8 shot Redhawks?

[awp101]

Browsing around the forums and GB, I've picked up a light case of Redhawk-itis so I'm looking at my options while rolling pennies.

I'm not a .44 Mag guy but there's something about having a 4-5.5" .44 around even if I'm just running Specials through it. The other model that catches my eye is the .357 in the same barrel lengths because I already have a couple of .357s so feeding them doesn't add a new caliber.

I've read the 7 shot GPs have had issues related to rim size, are the 8 shot Redhawks good to go?

[magpouch]

My 8-shot has no issues whatsoever with the rims. Plenty of room.

I think you will enjoy it if you get it.

[awp101]

Thanks, that's good to hear.

I handled one of the snubby models yesterday (2.75"?) and I didn't care for the grip. Maybe I'm so used to the GP style grip and double stack semi-autos but it just felt...weird.

It's not off the table, but maybe swapping to the rubber grip used on the .44s and .45s would feel better in my hand.

[bradshaw]

"I handled one of the snubby models yesterday (2.75"?) and I didn't care for the grip. Maybe I'm so used to the GP style grip and double stack semi-autos but it just felt...weird.

It's not off the table, but maybe swapping to the rubber grip used on the .44s and .45s would feel better in my hand.”
----awp101

*****

Bill Ruger copied the M-29 grip frame for his Redhawk, albeit with the hump a bit higher. The .44 Mag worked fine for my hand from the original 7-1/2” Redhawk. The Redhawk 5-1/2” barrel gave the base of my thumb a rude awakening. Painfully rude. A .357 shouldn’t bother at all. The GRIP is the most personal part of a handgun at the moment of fire: when it works for you, you sing; when it doesn’t work for you, you cough. For me, there has never been a perfect grip for the Redhawk. The factory stock, which shoots cannon shells so well on the 7-1/2”, commits hand murder on the 5-1/2”. Rubber grips----and none are perfect----enable me to utilize the ready-to-party, tough-as-nails Redhawk.

Again, a .357 Mag Redhawk loaded with Rocks & Dynamite shouldn’t be a problem. Yet it is your hand, not mine, you ask about, and the answer is in your hand.
David Bradshaw