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Very nice, always wanted a blue one.
Had to settle for stainless.
Had to settle for stainless.
1985 Redhawk 41 Mag
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Not fair, all I want is one and you have 3!!!
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The 5.5" were pawn shop finds in Globe, AZ. $300 several years ago, The 4.2" was a Sportsman Warehouse closeout for under $600. It now wears wood grips like the other two.
Fantastic prices! Some have all the luck! 8 years ago I could have bought several off Gunbroker for $6-$800. Even saw a couple super Blackhawks in .41 at a great price. I had better things to do with my money at the time, thought they'll be around a while. If I had only known.....
For Sure!!! SAMI needs to be listening, and make .41 Special a recognized cartridge....
chet15
Hawkeye
Whoever it was purchased from may have put the gun in the wrong inner box.
Chet15
we've had BOTH over the years, the inside boxes as well as the shippers, never threw anything away, never knew what the customers actually wanted and what they did with them, erasers and white china markers worked wonders, the trick was having ,getting (finding) the proper end labels to reglue back onto the box end....... 
couple of years before covid, we had sold off a guys collection of Redhawks, both finishes, and all the calibers, and no two of them went together, all got split up different buyers, different shows, down at the OGCA when we set up there....oh to have ANY of them back today, not good what going through a divorce does to a man,,,,
couple of years before covid, we had sold off a guys collection of Redhawks, both finishes, and all the calibers, and no two of them went together, all got split up different buyers, different shows, down at the OGCA when we set up there....oh to have ANY of them back today, not good what going through a divorce does to a man,,,,
Should be SAAMI. sorry guys, I have a bad case of alphacoalitis, a disease that manifests itself by causing a person to leave a letter or letters out of an acronym. Got thrown out of the military because of it. 'bout got LA bombed. They love their acronyms! Hell, they have an acronym for acronym.
That is a NICE revolver!
A nice gun. Shoots, too. Do you reload?
Yes, been reloading since the 1960s. The 41 mag is one of those rounds that is inherently accurate. Most everything shoots good and some shoot lights out. That load is close to what Bill Jordan and Elmer Keith mused about for LE. They thought the best balance in a police load would be around a 200 grain bullet at around 1100 give or take. That load is a 210 cast bullet that averages 1079 fps. It is very comfortable shooting and it is very accurate when I do my part.
I learned to reload in mid '70's from an old friend. An OM BH .41 was the first handgun I owned. Grew to appreciate it for accuracy and take down. I lost my reload info from then, so I don't know what I loaded, both lead and jhp. We cast our own lead. Still love the .41, wish more people would learn to appreciate it.
smith1961
Blackhawk
Congratulations! That's my Holy Grail!
Larryburford
Single-Sixer
Those blued 5 1/2" redhawks sure do look good.
congratulations on a great find, I have a snowbird that is coming to AZ in a few weeks and is selling me his 7 1/2' .41 mag Redhawk to go with my Blackhawk 6 1/2' and 2 Smith 57"s. Shot my first handgun whitetail buck and many after that with .41 magnums.
