357 Redhawk with 8 holes!

Got a sneak peak and a little birdy informed me that Ruger is releasing a new Redhawk................
With a 2 3/4 inch barrel..............
In 357....................
That holds 8 Rounds!!

Sounds cool. I'd heard rumors of this one but this is the first I'm hearing of the barrel length. I'm in the market for a 6.5" or longer .357 and I was hoping this would be it. Don't need another snubbie though.

Surely it will come with a longer barrel. That is what I'm waiting for but THANK YOU RUGER!!

4 inch barrel ..8 shot 357 mag Redhawk ...and I will be happy as a pig in slop !!!

Isn't that what they call short and fat? Nobody will have a holster for that.

How about a 10.5" barrel on it. Since we're dreaming and all. Would almost be a maximum at that point!

That will be a goodie!

With a 2 3/4 inch barrel...........

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I sure hope they stretch that out a bit.....

Jimbo357mag said:

Isn't that what they call short and fat? Nobody will have a holster for that.

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The holster should be the same for this as any of the Kodiak Backpackers.

I got tired of looking for a 6 shot .357 Redhawk, could only dream of an eight shot. Found a nice S&W 627 and never looked back.

I will tell you this, opening a cylinder and seeing 8 big holes stairing at you, never gets old. It's like Christmas morning every time.

Ruger has a winner on their hands, but I agree they need to offer other barrels lengths.

Jimbo357mag said:

Isn't that what they call short and fat? Nobody will have a holster for that.

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If they hit the market in a big way, holsters will quickly follow. It's just a Redhawk, even if a bit shorter than the usual.

:mrgreen:

Edited to add . . . the Ruger website already shows three .357 Redhawks with 3" barrels. Holsters are almost certainly available.

Review on realguns looks nice.

Why such a short barrel? What do they think this revolver's niche will be? It will be a really heavy snubnose. Put a 4-5.5 in barrel on it so people will target shoot with it. The S&W 627 with a 4 inch barrel is a magnificent revolver. Its an 8 shot N frame.

I would imagine that a longer barrel will eventually be offered. I think this would be a great base gun for a Franken Ruger build or similar

The snubnosed s&w 627 UDR ( ultimate defense revolver) has been very popular for a long time. It was in a Clint Eastwood movie, and Woody Harelson carried one in a cop show he was in.

This will be #1 on my list.

I don't have any info on an 8 holed cylinder 357 RH, but I do own a 1984 specimen with a 7.5" tube.

Steel plates at 100 yards are fodder for this baby...shoots straight and real flat...

Bayou

Buckeye! said:

4 inch barrel ..8 shot 357 mag Redhawk ...and I will be happy as a pig in slop !!!

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Same here, I would buy one of those the second they're available.

The short barreled version is on the Ruger site...



http://www.ruger.com/products/redhawk/specSheets/5033.html

Ale-8(1) said:

Jimbo357mag said:

Isn't that what they call short and fat? Nobody will have a holster for that.

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If they hit the market in a big way, holsters will quickly follow. It's just a Redhawk, even if a bit shorter than the usual.

:mrgreen:

Edited to add . . . the Ruger website already shows three .357 Redhawks with 3" barrels. Holsters are almost certainly available.

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They've been making that gun in .44 for a couple of years.