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Just my two pennies worth...
I have installed muzzle brakes on, in excess of 100 Ruger Super RedHawks in 454 Casull, in the last 4 months and I have never seen such bad "erosion" on any handgun in my life! The outside of the forcing cone, on up to and including a couple of the threads inside the receiver on the barrel itself, has erosion and pitting that is up to .015 to .020 deep! These are also the only guns that I am aware of that Ruger uses RED LOC-TITE on the threads when it screws the barrel to the receiver. An "insider" at Ruger, who shall remain nameless, said that the reason they used the red loc-tite was to try and "slow down" the erosion that is being done by such a high intensity, high pressure cartridge....
As far as flame cutting goes, I am still shooting a 7 1/2 inch stainless Super Blackhawk 44 magnum with Sierra 180 grain JHP bullets and this handgun has just passed the 100,000 round mark with the same barrel and frame! It has needed a little work done to it, like an over size cylinder pin and a new ejector rod and housing but, that is about it. I did put a muzzle brake on it and did a trigger job but that is about all the work this gun has had on it...besides adding a custom base and scope. I just got it out and measured the area where the "flame cutting" is present and after 100,000 rounds, that area measures .018 less than the rest. So after that many rounds, .018 is not bad at all....
I might also mention that the barrel is the ORIGINAL barrel that came on the gun when I bought it new and it will still keep 6-shots inside a three inch circle at 100 yards, off sand bags....
DAVID
I have installed muzzle brakes on, in excess of 100 Ruger Super RedHawks in 454 Casull, in the last 4 months and I have never seen such bad "erosion" on any handgun in my life! The outside of the forcing cone, on up to and including a couple of the threads inside the receiver on the barrel itself, has erosion and pitting that is up to .015 to .020 deep! These are also the only guns that I am aware of that Ruger uses RED LOC-TITE on the threads when it screws the barrel to the receiver. An "insider" at Ruger, who shall remain nameless, said that the reason they used the red loc-tite was to try and "slow down" the erosion that is being done by such a high intensity, high pressure cartridge....
As far as flame cutting goes, I am still shooting a 7 1/2 inch stainless Super Blackhawk 44 magnum with Sierra 180 grain JHP bullets and this handgun has just passed the 100,000 round mark with the same barrel and frame! It has needed a little work done to it, like an over size cylinder pin and a new ejector rod and housing but, that is about it. I did put a muzzle brake on it and did a trigger job but that is about all the work this gun has had on it...besides adding a custom base and scope. I just got it out and measured the area where the "flame cutting" is present and after 100,000 rounds, that area measures .018 less than the rest. So after that many rounds, .018 is not bad at all....
I might also mention that the barrel is the ORIGINAL barrel that came on the gun when I bought it new and it will still keep 6-shots inside a three inch circle at 100 yards, off sand bags....
DAVID
