Redhawk Cylinder Thoarts?

[Bisley 45]

I have been looking at a 5 1/2" blue 44 Redhawk in the local gun store. Should I measure the cyclinder throats before I buy it? Someone said they were from 432 to 433, and Ruger was ever making them bigger. I would think a 430 or 431 would be alot better.

 

[foxtrapper]

As long as the cylinder throats are larger that the bore dia you are good to go. The bullet will"swage"down when it enters the forcing cone. The problem of accuracy is with "undersize" cylinder throats.In this condition the cylinder throats will swage down the bullet before it enters the barrel which is larger then the now undersize bullet

 

[GP100man]

That`s one of my main checks on a revolver purchase .

Just mic ya a good round 430 bullet & see if they fall thru , this is just a qwik check though the best is to slug each cyl .

 

[7p's]

I've checked a couple 5-1/2" blued Redhawks after thoughly cleaning the charge holes and they all accepted the 0.432" pin (tightly) but the 0.433 was a definate no-go. I'm guess they were just shy of 0.4325".

 

[DeletedMember275]

Actually, cylinder throats that are (way) too large can have adverse effects on accuracy, as they allow the bullet to enter the forcing cone crooked. That's one reason that at least some Colt .45 Colt revolvers frequently display mediocre accuracy. Same thing with Colt .41 Long Colt revolvers; the chamber throats are W-A-Y too big. Colt's .41 LC revolvers are normally bored straight through, and have no throat per se. Their .45 Colt revolvers tend to have throats running .460 or larger.

S&W made a run of their M25 revolvers with way oversize throats, too ~ their M25-5. Mine run .456-.457", and accuracy definitely suffers because of it.

A .44 revolver with throats running .432-433" is pretty common, especially for Ruger. I haven't noticed any problems with those dimensions yet; a constriction at the frame threads is of greater concern to me.

 

[edlmann]

Actually, cylinder throats that are (way) too large can have adverse effects on accuracy, as they allow the bullet to enter the forcing cone crooked ... Colt .41 Long Colt revolvers; the chamber throats are W-A-Y too big. Colt's .41 LC revolvers are normally bored straight through, and have no throat per se.

IIRC, the .41 Colt was originally a heeled cartridge, like a .22LR. The projectiles were made to an outer diameter the same as the outer diameter of the case.

 

[wildcatter]

As stated, as long as the throats are as large as the bore, your good to go! I have a SuperRedhawk in 454 Casull, it has .454" throats I size cast to 454 diameter and let the .451" Barrel bore take it from there, and am very happy, I have done this with other revolvers and always have had no leading and great accuracy. and contrary to belief no pressure problems!