I need a new revolver. I'm considering a big bore for a change. Not happy with the results from the little ones lately and if you're going to go big, you might as well go real big, right? Thing is, I'm also off S&W, so no X frames. Besides, I'm not trying to go as big as possible, just saying that "practical" isn't the most important criteria, and I don't need a "purpose." I live country and it'd be a companion, that's all. I shoot plenty and reload.
I'd carry it in the woods or wherever I suppose, so the weight of a Super Blackhawk seems about right. .44 makes "sense" because components have better availability and they're less costly. The guns are also available. But the .454 and .480 are sweeter. I like the five-shot cylinders with the stops straddling the chambers instead of cut into the thinnest part of the wall. The recessed cylinders are better too and secure the loading gate. The .44 models are less costly, but lack those features. Problem is, the .454 and .480 are scarce. I can't even find a .480 in 4.62". The .454's are few and far between. Don't need super power. .44 would do the job, but the features aren't there from Ruger.
Redhawks are affordable, but the cylinders aren't recessed and all the big bores are 6 shot. Again, the most options are in .44 with barrels from 2.75 to 7.5", but with the Alaskan and Toklat, there are a few options for .454 besides the long scoped models.
There are lots of cowboy guns in .45, but a lot of them are low-pressure jobs. The Blackhawk might be stouter, but the .44 Blackhawk is a safer bet with the same features. In .44, the stout frame can also be had in the Vaquero and Birdshead grip models, whereas the .45's in those lines were lightened to cowboy spec.
MRI's got the BFR in ludicrous size, but their .44 looks sweet in the modest 5" barrel size. It seems to offer the features found elsewhere only on the SBH's in more exotic chamberings and in costlier Freedom Arm's guns.