Any Redhawk 8 shot .357 Owners here

[RoninPA]

Have a question for any owners of a Redhawk 8 shot .357. I got a new one and the machining of the rear of the cylinder just doesn't look correct to me. Would like someone to take a picture of theirs to compare mine to.

Here is what mine looks like:

Notice the cartridge head is not completely supported. Almost looks as though the rear of the cylinder wasn't milled correctly. I sent an email/photos to Ruger after talking to customer service but haven't heard back from them yet. The end of the ejector rod doesn't look quite right also.

[RoninPA]

Already got an answer on the other forum. This model is cut for moon clips. There were suppose to be 3 sent with the gun but I received none. So...I'll call Ruger CS back and tell them I screwed up and ask them to forgive me and ask if they could send me a couple moon clips.

I called Ruger CS and talked to a very nice lady (told her I was sorry that I didn't do my homework first before calling the first time) and got a lot of info from her. One, they will send me some 8 round moon clips for the Redhawk..gratis..and she checked and said that yes you can shoot it safely without the moon clips (but I probably won't).

It looks like for the later models (higher s/n's) Ruger changed the cylinder to accept the moon clips. No idea when it happened and she wasn't sure either.

But, Ruger CS comes through again.