Ruger: Why no SA in 454?

[ArchAngelCD]

Also bear in mind that the handloader does not need the .454. A nice five-shot .45Colt does everything one needs a .45 to do. Given what can be done with six-shot .44's and .45's, I question the need for the .454 at all.

Now there's something you can hang your hat on...

 

[Prosser]

"Also bear in mind that the handloader does not need the .454. A nice five-shot .45Colt does everything one needs a .45 to do. Given what can be done with six-shot .44's and .45's, I question the need for the .454 at all."

.454 was an answer to a problem in 1980. You want flat, long range, hard hitting? that's the .454.

Once you go over 40K pressure you are entering the land of diminishing returns.

Why do you need a 60K pressure .45?

 

[Coal Dragger]

Need and want are two vastly different things. I enjoy my .454 but will admit that it takes work to master hot loads. Of course the same is true of any big bore magnum.

The .454 also serves as a way to allow magnumized .45 Colt for the masses, since a nimrod can't stick one in the chamber of his SAA and blow himself up. Protecting the stupid is one reason we have quite a few cartridges. The .44 Magnum is a great example.

 

[Bawheed]

protecting the stupid.......i like it lol

 

[TennJed]

Ruger reportedly answered such questions by saying that:
-They build sixguns
...

Except for the Single Ten

 

[Hammerdown77]

And the SP101...

 

[Hammerdown77]

And I think they made some Alaskans in 480 Ruger with 5 shot cylinders...

 

[CraigC]

If I remember right there were only 20-30 5-shot .480 Alaskans shipped.

The .454 also serves as a way to allow magnumized .45 Colt for the masses, since a nimrod can't stick one in the chamber of his SAA and blow himself up.

If a handloader is incapable of keeping his 50-55,000psi loads out of lesser guns, he probably shouldn't be handloading. It's rather simple to load your five-shot loads in such a manner that they cannot be fired in a Colt SAA. You can use specific headstamps/brands of brass for your different loads, longer LBT-style bullets seated too long to fit an SAA cylinder, mark your ammo boxes appropriately, use color coded plastic boxes, or any combination of those methods. Same for 32,000psi Ruger-only loads.