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Here's a nice article by Ross Seyfried on 5 shot revolver that may help you out with at least some information. FWIW, not all revolvers have the locking notches directly over the thinnest part of the cylinder. My Redhawk for example has the locking notches at least 1/4 inch offset from the...

I believe Max Prasac has a 454 Std Redhawk. He's kind of dropped off my radar for awhile now, but the guys taken about every big game animal there is to hunt. The last I knew he was writing for Gun Digest.

A steel belt sounds really uncomfortable, I'm trying to understand how one could break in. For a conventional belt I can say that the leather quality will be critical, and $30.00 sounds really cheap. My suggestion would be to buy a top quality belt from a reputable company. Contender made an...

300 gr is still available. I cast 280 LBT LFN for my heavy 44. I miss LBT, so I'm pretty much in the same boat you are in a way. If you want a mould you could look at something nice from Accurate, then have it hollowpointed by Erik. A nice cup point should work nicely with either 20:1 or 30:1...

If you get any on the shoulder you can simply wipe it off. The shoulder dents are caused by trapped air bubbles.

This is exactly why I cast everything myself. If I really like something, I'll have an unlimited, uninterruptable supply.

Done with Ruger, huh?

Your particular bullets are DEWC, Double Ended Wad Cutters and have a crimp groove on each end for use with a light roll crimp, but you can taper crimp them instead if you wish. When crimped in the end grooves a short portion of the bullet will be visible above the case mouth. If you look at the...

I've had a couple of S&W 940s and found the recoil objectionable. It's not heavy recoil, but it is very sharp. Uncomfortably so for the power level available. 357 recoil is heavy, but not as sharp. I sold both 940s off and bought a 640 and a 649 to replace them.

To be honest, I bought the first 45 Colt Redhawk in my area and proceeded to load it with 5 shot loads with 340 gr bullets without issue for a couple of years. That was power! I cannot recommend Lil Gun for a powder because I did experience sandblasting of the forcing cone but I was planning on...

Stainless steels are alloys too.

IMR4227 is readily available in many areas.

Since there is only one shared spring for the hammer and trigger you're pretty limited to what you can do here. Cleaning up and polishing the contact surfaces for the hammer and trigger helps with smoothness, but the mainspring needs to be replaced. The original Ruger spring looks like it's made...

I don't understand the "danger/warning" part. That looks like a standard Alaskan to me. Is that what you want?

Or it could be something like the one in this video: