Ruger Redhawk ? should I trade it off

[Hickok44]

I have a Blued Ruger Redhawk with a 5.5 barrel. Gun is like new. Thinking of getting a Glock 19. Should I trade/sell off, or keep the weapon. I really like the gun, I just don't shoot it that much. Maybe 100 rounds a year.

 

[danjet500]

I sent you a PM.

 

[Walkalong]

That would be any easy question for me, because I love Redhawks and have no need for another auto, much less a Glock. But I have been where you are, bored with one, and even though it is nice and I like it, I needed to sell/trade to get something else, and I have sold or traded some nice guns over the years to get something new. I regret some of those, but hey, life ain't perfect.

If you trade it for something you will enjoy more, it's a good trade.

 

[Hickok44]

I have let a lot of good weapons slip through my hands. I had a very nice 6in SS King Cobra I let go. I sure wish I had that one back.
I am just thinking the Redhawk is just to nice to let go. And the blues are no longer made.:banghead:

 

[Vol46]

If you need this money to get the new gun, then trade or sell. If the money is not a major issue, I would keep it, but I really like Ruger revolvers. In fact, I bought a Beretta 92 a couple of years ago under pretty much the same circumstances - had a GP 100 that I was not shooting much, but kept it anyway. Glad I did.

 

[philoe]

What can the 19 do that the Redhawk can't? Fewer Redhawks out there than 19's. At the end of the day get what turns you on. Personally I feel the Ruger is for generations and the Glock is passe.

 

[Jaymo]

Hell no.

They're still making G19s.
Not so, for the Redhawk.

 

[DPris]

The Reds are temporarily off-line till the new factory is up & running.
I emphasize this is TEMPORARY.
Denis

 

[Nite Ryder]

Unless you need money from the sale of the Redhawk, to live on, I think it is foolish to sell it. Once you sell it all you have is the money and it is easy to flitter it away, then you have nothing. I have a Redhawk, I probably haven't shot it for 10 years, but it will be a cold day in hell before I think about selling it. I know I couldn't replace it, and wouldn't if I could. Maybe it is time to start thinking a bit differently about the purchase of firearms than you have in the past. Each and every firearm you buy and put in your safe or gun room is an investment. keep it awhile and it will be worth more than what you paid for it. Do you have a problem with saving money in a savings account? What about buying your wife jewelry, does that bother you? Firearms will always be worth real money, even when this stuff we call currency is not. Think about it, do the right thing, the day will come when you won't be sorry.

 

[DeMilled]

I'd keep it.

I betcha in a year, or two, you will be shooting it more often again.


Maybe you just need to spice things up to relight the flame?
Have you gone to a SSR match? I've been meaning to do this for a few years...
http://www.gunnuts.net/2011/02/22/idpa-match-video-ssr-master/

 

[41 Rem Mag]

That is a tough one, like others here I have sold guns and regretted it and some I was happy I did. I don't feel that just because I purchased something I need to keep it for life. Change is how you find out what you truly enjoy in this world.....

 

[TennJed]

A BLUED Redhawk is a heck of a lot harder to find than a glock

 

[greenmtnguy]

I'd keep the Redhawk - ESPECIALLY if it is a 45 Colt model or other caliber (41, 357) instead of the usual 44 Mag.

 

[David E]

If you like it, but don't shoot it much.....why not decide to shoot it more?

 

[GP100man]

KEEP IT !!

Take it shooting

Reload for it

Cast Boolits for it !

The 44 mag is one of the most versitile cartridges there is bar none !!

It`s shot in autos/revolvers & carbines.

It`s power factor can be loaded to bunny poot loads to grizzly bear stoppers.

Boolit weight can range from 100gr. to 400 gr.

I love my Redhawk & still shoot it ,but my hands are beat up from 36yrs. of wrenching & can`t shoot it as much as the GPs but mine is home .

My humble opinion.

GP100man

 

[Bush Pilot]

You would eventually regret selling the Redhawk. Glocks are a dime a dozen, take a tour of your LGS and compare numbers.

 

[W.E.G.]

Trading a gun you don't use for a gun you will use seems like an easy decision.

What will you "use" the Glock for?

Range toy?... Everyday carry?...

 

[.455_Hunter]

Trade a Redhawk for a Glock???? NO WAY!!!!!

Just save your pennies for a few months and get something nice, like a low round count 3rd Gen Smith & Wesson or Sig 226.

KEEP THE RUGER!

 

[BSA1]

I'm not much of a fan of the Redhawk as it is too oversize and heavy for my tastes and not a fan of Glocks at all. HOWEVER one lesson from the Banic of 2013 is the advantage of having guns in multiple calibers. I argue for two guns in two different calibers are better than two in the same caliber .

 

[gamestalker]

I wouldn't personally let go of a RH for a G19, but that's me. But I'm a wheel gun guy too. It's not that I don't like AL's, I own both. And I'm also not much for plastic guns, especially when comparing them to a nice Ruger RH.

But do what makes YOU happy, that is what really counts.

GS

 

[ghitch75]

is the Redhawk A 45C OR 44Mag?....either way DON'T GET RID OF IT FOR A D%$N GLOCK!!!!!

 

[Manny]

I'm not much of a fan of the Redhawk as it is too oversize and heavy for my tastes and not a fan of Glocks at all. HOWEVER one lesson from the Banic of 2013 is the advantage of having guns in multiple calibers. I argue for two guns in two different calibers are better than two in the same caliber .

I argue for stocking up on ammo of whatever cartridge you shoot. For the cost of another gun you can put back anywhere from hundreds to thousands of rounds. A gun without ammo is useless and to count on being able to buy ammo of any type in times of tumolt and uncertainty strikes me as a chancy thing indeed.

As to the OP's question, if he needs or can use a G19 more than the Redhawk and can only fund it by selling the Redhawk, than he should sell it. However the guns and their purposes are certainly different and if the OP likes the Redhawk and doesn't have to sell it than it would certainly be a keeper. Myself, I don't keep safe queens just for the purpose of ownership. If I don't have a purpose for a weapon, even if that purpose is only the enjoyment I get from it, than I sell it. Needs and interests change over time, new guns come out that may strike our fancy more than existing ones, and sometimes a gun just isn't a weapon we want for whatever reason. In that instance it surely makes sense to pass that gun along and use the funds generated for something better suited.

 

[Jlr2267]

No way I could sell it, short of putting food on the table. I looked a year before I found Redhawk 5.5"...glocks are aplenty.

 

[RealGun]

I might consider a trade for two Glocks.

The Redhawk is a reloader's gun, because off-the-shelf .44 Magnum ammo is too often too hot to enjoy shooting much. In .45 Colt, the store-bought stuff is usually too tame, meant for COWBOY. Heavy .45 Colt like Double Tap or Buffalo Bore, for examples, is pricey and could be comparably reloaded at significant cost savings.

 

[19-3Ben]

The OP came to the revolver subforum to ask if he should trade a revolver off to buy a bottom-feeder.
He could have gone to Handguns:General, for an unbiased opinion, but he didn't. He came here.
Something tells me he already knows the right answer, he just wants us to justify it.

Hickok- Do what you already know to be the right answer.