I shot a DA before

JWP475;
A Titanium Redhawk would be nice.


That is a nice thought but you don't saw how many shots and what caliber.
Help the boy out here. I got a chunk of high strength Titanium in the mill vice waiting for a print.
Dan Wesson length is okay, but that is going to make it bigger and heavier.......

And with the 475 or 500 I wanna go with a high end alloy for the cylinder.

Keep in touch.

I wouldn't want my .500 Linebaugh to be any lighter than it is!

Whitworth;

Thats the difference between "lighter" and "light" ..........

But he would want one..........

My SRH in .500 L weighs a bit under 3-lbs -- less than my 6.5-inch Model 29. To be controllable, they need a bit of heft in my humble opinion -- at least in the bigger calibers like the .475 on up.

Oh I fully agree. Three pounds for a foot ton of energy and a 6 inch barrel works okay.
That's what my 475 is and it is a nice balance.
It would be a gun to build for backup where you don't care about hurt. Ala Scandium..

The cylinder and barrel would not change.
And the boy would want a bigbore, wouldn't he.........

It is a backup gun that can double as a primary hunting piece. I don't find the scandium guns to be objectionable in the least. I tested a whole bunch of factory loads up to and including 320 grain WFNs through a 329 PD recently and I was expecting a lot worse. Frankly it was nowhere near as abusive as my .500 Linebaugh. I don't find the weight objectionable either, though the scandiums are a real pleasure to carry!

The 475 was always sharper in recoil than the 500.
The lightness of the Scandium line always seemed nice, never got to shoot one. I wanted a 41 or 45 noncomped 4 inch, just seemed right balance.
Shot a lot of 475s and 500s. They beat you up after a while with full house loads. Drop back a little and shoot a bunch of them no sweat.

My .500 is a lot worse than my .475. I can shoot the .475 with 420s at 1,350 all day long and won't get the fatigue that I get from the .500. It's simply a function of weight in this case. I don't even push it very hard.

I never asked or missed it, what frame are yours built on? A big point.

Most of the ones I shot were Linebaugh Rugers. I am ignorant of most other models

Both my .475 and my .500 are built on Super Redhawks. Different recoil impulse entirely from a single action -- you absorb a lot more of the punishment. That said, my .475 weighs considerably more than my .500.

I did start talking about Redhawks didn't I....

Sorry, I gravitate to most experience.

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Originally posted by 257x50:

Sorry, I gravitate to most experience.

Don't we all?

Here's the .500 Linebaugh


.475 Linebaugh

They look like Draft Horses. And I like Draft Horses. Brute HP and ready to work. I do stuff for myself and friends. And a Redhawk is a Project in the works.

Thanks.

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Originally posted by Whitworth:

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Originally posted by 257x50:

Sorry, I gravitate to most experience.

Don't we all?

Here's the .500 Linebaugh

Looks like the barrel was stuck on as an after thought

JWP475:

Since you finally showed up:

What Caliber is this Ti Redhawk. We are not talking SRH are we.

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Originally posted by 257x50:
JWP475:

Since you finally showed up:

What Caliber is this Ti Redhawk. We are not talking SRH are we.

There isn't one to my knowledge, just stating that it would be a good light every day carry gun. The caliber could be anywhere from 41 mag to 45 Colt IMHO that would be a very useful and light every day carry gun. I have a S&W M-357 in 41 mag and I like it

JWP 475;

Now you want another switch barrel.........

Not just a swithch barrel, it is a switch caliber, I like it

I stated that wrong. To me making the switch barrel is the harder part. Cylinders are cylinders.

I know you like the switch caliber.

Have a good day.

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Originally posted by 257x50:
I stated that wrong. To me making the switch barrel is the harder part. Cylinders are cylinders.

I know you like the switch caliber.

Have a good day.

The gun the way it is built has a great balance and that is important to me

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Originally posted by jwp475:
Looks like the barrel was stuck on as an after thought

Gee, thanks JWP.

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Originally posted by Whitworth:

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Originally posted by jwp475:
Looks like the barrel was stuck on as an after thought

Gee, thanks JWP.

No thanks required, hell all Super Redhawks look that way

257X50 I have shot Whits draft horses and his 475,for a DA,is nice,and shoots extremely well.His 500 on the other hand IS NOT for the faint of heart.Its got more flip than a hoochie coochie girls dress after a six pack.Controllable?Yes but it is definately one that practice is required.

Now his bfr...thats almost a match made from heaven.

Looks is in the eye of the beholder,however my wife refers to Whits 500 as a space gun..

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Originally posted by cottonstalk:

Looks is in the eye of the beholder,however my wife refers to Whits 500 as a space gun..

She's right, I saw one on Star Trek....

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Originally posted by jwp475:

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Originally posted by cottonstalk:

Looks is in the eye of the beholder,however my wife refers to Whits 500 as a space gun..

She's right, I saw one on Star Trek....

Dang, jwp, that's two digs you've taken at my .500 SRH. You are either insanely jealous that you don't have one just like it, or you have absolutely no taste.

cottonstalk:

The barrel looks a bit shorter on the 500, ant the grooves dump a lot of weight(don't they :-) ).

The 500s I shit were mostly 5 1/2 or 6 in barrels. Bisley grip frame. The 500 was there but pushed more than hit like the 475. It was coming back, no doubt. Like the 454 is s sharper hit.

We will have to shoot some time.

Have a good one.

To the other kids, High Standard made the "Space Gun". The best gun for dump rats ever made.

The barrel is 5-inches long and the fluting was added just because, but the big holes in the 5-shot cylinder cut a whole lot of heft out of it. It's a fairly violent piece when you touch it off!

And at the last shot, the revolver is a quarter pound lighter!

And when you are first learning to shoot it your brain is arguing with itself:

"This is a HootWhat are you DoingLets do it Again!!!"

"Shooting a serious Revolver is Living, the rest is just waiting."

It does get progressively worse from the first shot to the last!

Geez....I leave you all for a few days to go hunting, and I see the "topic" turning to space guns and recoil wars!!! I am heading back to the woods!!!

Flattop;

You started this thread didn't you!

Okay, Stainless Bisley New Vaquero in 475. Parodox Barrel at 5 1/2 inches.

All corners radiused but done Very well.

Ebony stocks, fleur-de-lis(spl?) checkering, lanyard ring.

Wart hog ivory bars in the front sight. Rear sight chopped and squared..

Cross draw holster. I call it a cross draw. I am right handed, sits infront of my left hip at an angle.

Sharp edge on the side of the hammer.

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Originally posted by 257x50:
Flattop;

You started this thread didn't you!

Okay, Stainless Bisley New Vaquero in 475. Parodox Barrel at 5 1/2 inches.

All corners radiused but done Very well.

Ebony stocks, fleur-de-lis(spl?) checkering, lanyard ring.

Wart hog ivory bars in the front sight. Rear sight chopped and squared..

Cross draw holster. I call it a cross draw. I am right handed, sits infront of my left hip at an angle.

Sharp edge on the side of the hammer.

The man obviously knows what he wants!

Thanks Whitworth;

Just sort of took what I've liked over the years.
Built a 3 screw 357 into an over sized cylinder 45 years ago and liked the size.
Bisley I always like, and with the 475 makes things work better..
Sights are a hybrid. Wart hog ivory isn't supposed to yellow. My Mom gave me a full circle tusk 50 odd years ago a friend of hers brought home from WW II.
I like Ebony, not slick and great for checkering, Elmer said so. And I have a 30 lb chunk, pure black.
Lanyard is a family in wars thing.
And proper radii are wonderful but one of the hardest things to get right. A high skill thing, also a family thing.
The holster you can ride and drive and never gets in the way,
Parodox makes it well rounded no one would see that one.
Stainless, any where, any conditions is okay.
Single action is what .I shoot. I shoot a DA a while and I moght change my mind.

If one shoots something that is biggest and baddest and with enough recoil then very thing after that seems OK.

257X50; I like "stainless", and, the lanyard ring (we hunt by boat....sloughs, backwaters, and marshland), I also favor the crossdraw (keeps my rifles from beating up my handguns...and vice versa)....Cocobolo is my wood of choice....and, radiused edges are a must!

Flattop;

The lanyard is one of the toughest things to get right.
I get anal over that one. To get it to look right, in the right position and bulletproof took a while. It has to look like it is one piece. It has to be forced in. Once I got things in the right order it worked WAY better. Let me know it you want to know how. My ramblings get boring to most.

Cocabolo(spl?), is beautiful and tough as nails.

257X50; Would like to hear about your lanyard ring project.....photos would help as well! The only issue I have with lanyard rings on a Redhawk, is that the serial number is on the bottom of the grip frame....something to have to "work around"!

Flattop;
There seems to be a Redhawk flavor to this thread. :-)

I counterbore the base of the gripframe maybe 020 and then drill and tap. A sharp carbide endmill, no radius.
Turn your lanyard knob just a bit over your counterbore size, don't polish yet. Take it to the mill and drill the crosshole. Back to the lathe.
Drill and tap the knob and use a low temp silver solder to hold in a high quqlity set screw. Use heat sinks. OH MY GAWD loctite would work, but I silversolder.
A large fine thread is best. I worry more about breaking than stripping out. Clean everything up. Make a washer flat. While still in the lathe, put the washer on the thread and turn on the grip frame.
You know the depth of your counterbore, the thickness of your washer, the pitch of your thread, and the angle you want to turn the knob to time the cross hole. So trim about that much off.
Polish keeping the edge square.
TINY radius.
Polish to hole size, no smaller.
Test fit, should be a pain.
Not timed? Fix now.
Loctite in and smile.
Make a few knobs and see if you can live withthem.
All polishing done first and the direction of the polish looks right.
I don't think I've forgotten anything.

WAY over compmicated in my book, but that doesn't mean I won't do it.
Have a good one.

One gun for camp, large and small game and back-up may work for many but not all. I don't know of any single one handgun that'd do everything I'm interested in.

I've got my own theory on it that I'll put in practice this Saturday morning at 4 a.m. when deer season opens.

I'll have the scoped rifle for the deer, but I'll also have a long, long hike alone in deep woods where there are packs of aggressive wild dogs. I've been forced to shoot them before. And there are the coyotes that howl away just beyond sight and I've had to shoot at them also when they wouldn't quit following me. And we have problems with local poachers who don't always leave when told and with drug dealers trespassing and doing no telling what on the place in the pre-dawn darkness when we get there, and thieves breaking into everything and cleaning out the cabin and barn and even stealing deer stands and people bringing stolen cars unto the place and burning them. Nice, huh??

So, after thinking it through, I'll have besides the rifle the long barrel SW Model 57 .41 in the shoulder holster with a pocketfull of speedloaders, intended mainly for deer, and a Browning Hi-Power with several loaded extra mags. If I could get by without the rifle, I'd take a 12 ga instead with slugs for the deer and #2s for other things.

It all depends on what your local deal is.