RoninPA said:
[...] Why should Ruger change or modify their design?
To broaden the the market for their .45. Competitors buy their S&W/Colt moon clips in bags of 100 from Ranch Products. I forget what my last bag cost but the cost per clip was less than 1/10 of ShopRuger's price for RedHawk clips. If they are not carefully filled and emptied the best clips are easily bent and judging by the feedback on ShopRuger Redhawk clips are as flimsy as the clips for revolvers customized to clip load rimmed magnum cartridges. Slightly bent clips are springs that have to be flattened by the firing pin impact. They cause lots of missfires in the .357s that are popular at our matches. Why would a competitor select a .45 ACP clip loading system that costs 10 times as much knowing it will screw up their scores?
Besides, .45 Auto Rim is the neatest of the three cartridges. You can give it a proper revolver roll crimp and it burns target powder charges efficiently.
Sell me on the RedHawk's clip system. I'm open minded and all ears.
By the way, I chose a .45 Colt only 4" RedHawk. That's the cartridge that brings out the best in a RedHawk.