

The extended frame also provided enough length to allow scope bases to be mounted on the frame, rather than on the barrel as was done on the scoped versions of the Redhawk.

It was not known at the time why this was happening the Redhawk had been on the market for years with no reported problems, but Ruger decided to address the issue by extending the frame 2.5 inches past the cylinder face, all the way to the end of the ejector rod, to provide a massive surface into which to thread the barrel. Some Redhawks were reported to be separating at the junction between barrel and frame. 44 Magnum version, they began to have reports of failures in the Redhawk revolvers. When Ruger started to scale up the GP-100 to build a.
