Ruger Alaskan 454 casull

[American1776]

Well, some of the board members followed my last thread about getting a Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in 454 Casull. I pulled the trigger today, and the Sig P220 left the stable and I welcomed the Ruger 454 beast.

It's a very nice revolver. It's used, and it has a cylinder ring. But it's in good shape. Timing on the cylinder was spot on for all 6 chambers. I put on some GP100 grips with a snakeskin pattern, and I like how the smaller grips feel and carry.

The only thing that I noticed is that there is a little endshake movement (fore and aft) of the cylinder when the gun is in full lockup (trigger held back).

Any Ruger or Super Blackhawk owners think this would be normal? I used to have a Ruger SP101 NEW that had some endshake. Smith & Wesson's that I have had always had zero end shake. Do Ruger double action revolvers have 'looser' tolerances for fore / aft cylinder movement? My dad (a mechanical engineer) will bring over his feeler gauges in a few days, so I'll have a better idea on how much endshake there is.

Any thoughts?

[gummy jones]

This can be the thread for the Alaskan club

Count me amongst the members

[98Redline]

A little bit of shake is fairly normal. The big measurement in that respect is the B/C gap. I believe the spec on that is .008. Anything less is good to go.

Have you shot this gun with full tilt 454 loads yet? If you haven't I suspect that you will be migrating back to the softer Hogue grips after you do. Hanging on to a 454 in that small of a package with the Lett style grips is something less than fun.

[pennlineman]

First of all congrats! The endshake would be hard to judge without seeing it. MidwayUSA sells the bearings if you think you might need them. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/519...-package-of-10 It's a relatively simple repair and videos for disassembly are on yoytube.

This can be the thread for the Alaskan club

Count me amongst the members

Count me in.

With a little H110 or 296 they double as both a revolver and a flame thrower.

[American1776]

First of all congrats! The endshake would be hard to judge without seeing it. MidwayUSA sells the bearings if you think you might need them. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/519...-package-of-10 It's a relatively simple repair and videos for disassembly are on yoytube.



Count me in.

With a little H110 or 296 they double as both a revolver and a flame thrower.

That's quite a photo. Is that the sonic boom as the slug breaks the sound barrier?

[Delkal]

That's quite a photo. Is that the sonic boom as the slug breaks the sound barrier?

No, Thats the unburnt powder from the muzzle blast. We need a picture taken at dusk!

[Breadman03]

.454 in an Alaskan is like a 454 in a '32 Ford-mean, nasty, and a great ride!

I'm in. I actually just got some Hornady XTP Mags for mine. I don't feel like messing with hard cast right now.

[98Redline]

With a little H110 or 296 they double as both a revolver and a flame thrower.

If you turn out the lights, things really get interesting!



...granted, that photo is of a 460 but with the short barrel a 454 Alaskan will be similar.

p.s. Not my photo, copied from a thread here:

[Krichardson]

If anyone's interested the gun was featured in the movie Faster.