JeeperCreeper
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44 mag blackhawk... cheap, accurate, classic. Plus, if it's a target/hunting gun, you'll only need SA only anyways. Plus, it's safe with the hammer down
The srh is definitely a rugged pistol. Easy to mount optics and will never shoot loose. A very good choice on a quality gun. The Smith though, there's just something about the look, the feel, the way they point. Having said that I wonder how many people put enough rounds through them to shoot loose. I know some do, but they're usually using some hot or hot/heavy loads. How many factory magnums would it actually take?
I'd be happy with either choice really.
I have a hogue no-finger groove grip on my gp100. It fits me perfect.so id probably put on on a SRH . I have weird hands (large gloves are tight on my hands but too long in the fingers.so I have short fat finger for a skinny dude,and wide palms LOL. I have a set of the wood panel grips (seen in my avatar) but they are a little bigger than I like,wo I bbc.co put the hogue back o . The wood inserts Sure are purdy though,shame I didnt like the feel more.I've bought and shot both a Super Blackhawk and Redhawk this year. The Redhawk has seen more range time than any other gun I own, since I bought it.
Having said that, I'd get the SRH. The SRH grip frame offers more options than the one on the Redhawk. Both the store k wood panels and the monogrip felt okay on the RH, til I shot it. Settled on a Pachmayr Presentation, which works great for my hands, but it's pretty chunky.
I read somewhere the cylinder throats in .45 colt rugers tend to be too tight and can negatively effect accuracy. Have you experienced this? Does it only matter if shooting lead ?I have had several 45 Colt Blackhawk's, my favorite caliber in a gun made to handle good hunting loads. I had a 340 grain WFN made for them by Mountain Molds. The Superblackhawk Bisley Hunter was the only one I have owned in a 7.t" barrel. With revolver I didn't need a taller sight for less than full house loads with this bullet. But the heavier full ribbed barrel even without scope does not require as high a front sight. I have always went with 4 5/8" and 5.5" barrels on my 45 Colts so I don't know if the standard Bisley and Blackhawks have an issue with the heavy loads using the front sight that comes on them.
The newer Bisleys in 5.5" (my favorites) have went to a .450" tall front sight, until recently the 5.5" all had to be loaded to full throttle Ruger Only loads for me to use the factory sight. with the new .450" tall sight I have no problem zeroing for any load. This new revolver is the 45 colt only and has the rose colored grips. The others 45 colt/45acp convertibles as well as the 45 Colt only had black laminate grips and all had .370 front sights and were not useful with any bullets over 270 grain, and front 240 to 270 grains I had to run them to full ruger only pressures to get enough speed to use the sights as they came.
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