Posted: 11/15/2005 6:35:53 AM EDT
| Is it possible to convert a 45 Colt, Ruger Redhawk (if it's still offered in 45) to .454 Casull? I don't see 45 listed in the Ruger catalog. |
| as far as the redhawk i would say very unlikely. that frame is not made to take the pressure of the .454 casull. for the super redhawk, the .454 can chamber the .45colt round with no problem. they still make the redhawk in .45colt but i don't think they ever made the srh solely in that caliber. you might be able to send in a srh and have a .454 cylinder timed for it but you would have to call ruger about that. |
Yes, it is quite common. It is generally a 5 shot conversion however some folks are simply installing a SRH cylinder in the RH. This second option is problematic as you need the cyl from a SRH and after you canabolize the SRH for the cyl, you are left with a SRH which you can't (easily) get a cyl for as Ruger does not offer these. The 6 shot SRH has a problem with max pressure loads as sticking brass is common, I doubt it would be any better in the RH with max loads. I run my 5.5 RH at 1350 fps with a 335 cast, in a 7.5 RH this will easily go over 1400 fps, at a little under 1500 fps with the same bullet brass starts sticking in the 454 SRH. So my question is have you gained enough (less than 100 fps) for the trouble?
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