44 SRH problem

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mikemmcd

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I just came back from the range and was shooting my Ruger Super Redhawk 44 magnum and had to strip it all apart to clean it. My cyclinder was gummed up. I cleaned everything up and put it back together and then I noticed that the cyclinder now rotates counter clockwise. It orginally rotated clockwise. Is this going to cause a problem? Everything else seems fine. I must have put something together backwards.
 
DO NOT try to shoot it this way!!! Do you have the owners manual? If so it should have an exploded view to help you put it together correctly.

I wish I could be more help, but without the gun in front of me I have no idea.

EDIT: Hang on here!! It's SUPPOSED to rotate counter-clockwise. I think you are remembering something a little off here.

If it's a super blackhawk (single action) then it would rotate clockwise.
 
As Einstein noted, clocks can run backwards at times - it all depends on your frame of reference. ;)

Seriously, as Ben stated, the cylinder on an SRH should turn counter-clockwise as viewed from the rear (clockwise as viewed from the front). I had to go check mine to be sure since my memory of the rotation is ... well, I didn't remember which direction it rotated.
 
As the owner of a SRH......it is IMPOSSIBLE.......IMPOSSIBLE......for your cylinder to rotate the opposite way, from which you took it apart.
 
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