Looks like a Redhawk. I'm curious about those, especially since they started making them again, now with 8-shot cylinders and 5.5" sleeved barrels (initially they were only doing the snubby).
I was starting to think about the Dan Wesson revolvers. I remember seeing them advertised in every issue of Guns & Ammo back in the 80's. But man they were ugly. They were like the Chiappa Rhino's of the 70's and 80's. Innovative, but ugly and ultimately wouldn't sell many. I mean, back in the 80's, why would anyone want four ugly barrels when they could get one Colt Python? But look at Smith and Ruger now. Pretty soon they'll be going to sleeved, tensioned barrels on all their models. Ruger already adopted the stub grip-frame around a coil main spring (though missing on the non-super Redhawk) and the detent lock on the crane instead of the ejector rod. And Smith is now doing the latter on at least the 19, 66, and 69. So the only thing they haven't adopted is the forward-mounted cylinder release. It seems like Karl Lewis had the right ideas all along, just nobody in Monson knew how to make them look good.
The Redhawk is pretty awesome. It's got to be one of the beefiest .357 Magnums out there. The question I have is does Ruger make them like crap? Because my experience with both Smith and Ruger recently is their quality sucks.
This isn't my video, but it shows the kind of thing I've come to dread when buying new revolvers:
skip to 3:40 to start seeing the issues Ruger fixed
skip to 6:30 to see the issues Ruger did not fix
I was starting to think about the Dan Wesson revolvers. I remember seeing them advertised in every issue of Guns & Ammo back in the 80's. But man they were ugly. They were like the Chiappa Rhino's of the 70's and 80's. Innovative, but ugly and ultimately wouldn't sell many. I mean, back in the 80's, why would anyone want four ugly barrels when they could get one Colt Python? But look at Smith and Ruger now. Pretty soon they'll be going to sleeved, tensioned barrels on all their models. Ruger already adopted the stub grip-frame around a coil main spring (though missing on the non-super Redhawk) and the detent lock on the crane instead of the ejector rod. And Smith is now doing the latter on at least the 19, 66, and 69. So the only thing they haven't adopted is the forward-mounted cylinder release. It seems like Karl Lewis had the right ideas all along, just nobody in Monson knew how to make them look good.
The Redhawk is pretty awesome. It's got to be one of the beefiest .357 Magnums out there. The question I have is does Ruger make them like crap? Because my experience with both Smith and Ruger recently is their quality sucks.
This isn't my video, but it shows the kind of thing I've come to dread when buying new revolvers:
skip to 3:40 to start seeing the issues Ruger fixed
skip to 6:30 to see the issues Ruger did not fix
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