Saw a new Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan today

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I haven’t seen a new Ruger Redhawk for sale in quite a while, but today I saw a new Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan .44 Magnum at my LGS. I haven’t seen one in nearly 4 years. They had a price of $1300 on it.
For a moment that little “Buy it” Devil popped up on my left shoulder. Nearly immediately the little “Logic” Angel popped up on my right shoulder and instead of saying “Your wife will be angry” it said “Go ahead and buy it meathead. You no longer need those wrist and thumb joints, right?”
The clerk offered it to me to check out and I declined.
It was nice to see it in the store. Perhaps Ruger revolver production is getting going again. :cool:
 
Pat Riot said:
I haven’t seen a new Ruger Redhawk for sale in quite a while, but today I saw a new Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan .44 Magnum at my LGS. I haven’t seen one in nearly 4 years. They had a price of $1300 on it.
For a moment that little “Buy it” Devil popped up on my left shoulder. Nearly immediately the little “Logic” Angel popped up on my right shoulder and instead of saying “Your wife will be angry” it said “Go ahead and buy it meathead. You no longer need those wrist and thumb joints, right?”
The clerk offered it to me to check out and I declined.
It was nice to see it in the store. Perhaps Ruger revolver production is getting going again. :cool:
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I hope so, I have been searching. Even online, besides LCRs, many of their revolvers are rare.
 
I bought mine last May 2021 from Sportsman Warehouse and paid $1,050. It was not in stock and I had to check multiple times a day. Their "Notify Me When In Stock Online" would really not work fast enough before someone bought them. The time I found them was 2:00 AM and my SIL and I both bought them.

I see Sportmans has it listed for $1,200 (https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting...um-25in-stainless-revolver-6-rounds/p/1142715), though out of stock. So, your LGS pricing of $1,300 seems very reasonable. You should buy it while you can!

My SIL and I both enjoy shooting them....my son, not so much. I carry mine daily when outside at the CO home where we get black bears in my yard weekly.
 
ontarget said:
My local pusher has a SBH Bisley with a 4.6 inch barrel that is just beautiful on consignment. It has been difficult to stay away but so far I've been successful. Don't know what I'd do with it if I bought it anyway.
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I do understand. I walked away from that Alaskan, but I had an itch. That’s for sure. :)

One of the reasons that I am excited to see new Ruger revolvers being released is I have been wanting a NEW Blackhawk.357 / 9mm convertible for over 2 years and haven’t seen any. Fingers crossed. :cool:
 
Pat Riot said:
I do understand. I walked away from that Alaskan, but I had an itch. That’s for sure. :)

One of the reasons that I am excited to see new Ruger revolvers being released is I have been wanting a NEW Blackhawk.357 / 9mm convertible for over 2 years and haven’t seen any. Fingers crossed. :cool:
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I'm on the lookout for a 44 Spl. Blackhawk myself.
 
Pat Riot said:
I haven’t seen a new Ruger Redhawk for sale in quite a while, but today I saw a new Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan .44 Magnum at my LGS. I haven’t seen one in nearly 4 years. They had a price of $1300 on it.
For a moment that little “Buy it” Devil popped up on my left shoulder. Nearly immediately the little “Logic” Angel popped up on my right shoulder and instead of saying “Your wife will be angry” it said “Go ahead and buy it meathead. You no longer need those wrist and thumb joints, right?”
The clerk offered it to me to check out and I declined.
It was nice to see it in the store. Perhaps Ruger revolver production is getting going again. :cool:
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Get yourself a S&W 500; once you get used to it the 44 Mag feels like a 22.
 
ontarget said:
I'm on the lookout for a 44 Spl. Blackhawk myself.
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I would like a Blackhawk in 357. But I would probably go for the 4" Sp101 for now. My wife would more likely be able to handle the weight of it better. Besides, the SP101 would match the 77/357 better. :D
 
I bought an SRH Alaskan in 454 Casull early in COVID19 for $850.

After I installed one level lower than factory Wolf brand springs and a shim kit it has the best trigger pull I've ever felt on a revolver.

I hope sanity returns as I would like to buy a second or, even better, a Toklat.

-Stan
 
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As the owner of one of these, it's a great gun once some trigger work has been done to bring the obnoxiously heavy factory double action pull down a bit. I would also say that the only true version of this is in the 454 casull/45 colt version. Fluting the cylinder on this one just seems wrong, and I load the 45 colts to 44 magnum pressures for lots of blast and fire without going nuts. I've got a 460 magnum as well, and although it's sometimes nice to feel like you're getting an instant sunburn on your face with the 460 and 500, 44 magnum/hot 45 colts are far more enjoyable to shoot more than one cylinder of.
 
hoodfu said:
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As the owner of one of these, it's a great gun once some trigger work has been done to bring the obnoxiously heavy factory double action pull down a bit. I would also say that the only true version of this is in the 454 casull/45 colt version. Fluting the cylinder on this one just seems wrong, and I load the 45 colts to 44 magnum pressures for lots of blast and fire without going nuts. I've got a 460 magnum as well, and although it's sometimes nice to feel like you're getting an instant sunburn on your face with the 460 and 500, 44 magnum/hot 45 colts are far more enjoyable to shoot more than one cylinder of.
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Oh my God!, a 454 Casull snubbie! The muzzle blast has to be a coin toss between your hand cannon, and these guns

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On speed dial with Coastal Artillery, so if they need help, you can join in?

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Slamfire said:
Get one, you will love it!

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Mine will push a 240 grain lead just at 1000 fps with 7.5 grains Unique, and that is plenty powerful for 99% or the things out there.
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Indeed, that 240 gr SWC/7.5 gr Unique load is a great one for the Blackhawk. The combo shoots better than I can shoot, this 18 shot - 15 yard group offhand would be a lot better if I was up to it.

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If you want more horsepower, with not much more recoil, if you can find a .41 Blackhawk it is another great shooter. I was shooting a 210 JSP over a nice dose of Ramshot Enforcer, for deer-bear, etc. it is just the ticket. :thumbup:

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Stay safe.
 
I know it's a step down from the big boy 44's,etc., but I would really like to see the 10mm GP100 Match Champion available again (at a price near what I afford). I am sooooo tired of chasing and losing that expensive 10mm brass out of my Glock 20.



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Mike L. said:
I know it's a step down from the big boy 44's,etc., but I would really like to see the 10mm GP100 Match Champion available again (at a price near what I afford). I am sooooo tired of chasing and losing that expensive 10mm brass out of my Glock 20.



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I've been reading up on the 10mm GP100. It's not on my top priority list. But one locally could tempt me. Looking online to get a feel for the current pricing, nobody seems to be in stock with them. The two gun counters I have browsed lately haven't had anything to interest me.
 
hoodfu said:
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As the owner of one of these, it's a great gun once some trigger work has been done to bring the obnoxiously heavy factory double action pull down a bit. I would also say that the only true version of this is in the 454 casull/45 colt version. Fluting the cylinder on this one just seems wrong, and I load the 45 colts to 44 magnum pressures for lots of blast and fire without going nuts. I've got a 460 magnum as well, and although it's sometimes nice to feel like you're getting an instant sunburn on your face with the 460 and 500, 44 magnum/hot 45 colts are far more enjoyable to shoot more than one cylinder of.
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I have to say while a 454 casull snubnose is downright painful (I had a snub nose Taurus Raging Bull 454 for a while which I bought for $450, fired about 50 rounds through it and about 3 years later sold for $1200), my 480 Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan really ought to qualify. It certainly hits a lot harder than a 44 mag, and 400 grains of lead moving at 1050 FPS isn't something I would feel under gunned with.
 
I'm a fan of the 454 Casull cartridge---back before the 460 and 500 S&Ws were born, the 454 was the big bazooka in hand cannons. I bought two Freedom Arms Model 83s and converted a Ruger #3 single-shot carbine to 454---still have all three... Back in the day, I managed several gun stores---in one store we had a customer who was a genuine rock star---money was no problem---when he came to the store, I knew it was gonna be a successful day. We became friends and shooting buddies often traveling to shooting locations in his large truck with a gun stores worth of ammo on board! He noticed my liking of the 454 round and bought a couple, but almost never shot them... One of the revolvers was a Freedom Arms Model 83 "snubbie"---a three inch barrel gun with no ejector-rod housing---you poked the fired cases out with a rod supplied with the gun---very little weight upfront---we were at a local range and rock star told me he couldn't hit anything with this shortie and asked if I would shoot a cylinder full just to check it out. He hands me the gun and five rounds of the old Freedom Arms 260 grain JSP factory ammo---HOT S**T! I had been shooting quite a bit of 454 back then and faced off at a target out about 21 feet (7 yards)... The little gun was quite the handful and would go straight up with each fired shot---recoil was BRUTAL! We both looked at the target and saw five closely grouped holes right where they wanted to be! Rock star tried to give me five more rounds and said: "Do that again!" I said to him: "I think I've had about enough of that gun today!" Indeed, I never shot that snubbie 454 again...!
 
jyo said:
I'm a fan of the 454 Casull cartridge---back before the 460 and 500 S&Ws were born, the 454 was the big bazooka in hand cannons. I bought two Freedom Arms Model 83s and converted a Ruger #3 single-shot carbine to 454---still have all three... Back in the day, I managed several gun stores---in one store we had a customer who was a genuine rock star---money was no problem---when he came to the store, I knew it was gonna be a successful day. We became friends and shooting buddies often traveling to shooting locations in his large truck with a gun stores worth of ammo on board! He noticed my liking of the 454 round and bought a couple, but almost never shot them... One of the revolvers was a Freedom Arms Model 83 "snubbie"---a three inch barrel gun with no ejector-rod housing---you poked the fired cases out with a rod supplied with the gun---very little weight upfront---we were at a local range and rock star told me he couldn't hit anything with this shortie and asked if I would shoot a cylinder full just to check it out. He hands me the gun and five rounds of the old Freedom Arms 260 grain JSP factory ammo---HOT S**T! I had been shooting quite a bit of 454 back then and faced off at a target out about 21 feet (7 yards)... The little gun was quite the handful and would go straight up with each fired shot---recoil was BRUTAL! We both looked at the target and saw five closely grouped holes right where they wanted to be! Rock star tried to give me five more rounds and said: "Do that again!" I said to him: "I think I've had about enough of that gun today!" Indeed, I never shot that snubbie 454 again...!
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I can certainly see why! My 7.5” SRH is recoil enough for me, one of thise shopkeepers would be murder :(.

To me, recoil is like hot sauce on a taco; I don’t mind a bit of sting if it isn’t completely overpowering the experience. ;)


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I have to say while a 454 casull snubnose is downright painful (I had a snub nose Taurus Raging Bull 454 for a while which I bought for $450, fired about 50 rounds through it and about 3 years later sold for $1200), my 480 Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan really ought to qualify. It certainly hits a lot harder than a 44 mag, and 400 grains of lead moving at 1050 FPS isn't something I would feel under gunned with.
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The .480 Ruger has always been one of those rounds I’ve always wanted to try. I saw a new .480 Ruger No 1 and allllmost spent the considerable coinage to bring it home. (And the covid/riot/Biden ammo panic was a big factor in my passing it up.)

I know the parent cartridge was a major handful (and an expensive one, too). So they made the .480 as sort of a “.475 Linebaugh Special” and harnessed all the ooomph of that big bullet without the legendary kick of the .475. Someday…:)

Stay safe.
 
jyo said:
I'm a fan of the 454 Casull cartridge---back before the 460 and 500 S&Ws were born, the 454 was the big bazooka in hand cannons. I bought two Freedom Arms Model 83s and converted a Ruger #3 single-shot carbine to 454---still have all three... Back in the day, I managed several gun stores---in one store we had a customer who was a genuine rock star---money was no problem---when he came to the store, I knew it was gonna be a successful day. We became friends and shooting buddies often traveling to shooting locations in his large truck with a gun stores worth of ammo on board! He noticed my liking of the 454 round and bought a couple, but almost never shot them... One of the revolvers was a Freedom Arms Model 83 "snubbie"---a three inch barrel gun with no ejector-rod housing---you poked the fired cases out with a rod supplied with the gun---very little weight upfront---we were at a local range and rock star told me he couldn't hit anything with this shortie and asked if I would shoot a cylinder full just to check it out. He hands me the gun and five rounds of the old Freedom Arms 260 grain JSP factory ammo---HOT S**T! I had been shooting quite a bit of 454 back then and faced off at a target out about 21 feet (7 yards)... The little gun was quite the handful and would go straight up with each fired shot---recoil was BRUTAL! We both looked at the target and saw five closely grouped holes right where they wanted to be! Rock star tried to give me five more rounds and said: "Do that again!" I said to him: "I think I've had about enough of that gun today!" Indeed, I never shot that snubbie 454 again...!
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Don't leave us hanging. Who was the rockstar ?
 
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