it look good. So they didn't.
 
Talo doesn't even have it on their site yet.......I assume it will list for about $1050 like Talo's other SRHs and sell for about $800.
 
It's a shame they won't make one like this:

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It'd probably weigh pretty close to the seven inch guns, and it would be less muzzle heavy.
 
A thing of beauty it is not. People have been making respectable looking cut-down SRHs for years. Perhaps Ruger in a desire to have this version not be mistaken for any of the custom jobs choose the cheapest and easiest designer option: The Russian Tractor Factory #4 Design Bureau. I could live with it if it saved me the hassle of having a custom job done. I have enough pretty guns so my vanity would not be bruised by one that looks like it was milled in a high school metal shop class by a "C" student.
 
With the Redhawk not in production, I wouldn't be surprised if Ruger might try to consolidate the revolver line. They could cast a slightly different frame and come up with something like Hamilton Bowen's conversion:

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This looks really clean, uses the GP/SRH frame extention.
 
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It's a shame they won't make one like this:

srh2.jpg

It'd probably weigh pretty close to the seven inch guns, and it would be less muzzle heavy.
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It boggles the mind that the folks in Prescott could not comprehend what most people would like a 5" SRH to look like.
 
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