Redhawk?

[redhawk44p]

I recently purchased a Redhawk. I need to put a new mainspring in but I do not have a disassembly manual. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me how to disassemble the gun. I do not want to wait a month for Ruger to send a manual. Thanks Very Much Bob

 

[Bob C]

If you call Ruger monday morning, your manual will probably be delivered before the weekend. Mine was.

 

[salvo]

No need to wait it's EZ, make sure your unloaded, pull the grips off, there should be a small pin in the little round black thing in the grip frame, that is the take down pin. If it's not there use a small punch or finish nail. Cock the hammer and you will see the strut inside the spring move and you will see a small hole in the strut. Stick the take down pin in the hole, when you release the hammer the spring will be captured by the takedown pin. Take a good look how the assembly fits together and pull it out. Figure out a way to compress the spring far enough to remove the takedown pin, change out springs, figure a way to compress new spring and install take down pin. Put back together, cock the hammer and remove takedown pin. The spring is stiff so be careful, throw a rag over it wile you are changing the spring out just incase it gets away from you, also wear safety glasses too.
E-mail me if you run into any problems I am sure I can find my manual somewhere salvo15@yahoo.com

If you installing a spring kit to lighten the trigger pull, be careful not to go to light because you will get light primer strikes. I ended up using the middle spring in a 3-spring kit.