Will A Redhawk Fit Into A Super Redhawk Holster?

[Wishoot]

Will A Redhawk Fit Into A Super Redhawk Holster? Or would a SRH holster be much to big?

 

[1KPerDay]

I vote no. different designs.

 

[Cump]

Maybe not perfect, but yes.

 

[Theohazard]

It will probably fit, but since the forward part of the frame of the SRH is extended, there will be extra room and the gun will probably move around a bit more than normal.

On a side note, OP, the Jefferson quote in your signature is fake. Jefferson never said that:

We have not found any evidence that Thomas Jefferson said or wrote, "When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny," nor any evidence that he wrote its listed variations.

https://www.monticello.org/site/jef...fears-people-there-liberty-spurious-quotation

 

[Cump]

Mine doesn't move around, and the thumbsnap fits. Maybe it would be an issue without the snap or with a shorter barrel.

I wouldn't know by the fit, but I can faintly see the contour of the extended frame from being fit to the super.

Mine is just a triple k.

 

[Wishoot]

It will probably fit, but since the forward part of the frame of the SRH is extended, there will be extra room and the gun will probably move around a bit more than normal.

On a side note, OP, the Jefferson quote in your signature is fake. Jefferson never said that:



https://www.monticello.org/site/jef...fears-people-there-liberty-spurious-quotation

Still one heck of a Non-Quote though.

 

[Theohazard]

Still one heck of a Non-Quote though.

Sure, but using made-up quotes that are falsely attributed to our founding fathers isn't a good way for us pro-gun folks to make our argument. Yet it seems to happen way too often. Many of those pro-gun and pro-2A quotes you see online attributed to people like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are made up. It's so common that mountvernon.org and monticello.org each have a specific page on their websites refuting those made-up quotes. (Not all those fake quotes are gun related, but there are certain ones that are often spread around by gun-rights folks).

 

[Varminterror]

I vote no. different designs.

Pick them up side by side sometime, you'll change your vote. They are two different designs, which share the exact same cylinder frame and cylinder, minus the nose-job on the front of the SRH and the grip tenon/frame. The exterior profile for the purpose of holster making is exactly the same, so RH's and SRH's of equal barrel length fit the same holsters.

Other than the sidewall contact with the barrel thread extension, the "critical fit" areas are all the same on both SRH and RH's. If you trace both, the lower front corner of the frame, the top strap, the hammer and back line of the frame, the trigger guard, and all of the diameters and thicknesses are identical. For equal barrel lengths, all of the holsters are interchangeable.

The SRH was released as a response to reported barrel failures in the RH, so the "pinch hit" was to extend the nose of the RH and offer more support to the threaded tenon. The opportunity was taken to upgrade to the popular GP100 2 spring action at the same time. The Redhawk was released in '79, then in the early 1980's, a few barrels broke free due to an internal error, and the redesign was faster than finding the solution. The GP100 had been released in 1985, and the SRH redesign came to market so quickly after the barrel failures were reported - and with virtually no investigation, it's rumored the SRH was actually planned for release as a "Gen 2" Redhawk, upgrading to the two spring action of the highly successful GP100, however, the "need" of an extended nose gave Ruger a unique marketing opportunity to launch a 2nd gen as a completely different model, calling it "Super," and still sustaining access to the market which favors the traditional grip and barrel styling, and making use of the casts & tooling for the RH which were only a few years old at that point.

Not too many barrel lengths overlap, only the 7.5" in standard models, but there are a handful of Exclusive editions which overlap for holster fit, such as the 5.5" RH holsters fitting the SRH Toklat, or open toe 2.5" Alaskan holsters fitting the 2.75" RH Kodiak Backpacker.

 

[1KPerDay]

thanks for the correction.

 

[Wishoot]

Sure, but using made-up quotes that are falsely attributed to our founding fathers isn't a good way for us pro-gun folks to make our argument. Yet it seems to happen way too often. Many of those pro-gun and pro-2A quotes you see online attributed to people like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are made up. It's so common that mountvernon.org and monticello.org each have a specific page on their websites refuting those made-up quotes. (Not all those fake quotes are gun related, but there are certain ones that are often spread around by gun-rights folks).

Thanks for pointing me to mountvernon.org and monticello.org. Very interesting stuff.

I'm changing my tag line when I find a LEGIT quote I like.

 

[Cowhide Cliff]

Yes it will fit. Depending on holster design it may be a little loose. Also keep in mind barrel length.