Redhawk grips for heavy recoil?

[bushog]

Aug 12, 2023 17:46:01 GMT -5 jamautry said:

I sent my Redhawk to Jack Hunting to do his grip frame modification. I had him do an action job as well. I am thrilled with the results. I use full house 320 gr loads in it.

I'd like to see some photos of what Jack does to a Redhawk grip shape. Did he modify the steel or just make grips for it?

Is what he did like this?

singleactions.proboards.com/thread/26721/jack-huntington-modified-colt-redhawk

[jamautry]

Here is a pic of my Redhawk.  He altered both the metal and the wood.

[handgunhuntingafield]

I like a wood grip that fills the hand and has a general side to side radius in the back to spread the recoil energy around the hand. I’d rather have the solid contact than a wrap around rubber.

[Thumper]

I rounded the butt on mine a few years after cutting down the barrel. I used an old Colt Marshal as the pattern for the grip profile. It handles the Grizzly 320gr. just fine for me.

[Longhunter1750]

PM sent bushog

[rhino]

These grips were purchased from a grip manufacturer for a round butt Redhawk. When I received them they were loose fitting, finger grooves were too large, and the internal grip ferrule was not secure. I modified it to my liking, filled in the empty space between the grip frame and grip, got rid of the finger grooves, cut about a half inch off the grip length, epoxied the blind grip ferrule, sanded and polished to my liking. Was it worth it…..probably not financially but I gained some knowledge and truly have a set of grips just for me that no one else does.

[Jon Erdmann]

For the purpose of shooting lots of .44 Mag loads today in my Ruger Redhawk 5.5" I did swap out to the Pachmayr Decelerator grips, it did make a difference in felt recoil. I like the wooden stocks better while carrying though... wood is good as they say, so I'm looking for a new set of wooden stocks for it.