Reeder Custom Guns - SSK-50 Original T/C Contender Reintroduced

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Reedeville for some engraving...

Titanium is stronger than steel if they are the same shape and volume. Great idea, getting a slab side and having it engraved! I don't see how this SSk Contender can be stronger than a G2. The 2 broken contender frames I have seen have been where the face of the breach meets the rest of the frame. This is where the boaster is on a G2. It may be stronger than an original contender but, not a G2.

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I'll be ordering some of these frames. But, won't push them any harder than my original G1 Frames.

Think I'll just enjoy these with some of my favorite barrels and not engage in the negativity.

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didn't have the courtesy to mention our barrels, even though we have been building TC barrels longer than any of the ones mentioned, in fact several years longer. But be that as it may, the G-2 frame will be stronger due to the beefy ribbon at the top of the frame. The slab side frames will not be as strong as the G-2. They will warp under hot loads just as the original slab side frames did.

So, nuff said. It is your $300. Have fun.

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Material? Is it titanium? Is the inference T/C used a weak on non hardened steel? I have 3 G2's and if soneone gave me a flat side I'd sell or trade it for another G2.

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stainless steel made in Reading, Pa. Manufacturer of specialty stainless steels to just about however strong you need it. I suspect that is who is supplying the SS for these frames. They engineered/developed/supply the special alloy of stainless steel for the Ruger Super-Redhawk to withstand the pressures of the 454 Casull and 480Ruger in a 6 shot cylinder. The plant is near where I live and I have about 30 family/friends working there. Like 6000 workers in a plant 2 miles long by 1/2 a mile wide...huge. Largest specialty stainless steel alloy company in the world. That's where all the material for surgical instruments come from as well. BTW, they also manufacture titanium alloy materials at another factory nearby..but that is another story altogether. Hope this helps.

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stronger than the S&W N frame for instance, not due to superior steel. It is mainly because the cylinder walls are about 3 times thicker than the N frame Smith plus the locking notches on the side of the cylinder are offset to one side rather than directly over the chamber as most other DA cylinders are. The fact is that the larger amount of steel that the cylinders are made of makes for a much stronger piece of metal than the smaller, thinner and weaker cylinders. They don't have the weaknesses other cylinders do.

True, the newer steels are stronger and have more elasticity than earlier steels that are a lot more brittle but still the pure beef the cylinders have around the chambers have a lot to do with it's strength. I am not a metallurgist so I can't argue the merits of the new steels but a .150 thick cylinder wall is much stronger than a .045 thick chamber wall.

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but not by me(although I did know about it). Cartech was behind the development of the specialty stainless steel alloy that lead to the success of this revolver, at Rugers request. Without that alloy, there would be no 6 shot Ruger SuperRedHawks in 454 or 480. Maybe you do or don't know it, but Ruger did make a handful of 5 shot SuperRedhawks in 480Ruger from their normal alloys and then after a few made it into circulation they dropped it due to liability worries and hired CarTech to do it right and it was so strong they didn't need a 5 shot cylinder. Ruger has totally different liability worries than custom guys I would imagine, just due to the volume and deeper pockets. Hey, Im a proud coalcracker from NE Pa and proud of our great manufacturers...especially when they are the best in the world at stainless steel alloys...what can I say.

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aluminum but not as strong as steel. Common sense would tell you that the g-2 with the beefed up sideplate is much stronger and a lot less likely to stretch than a flat thin sideplate. But maybe they are magic. Who knows.

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strength per unit factor that makes it quite strong and quite usable for firearms and only the cost of material and PITA of machining prevents it from being used more....but you are seeing it used more and more in the higher end firearms where this higher cost of lightweight and strength are not a factor. I have a Taurus 460 Total Titanium in 45LC with a 4" ported bbl and have zero issues with 250gr jacketed bullets at 1100 fps and that's all I want from such a light revolver. They also made them in 357mag and 41mag as well. Long discontinued due to the super elevated cost in recent years of titanium. If CarTech made the SS for the new contender frames..it isn't magic, just great engineering.

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SSK-50 Original T/C Contender Reintroduced

I would get the smooth side and send it to

SSK Contender

I'm in complete agreement with Alcorn...

I don't mean to be a stick in the mud but as they

How can they claim it is made from stronger

Its simple, really. Carpenter Technology specialty stainles

you are comparing apples and oranges. The Redhawk is much

There was an entire article on this posted here a while back

Good question. Not titanium. Titanium is stronger than

Titamium has its own type of merits beyond the

Why, when we have the G2?