After 1968, the US Post office permitted mailing of firearms only between dealers. S&W's Performance Center pistol with their unusual barrels are almost all barrel/sleeve designs.Septem| THE LATEST AFFRONT TO GUN OWNERS BY UPS- The Gun Control Act of 1968 largely prohibited the movement of firearms between private parties via the US Mail and various common carriers such as UPS and FDX. It would seem to be a pretty good basis for some customization. 357 has relief cuts in the sleeve and you can see the barrel through those cuts. Ruger's new Super GP-100 (really just a hybrid Redhawk/Super Redhawk) in. The only way it seems to distinguish the older Redhawk with the 1 piece barrel from the new Redhawk with the 2 piece barrel is by the look of the crown. There is no visible gap - not even hairline- to give an idea as to how its held in place. The exploded diagram simply shows the barrel, shroud and front sight. And I can't find any others specifically for it.Īlso, any idea how the shroud is held on? Press fitted, maybe? This is merely academic. Does anyone have any idea? Ruger doesn't offer any aftermarket front sight for this new design like it does for the previous easily removable type. I think I might want a fiber optic sight on my. Ruger departed from the easily removable front site that the Redhawk used to have, and the GP100 does have. 44 Redhawk so much, I just bought a 4.2" 8-shot. Since the change, I cannot find a single complaint on the web about this newish change other than "it ain't the way it used it be."īut nor can I find some information I am interested in. 44 5.5" has this barrel and shroud, and it is indistinguishable from my Redhawk from years ago, except that it looks like the muzzle is crowned differently. And the sleeve is machined out of a piece of stainless steel and is a heavy piece of equipment on this gun in its own right, with a heavy solid rib and a heavy underlug. Maybe it was a cheaper way to do it, but I simply cannot find any disadvantage. There was much pissing and moaning about the Redhawk being "cheapened" by Ruger by going to a barrel surrounded by a sleeve that held the front sight and the underlug that housed the ejector rod - a la Smith and Wesson (and a few others). Ruger went to a cold hammer forged barrel with a stainless steel shroud/sleeve on their Redhawk a number of years ago.
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