Tired of 44 mag, need new deer revolver

[GhosTT]

Why would you recommend a RedHawk over a SuperRedhawk?

The SRH grips absorb recoil better, and The SRH can handle the strongest 44 loads should someone choose to hunt larger game.

I admit I had mine magnaported before I ever shot it, but thats because I wanted a gun that could take anything from squirrel to dinosaur.

Top load, 330grain Garret-Hammerheads can drop anything that walks, and anything less the recoil is managable.

I've heard of Redhawks wood grips bleeding hands with standard loads.

[Robert357]

>>"The SRH grips absorb recoil better.."

Sometimes I love traditional Ruger Blackhawk single actions and sometimes I don't.   I have converted two 357 Mag Ruger Blackhawk revolvers that I load nice and heavy to target grips that look a lot like double action grips.  I also have a 45 (Long) Colt Ruger Blackhawk that I load really really heavy that has the traditional single action grips.

My experience is that when I use the traditional single action grips properly, the revolver will during heavy recoil actually "ride up" or slip in my hand, thus disapating some of the recoil.  When this happens and I retain enough control so that accuracy is fine, my 45 Colt Blackhawk is a pleasure to shoot (as long as I don't fire too many rounds).

Those months where my hands are sticky, grip my revolver like King Kong, and/or I want to shoot 100 to 150 rounds of heavily loaded ammo at a time, I prefer to use one of my two 357 Mag Blackhawks with the doubleaction style grips as I feel I have more control.  But after that, my hand feels dead.

Since the person who originally posted this said they didn't like what they felt, I suggested an inexpensive grip change as a way of perhaps avoiding the expense of a new firearm purchase.

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some things most already said to reduce recoil..  bigger grips, heavy barrel, lighter load, smaller bullet weight,  i dont like increased noise of porting or muzzel brake but can be an option..  use some of each of these for target gun that you shoot day to day, use your present gun for hunting that you already know, and is lighter for carrying, probably very accurate as it is.. ... when you shoot those one or two shots at the critter youll never know it went off.. another idea, just to throw in,, put a 7 1/2 inch heavy barrel on your present gun with some houge grips and reduce the load as stated above..  should be a pretty managable nice shooting  gun..   dave..

[papajohn428]

It's simple, you need a new gun!  What a wonderful idea, buy another one!  I recommend the Redhawk in .41 mag but they're hard to find, maybe you SHOULD get HappyHunter's Taurus!  The good thing about the 41 (aside from the reduced recoil) is that it'll do anything the 44 will do, with less fuss, and it'll even shoot flatter, which makes hitting a tad easier.
How do I know?  Elmer said so!

PJ the Enabler

[45LC-Man]

Oh, Papajohn you been readin' too many gunzine articles.  If your .41 don't have the kick of a .44 then Duuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh!!!! What's wrong with this picture? A .38 don't have the kick of a .41 but no one compares them to each other.  Is Bob Milek your hero?  :grin:

I say "if it's just as good as a Zerox then go buy a Zerox". A .41 ain't a .44 and a .44 ain't a .45 Colt and a .45 Colt ain't a .475 Linebaugh and so on and so on........

A .41 is a great caliber, don't get me wrong. I used to have one myself. But there isn't any magic involved in any of them including our per calibers. The .41 is just another step in the long ladder of calibers that is available to all of us.

Just how badly does your .41 "beat" a .44 at a hundred yards anyway? Maybe 2"? I don't know about you but I like to shoot my handguns at long ranges but I'd never try and take a game animal at 100 yards or more. A .41 might squeeze an inch of two better at a hundred yards does it with a lighter bullet that may not punch through a game animal as easily as a .44 will. And I'm not a .44 fan even though I've had my share of them too. No revolver is powerful enough to create shock like a rifle will. They are basically hole punchers that create l wound channels (the larger the channel the quicker the animal will bleed out). A .41 creates a smaller hole than a .44 and a .44 creates a smaller hole than a .45 and so on and so on.  In my humble opinion if someone can't handle a .44 then drop down the ladder a step. No shame here. This isn't a slam against anyone. I personally like the .45 Colt because it's all I can handle, and I've shot .45-70 handguns. 320 grains of .452 caliber at 1200 fps or more will smoke all others under it's step on the ladder but it's no match for a .475 or .480 Ruger and I ain't gonna say that it is either. A .45 Colt is just my cup of tea like a .41 is your's.

I like small pickup trucks and you like full size Z 71's but I ain't gonna say that my Ranger is better than your's 'cause it just ain't so. Size matters when it comes to handgun calibers.  

[Don Dick]

Redhawk`s right, shoot a 500 S&W first with say a 370 grain CPB over
44.5 grains of 110.  Then shoot the 44 it will feel like a pussy cat.
  I have no problem with recoil on my 7 1/2 inch RBH in 44 mag off a pistol rest.  The 500 off a pistol rest is not pleasant to shoot.

My I suggest you consider a S&W 625-9 in 45 long colt.  I picked up one today a mountain gun.  It has the red wood grips and is " pretty".

[Questor]

I agree with the first bit of advice: load your 44s to about 1000fps. It really does change the character of the gun and is quite pleasant to shoot. But be careful of the bullets you use. If you use commercially hard cast bullets with no gas check, you could get a lot of leading at that velocity.

[Buster]

I would see if you could borrow a redhawk .44 for a few days shooting.  My redhawk is very mild in the recoil dept., and very accurate.  The grip shape and heavier weight help a great deal with recoil.