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I've been on the hunt for a Redhawk for a while and recently found this 5 1/2" version on the forum. Sometime during its life, the sights were changed to a front bead, rear "V" notch setup, and the finish had been polished up a bit. The action was smooth but lock up was a bit loose (based on previously owned Redhawks). I got what I felt was a good deal on it and figured I could clean up the finish and replace the sights. But after a detail strip, it was apparent that somewhere down the line, someone had done some homeboy gunsmithing on the internals (Not blaming the seller, he'd had the gun only a short time and bought it in this condition). I'm also not knocking homeboy gunsmithing, I do it myself regularly on my revolvers, but, with a light touch (Man's got to know his limitations). I was able to source a new front sight, had a new rear sight in my parts box, and was able to find all the action parts that were lightly used on Ebay for a reasonable price. I lightly stoned the new action parts, slightly rounded and polished the trigger face, installed an original front sight and the new factory rear, and gave the gun a complete rubdown with a scotchbrite pad. A Pachmayr grip from the parts box rounded out the work. The action is now smooth, both double and single action pulls are improved, and the lockup is much tighter. Very happy with the outcome. Here are a couple of before and after shots:
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