Ruger Redhawk / Super Redhawk discussion

[Velociginger]

I have a Super Redhawk, I believe built by Cylinder and Slide before Ruger started to produce the Alaskan. It’s .454 with some black cerakote-ish finish, bobbed hammer, action job, fixed sights, blah blah blah.
https://cylinder-slide.com/PDFarticl...Hawk-Final.pdf
Shooting .454s in it is absurdly uncomfortable, but .45 Colt, even warm loads, are very manageable.
I often keep loaded with Underwood 45 Colt full wadcutters.

[Hizzie]

I have a Super Redhawk, I believe built by Cylinder and Slide before Ruger started to produce the Alaskan. It’s .454 with some black cerakote-ish finish, bobbed hammer, action job, fixed sights, blah blah blah.
https://cylinder-slide.com/PDFarticl...Hawk-Final.pdf
Shooting .454s in it is absurdly uncomfortable, but .45 Colt, even warm loads, are very manageable.
I often keep loaded with Underwood 45 Colt full wadcutters.

Absolutely glorious! Before finding my Alaskan I had put serious consideration into picking up a used 7.5 or 9.5 SRH and having it chopped back to about 4” just so there was enough room left for a FSB on the barrel.

I tried the Compact Lett on my Alaskan. The non finger grooved Hogue performs much better for me while still being reasonably sized.

[Velociginger]

Thanks. The trigger is really nice(though, I’m not a trigger snob, so for some it might just be “meh”).
The Hogue grips w/o finger grooves feel really good. Evidently, C&S re-shaped the regular SRH grips to get the profile that’s on there now, according to the write-up in the link. They’re good enough with 45 Colts.