Which one should I get? I can't decided

[electric wombat]

I want to get one of these guns & I need some help making my decesion. The choice is between a ruger redhawk 44 mag and a super redhawk .454
looking at ammo prices they're roughly about the same. Recoil is not a concern as I can handel both easily. Practacality is not much of an issue, mostly I will be shooting it at the range or shooting steel plates. I wouldn't be doing any huntiung. Both are selling for an excellent price tho the super redhawk 454 is about $100-$125 more than the redhawk 44mag. Escentially everything is the same other than the calaber, look, & price. I like the look of the 44 mag redhawk better but I like that the super redhawk is more gun & will make a bigger boom. If yall were faced with this decesion which gun would yall go with. & here are pics of the actual guns up for sale.

 

[Walkalong]

Redhawk .44 Mag. Love mine.

 

[rgs1975]

Neither. Buy a S&W.

 

[Bearhands]

Redhawk 44. It's MUCH nicer looking and handling it after 50 rounds will be nicer feeling.

 

[Eightball]

I'll be "that guy."

Get both

Though, personally, I'm in the market for a .44, but a .454 wouldn't be a bad thing--it just means I couldn't use the .44 brass I have sitting around my house that cry at me for a gun to shoot them out of.

 

[snowtigger]

Where are you finding 454 Casull ammo for the same price as 44 Mag? The price per box is roughly the same, but, the 454 ordinarily comes in 20 round boxes, while the 44 usually comes in 50 round boxes.
I would buy the 44Mag in a Super Redhawk. The trgger is much easier to work on than the Redhawk.
I own both a Ruger SRH and a S&W 29-2 in 44 Mag. I like the Ruger better. I only bought the S&W because everyone should own at least one...
I also own a SRH in 454Casull. The advantage to the 454 is that you can shoot 45 Colt in it when you don't want the recoil of the 454.

 

[earplug]

Why do you want a expensive to shoot, hunting gun if your just going to use it at the range?
Have you considered a single shot Contender?

 

[RichSenecal]

Redhawk .44Mag, absolutely no doubt.

 

[Joe the Redneck]

If you are going to get a "peacock" gun, may as well go for the 454. This way when someone asks "Is that a 44?" You can stand proud and say "Nope, it's a 454." And they'll all back away.

I had a similar think happen at Hooters. I ordered some Hot wings and the waitress said "Do you want to try the Three Mile Island?" What was I supposed to do? Look like a wimp? I cried all the way home.

The 454 is a neat gun, have at it.

Joe

 

[Huddog]

Having neither I would buy the .44, I just like the way it looks more than I like the super and i really have no use for either caliber.

 

[farmmer dan]

I like the shiny one

 

[Gator]

Get the Redhawk, it makes much more sense for range shooting...and it looks better too.

 

[PotatoJudge]

Do you reload? Are you planning on scoping it?

 

[Snapping Twig]

I'd get the .454. You can shoot .45LC in it much like a "special" and if you handload, the cost of ammo is minimal between .44 and .454.

The .454 can be downloaded too, so you can have .44 mag velocities with a .452 slug of anywhere from 250 to over 300 grains. Recoil will be more pleasant that way and you can easily hunt with such a load.

Go full bore with hot .454 ammo and impress the locals.

Yep, I'd get the .454.

 

[cowssurf]

I say neither. Get one of the new Redhawks chambered in .45. With Buffalo Bore +P .45's, you start to approach the .454 Casull, and you eclipse the .44 magnum in ballistics. And it is the same size as the Redhawk in .44.