recived my redhawk cylinder back !!!!!!!

[H Talon]

Sent out my redhawk cylinder out for full moon clips.. the 45lc redhawk
can use 45acp with the ACP clips.. double duty 45acp and 45cl ...
How cool!!!!!!

 have to admit I haven't shot it yet :-(  but they work great !!!!!

 http://www.pinnacle-guns.com/ did the machining and
http://www.tkcustom.com/cart/shopdisplaycategories.asp?id=35&cat=Ruger sells the clips .

 Not trying to plug them just saying who did the work :-)

 here how they look :-)





the redhawk is my Baby .. cut to 3" with rounded the grip and a few blackwidows
engraved in it :-)  Gary Reeder @ reedercustomguns.com made it :-) I use Grizzly
300grn WFNGC in it .. it's my hunting back up.

  Talon

[S.B.]

H Talon, from what I can see in your pictures, it looks great also, I like that knife. Is that a Randall model 14? Gary Reeder does excellent work but, would like to see the engraving a little better, please?
Steve

[H Talon]

H Talon, from what I can see in your pictures, it looks great also, I like that knife. Is that a Randall model 14? Gary Reeder does excellent work but, would like to see the engraving a little better, please?
Steve

 yes it's a Randall #14 with saw back and I requested the cross guard be curved toward the point.

here is a little better pic of some of the engraving, I had Black Widows and my initials.

 the knife here is a Randall #11D with a coolie cap.

 

 and a little closer

 

 hope you enjoy the pic's ..

  Talon

[S.B.]

I gave the exact same knife, save the curved cross guard, to my son in Ma.

[PeterCartwright]

Neat Redhawk!  Looks like you put Miracle Grow on an SP! 

PC

[BRL]

I sent my S&W .4506 to Pinnacle for full trigger work and he did a great job. This is my only experience with a gunsmith and my first custom job to any of my guns, but would use him again for sure.

My next gun to customize will be my Redhawk in .44. Although, I'll be trying to make it more shootable for deer hunting. Not sure what to have done to it other than a trigger job, maybe new sights.

[H Talon]

I sent my S&W .4506 to Pinnacle for full trigger work and he did a great job. This is my only experience with a gunsmith and my first custom job to any of my guns, but would use him again for sure.

My next gun to customize will be my Redhawk in .44. Although, I'll be trying to make it more shootable for deer hunting. Not sure what to have done to it other than a trigger job, maybe new sights.

 My wife is giving me a Super Redhawk in 454 for CHRISTmas, :-) I'l be sending it to Pinnacle for alot of work but in the mean time
I'm ordering these sights for it and my Baby Redhawk ..

http://www.bowenclassicarms.com/parts_Rug_Rough_Country_Adj_Rear.htm

 I like the V notch, I'm thinking of a burris fastfire for the redhawk .. we'll see. glad to hear you like Pinnacle, I got a good
feeling when I talked to him,

  post a pic of your Redhawk when you get it fixed up ...

   I love my R-hawks :-) :-)

    Talon

[BRL]

Maybe your wife and my wife should have a talk!

Thanks for the tips. I will let you know when I get mine back and how it performs.

[jammer308]

Cool revolver!! I have a redhawk cylinder in .45 lc that I'm planning on having machined for the moon clips also. Although I got it to fit to my super redhawk in .454 instead. what was the total cost for having that done? Thanks.    jammer

[Lloyd Smale]

little hint for you. Buy a bunch of smith 25 moon clips if you dont allready have them and get a buddy who does machine work to mill them down to the same thickness as the ones they provided you. they are the same clip.

[SHOOTALL]

nice gun !

[jammer308]

thanks Lloyd.    

[H Talon]

Cool revolver!! I have a redhawk cylinder in .45 lc that I'm planning on having machined for the moon clips also. Although I got it to fit to my super redhawk in .454 instead. what was the total cost for having that done? Thanks.    jammer

sorry I didn't respond before now ...

it cost about 100.00 for the conversion. I forget the cost of the clips .. but the 45acp ones also fit my 1917 smith.

 one thing though, the 45lc clips only work on sertin cases :-( so if you have a specific case you like check first.

see ... http://www.moonclips.com/content/faqs.asp

 otherwise I love them ..

as finances allow my 454 super redhawk I recived for christmas will be going in for lots of work to include moon clips ..

   Talon

[jammer308]

thanks for the info Talon. So you're going to do a super redhawk with moon clips also? I've looked into this and decided to have the .45 lc cylinder done so I can swap to .454 cylinder when i need to shoot .454 casull, and use the .45 lc cylinder for .45 acp. This does 2 things. 1st it eliminates the need for extra care in cleaning the burn rings inside the .454 cylinder from firing shorter cases. As you probably know the .454 is a high pressure round and even from normal use the spent cases can be a real pain to extract.

2nd, as the pressure is so high, I'm concerned that using moon clips in the .454 cylinder might be a safety concern when firing .454's? I'm not exactly sure on this but it seems it might be risky in terms of head case support. I do know of at least one super redhawk in .454 that was modified for moon clips though, so maybe its o.k? But I never did get the owner to say how the gun worked out.

Any thoughts on this?  thanks,   jammer

[H Talon]

thanks for the info Talon. So you're going to do a super redhawk with moon clips also? I've looked into this and decided to have the .45 lc cylinder done so I can swap to .454 cylinder when i need to shoot .454 casull, and use the .45 lc cylinder for .45 acp. This does 2 things. 1st it eliminates the need for extra care in cleaning the burn rings inside the .454 cylinder from firing shorter cases. As you probably know the .454 is a high pressure round and even from normal use the spent cases can be a real pain to extract.

2nd, as the pressure is so high, I'm concerned that using moon clips in the .454 cylinder might be a safety concern when firing .454's? I'm not exactly sure on this but it seems it might be risky in terms of head case support. I do know of at least one super redhawk in .454 that was modified for moon clips though, so maybe its o.k? But I never did get the owner to say how the gun worked out.

Any thoughts on this?  thanks,   jammer

well .. can't say I know much on the problems from shorter cases, I've had lots of 357/38 shooting, if cleaned after shooting
never had a problem. the 454 with moon clips can shoot the 454, 45lc, and 45acp. but with the long jump I understand
I can't expect minuet of bullet hole :-) ... to be honest I haven't had the chance to shoot 45acp's out of the baby. I thought about
another cylinder but with my luck I'd leave to go hunting and have the wrong ammo for the mounted cylinder. I know not a
big issue but Murphy's law :-)

I had a ankle operation in aug, and since it was work related my bosses would take a dim view of me spending time out shooting :-(

but I'm just about recouped and can get out there put the baby through it paces. In talking to others there isn't a problem.
with 454 and moon clips. you might want to talk to TK Custom ( the horses mouth as it were :-) .. do the research and look
to the people who do the work if you like the answers, there you go.. I'm calling Pinnacle tomorrow about the work on my 454 ..
I'll post when I get it back ..

  Talon

 good luck with your conversion post when you get it done :-)