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Offline HappyHunter

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need load info for Ruger super red hawk
« on: December 01, 2002, 01:18:17 AM »
Just bought a Ruger Super Red Hawk.  SS and 7-1/2 inch,

I need load development info for paper punching and hunting (deer).

I need powder and bullet recommendations.  Does anybody shoot this handgun and what weight bullet does it seem to prefere?  

I am new to this caliber but plan to chance this.

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Fred :excuseme:
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need load info for Ruger super red hawk
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2002, 02:35:02 AM »
Doesn't the Super Redhawk come in more than one caliber?
Which one are you wanting to load?
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need load info for Ruger super red hawk
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2002, 08:04:54 AM »
When you decide what caliber you bought, then open your reloading manual...

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need load info for Ruger super red hawk
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2002, 09:15:00 AM »
Sorry I forgot caliber!

44 mag. :oops:
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300 XTP
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2002, 06:30:22 AM »
I'm using the Hornady 300 XTP in my not-Super Redhawk and crimping in the lower cannelure for an OAL of 1.720, if I 'members correctly. The long Ruger cylinder will accommodate a round of 1.8" or so and loading this long gives me enough case capacity to use IMR 4227.

I like 4227 because 296 can be hard to ignite at -20. Kinda bulky, though.

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Whats up with this guy?????
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2002, 08:42:07 AM »
[When you decide what caliber you bought, then open your reloading manual...
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What's up with comments like this????? The fellow made a mistake and forgot to mention the caliber.  I see comments like this all the time from ricciardelli.  Whats up with this crap?  Are you like the biggest jerk ever or what?  People come to these sites to ask a question or share something with other people, not to ask an honest question and be ridiculed by some guy that thinks he's the world's gift to reloading.  Greybeard has a nice site and people like you are the ones that give first comers the wrong impression and make them not return so do us all a favor and lighten up and try and be helpful or just read on and don't comment.    

On a brighter note,  Happy Hunter, My old Super Redhawk seemed to prefer the heavier bullets rather than the 240's.  Using the 300 grain XTPs, I crimped on the lower groove as well to gain a little case capacity and velocity.  You can email me and I'll send you the loads I tried with that bullet when I get home to my other computer.  Another bullet that it really shot well was a 270 grain Gold Dot.  This bullet seemed to work pretty well when my buddy shot coyotes with it.  I never did actually shoot a deer with it though.  Like I said, email me and I'll be glad to look up the loads when I'm at home.  But if I read one of your other post right, you took this gun back? If I'm wrong, just yell at me later.  GS