Ruger Redhawk 5032 (.45 ACP/ .45 Colt) update

[BehindBlueI's]

I loaded up 24 cartridges of:
6.8 gr CFE-Pistol
CCI Large Pistol Primer
Mixed brass

Predominately to dial in the sights but also to check function with the moon clips now that it's working pretty well with the .45 Colt.

Indoor range, so I just shot at 7y.



Frowny face is a called flier on the 4th shot, I knew I shoved it a little. It's dialed in with this load, if I can get to the outdoor range tomorrow I'll chrono and see where we are. Can't bitch about the accuracy of the ACP load, and even with a max charge per Hogdon's website, it was a pussy cat recoil-wise. Hogdon claims 934 out of a 5" barrel, we'll see. I may kick this up a bit just for funsies.

I had 3 cartridges not fire. One was definitely the brass's fault. The primer went off, but the powder did not burn. I put a thread up on the A-merc brass with a picture and won't rehash it here. The other two were both Geco brass, and honestly I have trouble blaming the gun on these. It looks like good primer strikes to me..



Small sample size makes it tough to say, but I'm going to load up enough to see if it varies by brass and also to do some rapid fire. Pulling the DA trigger slowly resulted in more cartridges being touched off then pulling it quickly with the first one that was about 50%, so I want to see if this one makes a difference.

The trigger is smoothed out a bit and doesn't have such a noticeable hump just before breaking now as it's worn in a little. It's gone from "horrendous" to "mediocre" so there's improvement.

[Nephrology]

I loaded up 24 cartridges of:
6.8 gr CFE-Pistol
CCI Large Pistol Primer
Mixed brass

Predominately to dial in the sights but also to check function with the moon clips now that it's working pretty well with the .45 Colt.

Indoor range, so I just shot at 7y.



Frowny face is a called flier on the 4th shot, I knew I shoved it a little. It's dialed in with this load, if I can get to the outdoor range tomorrow I'll chrono and see where we are. Can't bitch about the accuracy of the ACP load, and even with a max charge per Hogdon's website, it was a pussy cat recoil-wise. Hogdon claims 934 out of a 5" barrel, we'll see. I may kick this up a bit just for funsies.

I had 3 cartridges not fire. One was definitely the brass's fault. The primer went off, but the powder did not burn. I put a thread up on the A-merc brass with a picture and won't rehash it here. The other two were both Geco brass, and honestly I have trouble blaming the gun on these. It looks like good primer strikes to me..



Small sample size makes it tough to say, but I'm going to load up enough to see if it varies by brass and also to do some rapid fire. Pulling the DA trigger slowly resulted in more cartridges being touched off then pulling it quickly with the first one that was about 50%, so I want to see if this one makes a difference.

The trigger is smoothed out a bit and doesn't have such a noticeable hump just before breaking now as it's worn in a little. It's gone from "horrendous" to "mediocre" so there's improvement.

I feel like I just got very intimate with your nail beds in reading this post.

[Luke]

I feel like I just got very intimate with your nail beds in reading this post.

I'm with this guy. I've already pictures exactly how you look and talk based on your thumb.

[BehindBlueI's]

I feel like I just got very intimate with your nail beds in reading this post.

I'm with this guy. I've already pictures exactly how you look and talk based on your thumb.

Some guy on another forum told me my cuticles looked rough. I don't know what a cuticle is. Ya'll play nice, though, or I'll post a picture of my toes. There ain't enough eye bleach on the web to get that out of your head.

[jh9]

Some guy on another forum told me my cuticles looked rough. I don't know what a cuticle is. Ya'll play nice, though, or I'll post a picture of my toes. There ain't enough eye bleach on the web to get that out of your head.

[BehindBlueI's]

Necro-bump update:

I got the longer firing pin from Hamilton Bowen. My range staff couldn't install it as they didn't have the tool to remove the bushing or the means to fabricate one (HB sells a tool now, as well, if you need one).

I gave it to a buddy of mine who's a gunsmith and he figured out pretty quickly the bushing wasn't fully screwed in from the factory. That likely contributed to my light strikes. With the bushing properly installed and the longer firing pin, there was a LOT of protrusion. He's shaved the new firing pin so it's at the max end of "in spec" and the gun is working 100% with hard-primered ammo like S&B. Seems to have resolved the issue, although I don't have it back yet and am going by his update.

[JonInWA]

Attachment 7252

10/10 with Winchester
40/40 with CCI
29/30 with S&B

The S&B that did not fire the first time did fire the 2nd time.

Interesting with S&B; in my .347 tuned GP100, I also had 1 light strike in a recent IDPA match (towards the end of the match, at around the 110-round point) with an S&B 158 gr .357 semi-jacketed soft point; it fired the second time, and I had no issues whatsoever with 100 rounds of S&B 158gr fully jacketed ball (same load).

Best, Jon

[BehindBlueI's]

Final word:
Bushing not fully screwed in.
Burr in frame catching and slowing hammer fall.

Great job, Ruger.

With burr gone, bushing in, and firing pin contoured round instead in conical and set to maximum protusion... it's actually working.

[SwampDweller]

Sorry to revive a dead thread, if I should make a new one I will. I see Ruger at some point recently started putting out Ruger Redhawks again in .45 Colt/Auto. However, the model is now designated as 5050 (the OP’s is listed as 5032). As documented by BBI as well as others, there seemed to be reliability problems, particularly with ignition. If I remember correctly, this issue was primarily with .45 ACP.

I have always been interested in getting a Redhawk in .45 Colt. I would have no plans to shoot .45 ACP through it. I wonder if it would be reliable, or if it may still have issues? Anyone get a recent production Redhawk .45? I wish they still did the Redhawk in just .45 Colt as they did for years, I don’t think those had issues.

https://ruger.com/products/redhawk/specSheets/5050.html

It also mentions having a barrel sleeve. I don’t recall that being in the description for Redhawks in the past. Has that always been a thing?

[Lester Polfus]

It also mentions having a barrel sleeve. I don’t recall that being in the description for Redhawks in the past. Has that always been a thing?

No. And I’m pretty sure that’s the reason for the model # change. When they started sleeving the barrels of the Redhawk, they changed the model number as well. For a while on GrabAGun you could order both the new sleeved model, and the old NOS non-sleeved one.

Other than that, I’ve no input other than they are on the short list of guns it wouldn’t be stupid for me to buy.