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Naphtali, if you want the details of my .475 SRH, I can PM them to you. I am very happy with mine! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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I've been happy with my 7 1/2" Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum. After carrying it for over 30 years and a couple thousand shots, I liked it so much that I bought another one, in stainless. NRA Endowment Life Member | |||
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Seconded - my vote goes to the Super Blackhawk as well. 20 years and more than a thousand rounds myself. Ken | |||
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One gun limit is brutally unfair... but here goes: Sentimental favorite - Colt SAA 4 3/4" 45 Colt Like it right now favorite - Colt SAA New Frontier 5 1/2" 45 Colt Practical favorite - Ruger Blackhawk Bisley 5 1/2" 45 Colt | |||
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My Ruger Redhawk, rechambered for .454 Casull, with a spare cylinder for .45 ACP/Auto Rim. I'd also trade some of the velocity I can get with a 7.5" barrel for the better portability of a 6.5". | |||
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Had a 480 in SRH liked it alot sold it to a friend of mine.Now I'm thinking of a 454 in SRH or BFR.Played with a double action seriously plotting of a single action. Like to have opinions or suggestions of either. If wrong forum let me know.. ''People should say what they mean and mean what they say. Life is too short to be lead down the wrong path.'' | |||
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Mr. pepper -- youcame to the right place!! If I were you I would find another .480 SRH over the Casull. Before the hate mail comes rolling in, I have both and I just like the fact that the .480 throws a larger diameter and heavier bullet. They penetrate like hell, and they don't beat you up nearly as badly.......JMHO "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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mr peper i'm with witworth go 480 i never got a chance to play with 454 but i.ve shot 480 and from what i know that would be my choice DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR | |||
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this is so true to the 480 dont get me wrong i loved it the reason i got rid of it was lack of time to shoot and ammo availability. i am still looking at the 475/480 in the bfr since i shot the srh more single action than double now it being a 5 shot it would be a good one to go back to and have it reworked to handle the 475 too ''People should say what they mean and mean what they say. Life is too short to be lead down the wrong path.'' | |||
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And I have just the gunsmith to do the conversion! I have an SRH that was previously a .480 that is now a .475 Linebaugh. The BFR is a great piece! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Ruger Red Hawk in 45 colt. Anything I want to shoot will go down with an appropriate load from this combination. Speer, Sierra, Lyman, Hornady, Hodgdon have reliable reloading data. You won't find it on so and so's web page. | |||
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Ruger Super Blackhawk Hunter in 45 Colt  Open sights for cowboy loads and "normal" deer loads out to 75 yards, scoped for long range loads, and red dot for "elephant" loads. The scope and red dot keep zero when taking on and off the gun, and the cowboy loads at 10 yards amazingly shoot to the same POI as the deer loads at 50 yards.  ---------------------------------- "You are 500,000 and you shoot well, but if we attack with 1,000,000 men what will you do?" ( - Kaiser Wilhelm speaking to a Swiss Militiaman) "We will shoot twice and go home." | |||
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I have been watching this post for a long time so I figure it is time to add to it. If I were to chose one revolver that is good for anything without spending a fortune, it would be my BFR .475. Superior accuracy with any size boolit and recoil that can be handled all day. There are a lot of good choices listed and I agree that all are good but for a do-all gun, the BFR can't be beat. I rate the .475 Linebaugh as being one of the best calibers ever made. | |||
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I completely agree with your assessment of the .475 Linebaugh as being one of the best calibers ever.  It's just a heard one to beat......"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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+1 on 475 being hard to beat DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR | |||
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the perfect packing pistol: my 4" Anaconda in 45 LC. 300gr at 1300fps. Rich DRSS Knowledge not shared is knowledge lost... | |||
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Rich, that is hard to beat as well! Would love to see pics of it! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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I will have to stay with the old fashioned regular Redhawk 4" in 44 mag. It would be hard to pick between it and my 4 5/8 Bisely Vaquero in 44 mag though. I guess the double action Redhawk would be my pick. DW | |||
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My .454 SRH. I follow Rule #62. | |||
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Nothing wrong with the SRH .454! The hog in my signature photo was shot with my .454 SRH loaded with 400 grain WFNs......goooooooooood hog medicine! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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No doubt about it! It would have to be my Dan Wesson 7445 in .445 Supermag with 6 inch barrel (and the 10 inch scoped barrel  ) Plenty of power and ability to shoot .44 S&W Spl, .44 Mag and .445 Supermag all in the same gun. I carry 300 grain hard cast bullets on my Alaska hunting trips for bear medicine. It will go through a 6" x 8" piece of oak in either direction so plenty of penetration for the big bears.But like one buddy of mine says if you run into a grumpy grizzly no gun you have is going to seem like enough. Just my 2 cents. **Take Care and Keep your powder dry!** | |||
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