Please Tell Me about the Super Redhawk

[farscott]

I know little about this model other than I now own a sample. It was too good of a deal to let pass, so it is now in the safe. I have owned and own other .44 Magnum revolvers, including the original Redhawk, so I am no stranger to the round. I am, however, a stranger to this beast.

The grip frame appears to be the same as the GP100, so I assume that any grips suitable for the GP100 are suitable for the Super Redhawk. Is this correct? The sight inserts look just like the Redhawk sight inserts, and I was able to swap sight inserts with no issues.

I also assume that since this is a Ruger, it is safe with just about any .44 Magnum factory or factory-equivalent load. What is the barrel twist rate? I am partial to 300-grain loads in the .44 Magnum. Does anyone have experience with this bullet weight in this revolver?

Any other suggestions?

 

[happy old sailor]

i have two SRHs. one in .44 and the other in .45C/.454. i know nothing about the details of either. i just shoot them and enjoy the recoil. someone in this forum probably has your answers, otherwise, i would call the factory.

 

[Magnum88C]

The grip frame is identical between the GP-100 and the SRH.

I have only fired the .44 Magnum SRH, I don't own one, I do own the .454 version.
My impressions of the .44 mag version is that it makes even the heaviest .44 loads shoot like pussycats. They are very accurate. And yes, they can handle any and all .44 magnum loads. It's one of the revolvers listed as capable of handling the Garrett loads -- the hottest out there.

In short, they are wonderful guns, and you may have to go through a few loads to find the ones it likes best (or reload). Once you do, they are cabable of incredible accuracy. All the Rugers I own of any stripe shoot best with hot loads and they like heavy-for-caliber loads, so you should do well with 300-gr loads.

 

[GUNKWAZY]

Built like a Brick sh-t house

They're built like a brick sh-t house.
They shoot nice. Easy to scope.
Handle just about everything you can throw at it.
Polish up good.
I'm not a fan of the good looking factory wood insert grips.
The reason that is, is because shooting hot 44's tend to beat up the finger closest to the trigger guard. They look good, but not designed well in my opinion. I opted for the Hogue 1 piece rubber grips. Much more comfort.
Here's a pic....

Jeff (GUNKWAZY)

 

[BusMaster007]

I sure like that pic, GUNKWAZY.

Maybe someone on this board can answer a question:
regarding the hammer and trigger on the SRH...what are they made of--- if the rest of the gun is stainless steel?

 

[GUNKWAZY]

Well....

Well, with out going and pulling O'le Betsy out of the safe. The one I have does NOT have MIM parts to the best of my memory. They all look to be SS parts. The hammer looks to be machined out of a single piece of flat stock Stainless. I used to have a GP100 and that was the same way.
Hope that helps.

Jeff (GUNKWAZY)

 

[BusMaster007]

Alrighty, then.
Guess I'll have to take BluesBear's advice and sit in front of the TV for a few hours a night 'strokin' it!
Mother's mag polish and nice cotton sock...

 

[Marshall]

Welcome to the SRH, you should enjoy it!

I have a Redhawk and SRH, both in 44 mag. The SRH is a great gun and makes the heavier loads feel not so heavy. They are accurate, as mentioned. Although, my Redhawk is more accurate than my SRH, I don't know if it's due to scope differences or not but my Redhawk is deathly accurate.

I agree with GUNKWAZY, the Hogues are the only way to fly on the big Rugers, they're perfect for the gun. I know of no MIM parts in either of the guns. The rate of twist, I have no idea?

Enjoy!

 

[BusMaster007]

Here's THE ammo in .44 to $hoot in your SRH...

http://www.garrettcartridges.com/about.asp

I will have to get a quantity of plinking .44 for practice.

 

[P95Carry]

farscott ... the SRH is built to take the punishment - not perhaps the slickest trigger in the firearm's world but - designed and built for its purpose ... over engineered in fact.

I have such faith in this gun I have two! The .44 mag and the .454 Casull. Whilst I also have an enjoy a Raging Bull in .454 - it is the SRH's that I shoot most - with the hottest loads and bags of confidence.

These both sport Millet red dots - and better hunting revo's will IMO be hard to find. Bullet weight? No probs ... just keep loads within sensible limits - no prob's!

 

[farscott]

Guys,

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I am going to try the revolver with the factory grips, but I foresee a set of Hogue grips in my future. I have a 300-grain hard cast load that I have used in my Redhawk, so that will be the starting point for the Super Redhawk. Optics are still under consideration.

 

[YodaVader]

Polish up good.

GUNKWAZY - how did you go about polishing your SR?

 

[Bandit01]

Son, what the hell do you need to know--it's a fine how powered gun. Come on up to Charlotte and I'll let you shoot mine. Today, I just put on some Pachmayr rubber grips. That SOB is so smooth. I got my pistol, a speciality shoulder holster and a Tasco PDP2 scope for $450.00. It was extremely new. Some Yuppie wanted to feel like a man and bought it from the local range. He wanted to go hunting and feel strong. He bought it went on a hunting trip, according to the story from the locals at the range, he shot it off, freaked out by the power and dropped it--the bastard dropped a loaded pistol. I approached him at the range, gave him a listening ear and he poured his wimpy heart out. Once he told me that he wished that he never bought it and that he would never use it again, I offered him $400 cash for it. At first re refused but after 15 minutes--it was a done deal.

Now if I can only find an SOB that's got a S&W 610.

 

[RCL]

One of the most accurate handguns I've ever shot...

My brother had one in .44 with the 9 1/2" barrel and 2x Leupold. With my go to handload I put six shots in one hole @ 25 yards off a rest. He decided to sell it and I didn't have the money at the time to grab it. :banghead:
Someone got a great gun.
The load I used was a Speer 300 grain softpoint over 22 grains of H110 in a Winchester case with a CCI 350 primer. This is a book load, but max. I have found this load to shoot well in a number of guns.
My father-in-law also has one that shoots the Federal American Eagle (Red Box) 240 grain load very well.