jb500
.240 Incinerator
Looking for 500 jrh info
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Post by jb500 on Dec 31, 2023 21:14:13 GMT -5
Has anyone put an octagon barrel on a Redhawk 4.2 inch, 45 Colt? Pictures please. Thanks.
I used to have such a Redhawk but with no octagon , just factory, no mods. I am thinking about getting another to carry for bear defense plus I just have a thing for octagon barrels and would have a custom one put on it. Any help is apprecitated. Thanks.
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Post by boatswainsmate on Dec 31, 2023 23:45:36 GMT -5
This is closet thing I have. I got this firearm at auction. It was done by Mr. Clements. 6 shot in 45 colt that started life as a 44 magnum. 5.5 inch barrel with triple porting.  |
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Post by x101airborne on Jan 1, 2024 9:24:43 GMT -5
Snazzy! Want to lend it out to Texas??
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 1, 2024 12:35:31 GMT -5
Has anyone put an octagon barrel on a Redhawk 4.2 inch, 45 Colt? Pictures please. Thanks. I used to have such a Redhawk , just factory, no mods. Thanks. ***** ?David Bradshaw |
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mattyb
.240 Incinerator
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Post by mattyb on Jan 1, 2024 19:46:56 GMT -5
I’m newer to revolvers than most here, but are you sure had a factory Redhawk with an octagon barrel? I didn’t know they made such a thing.
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Post by bushog on Jan 1, 2024 21:47:04 GMT -5
Nope….
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Post by longoval on Jan 1, 2024 22:47:46 GMT -5
He's saying hes had a 4.2" 45 colt gun in factory configuration but is wondering what it would have looked like with an octagon barrel.
Hes not claiming to have had an octagon from the factory...
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gsokk
.30 Stingray
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Post by gsokk on Jan 3, 2024 15:35:27 GMT -5
Has anyone put an octagon barrel on a Redhawk 4.2 inch, 45 Colt? Pictures please. Thanks. I used to have such a Redhawk but with no octagon , just factory, no mods. I am thinking about getting another to carry for bear defense plus I just have a thing for octagon barrels and would have a custom one put on it. Any help is apprecitated. Thanks. I think that would be a nice custom gun. Hope you pull it off, would like to see. I had Gemini Custom cut down my Redhawk and install a 3.5 custom barrel, not octagon but looks better than the original and feels very good in my hand. This version is the ultimate package. See photo. Attachments:
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Post by hgunhtr on Jan 3, 2024 17:06:43 GMT -5
that is a sweet looking 44
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Post by squawberryman on Jan 4, 2024 5:11:04 GMT -5
I wonder how the finish effect is created on their guns.
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shorty500
.327 Meteor
too many dirty harry movies created me!
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Post by shorty500 on Jan 4, 2024 9:28:01 GMT -5
Am sure somebody somewhere did it at sometime but the only Ruger d/a octogon barrels I recall were from JDJ/SSK and those were on the SuperRedhawk frame
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ideal
.240 Incinerator
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Post by ideal on Jan 4, 2024 11:51:11 GMT -5
Am sure somebody somewhere did it at sometime but the only Ruger d/a octogon barrels I recall were from JDJ/SSK and those were on the SuperRedhawk frame Those would have been SSKs "Beauty" conversion with a tapered octagon barrel on a Super Red. The lines didn't appeal to me on that particular gun, the tapered octagon had that "lipstick on a pig" aura to it. The also had a similar compensated model "identified" as the "Beast". I think a 4-5 inch octagon barrel on a std Redhawk would be one of the coolest things ever. OP, make sure you get a really good barrel!
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gnappi
.375 Atomic
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Post by gnappi on Jan 6, 2024 11:10:06 GMT -5
Octagon and slab sided barrels have always been attractive to me but I'm too chea... ahem value conscious to pay an uplift for eye candy that the OEM did not make.
I did despite my being "value conscious" recently buy a customized SRH "Toklat" clone in .480 that I didn't think was unreasonably priced.
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