Ruger Alaskan

I shot this one and the recoil was as to be expected, pretty decent. Same caliber as is displayed in the above URL.

However, the grip on this thing is so good that it is completely managable.

I want to shoot the .480 next!
 
I just ordered one. No one seems to have them in stock. Here is the sooting times review on the recoil. For the entire review go to http://www.shootingtimes.com/handgun_reviews/rgrRH/

The hump-shouldered double-action Super Redhawk frame design transmits recoil energy impact directly backward into the palm and wrist without the moderating rotational vector associated with a smooth-shouldered single-action grip design. Compared to a single-action .454 Casull revolver, which will rotate in the shooter’s grip to a near-vertical barrel position after firing, the recoil force that is dissipated through the rotation of the grip sliding through the shooter’s hand in an SA design is transmitted straight back through the grip into the shooter with the DA design. It hits you. Ruger terms its patented GP100/Super Redhawk grip design “cushioned,” but the rubber material used offers very little compressibility, is stiffened by the laminated side panels, and contains no sealed air pockets or shock-absorbing mechanisms in the backstrap. To review the new Alaskan version, I instead used Ruger’s wraparound/fingergroove aftermarket accessory grip manufactured by Hogue, which greatly improves controllability. But even it could be further improved by the addition of a compression feature in the web area, such as Hogue has developed specifically for other models of heavy-recoil revolvers. (A Ruger spokesman told us that plans are in the works to ship production Alaskans with the Hogue rubber grips)

Of course, by preventing rotation, the hump-shouldered grip design also keeps the Super Redhawk’s muzzle flip to around 35 to 45 degrees, depending on the load and how tight the shooter locks down on the gun. But that flip is abrupt and forceful and transmits a vertical wrenching to the shooter’s grasp at exactly the same instant the carpal bones in the shooter’s wrist are experiencing the maximum compression impact of the DA grip’s straight-back recoil.
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And after that lengthy description by the Shooting Times...

Yeah it's not bad. You have to consider what your shooting (caliber) and that it's an extremely short barrel.

I don't care what kind of grips were on this thing you could strap a pair of Air Jordan's to them and I'd still expect it to kick like it does.

.454
.480

C'mon!
 
And after that lengthy description by the Shooting Times...
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Sorry, I didn't mean to bend your ego. :rolleyes: The reviewers at the Shooting Times are professional gunmen. That's how they make their living. I posted it because I thought someone besides you might be interested. Lengthy? No! Detailed? Yes!

And I have that bear killer on order, which means I've already done my due dillegence. :D I've been around guns long enough to know what to expect from the calibres.

Anyone interested in purchasing the Alaskan please don't bother to read any reviews. Besides, the entire review link I posted is 6 times longer than the lengthy recoil posting. Some may know the MSRP is over $800. I'm purchasing mine locally for $615 and I'm pretty happy with that price.
 
Here is another of my decision to purchase reviews, rather lengthy!

I took the Alaskan, along with a 7 1/2 inch .454 Super REdhawk, to the range, and using four types of ammo - Winchester 260-grain PTHP .454, Winchester 250-grain JHP .454, Hornady 300-grain JHPXTP .454 and Black Hills 200-grain JHP .45 Colt - both guns were benched at 25 yards and fired offhand at varying ranges up to 100 yeards.

First off, the difference in felt recoil between the guns, using any type of ammo, was virtually negligible and really not all that unpleasant. I must admit that I did use my PAST shooting glove much of the time becasue of a touch of carpal tunnel (too much typing and not enough shooting), though my compatriot, Payton Miller, who is a lettle less recoil-sensitive than I am, short both .454s without gloves and really had no complaints (well, maybe one or two).

I'm not going to say that the snubbie Alaskan isn't something of a handful, but even from the bench it was more than manageable and was able to turn in very acceptable 3 1/2-inch 25 yard groups with 3ither .454 or .45 Colt loadings. As might be expected, the 7 1/2 incher did a tad better - our best spread, fired with the Black Hills .45 Colt ammo, measured 1 3/7 inches at 25 yards. Both the Alaskan and teh stadard-issue Super REdhawk had single-action trigger pulls of 4 1/2 pounds. The DA was smooth and un-glitchy.

Offhand single and double-action shooting at targets of opportunity were also quite agreeable, and more than once I was actually able to ring the 100-yard gong with the Alaskan.

Chronograph results with the two guns wer eimpressive, though predictably the longer-barreled revolver provided the best results. Still, there was plenty of power emanating from the Alaskan to make it very welcome medicine for large-fanged, nasty-clawed critters during a backwoods altercation. FRankly, though, whatever Super Redhawk you eventually choose is going to give you top-notch service. its just simply a great design. Don't get me wrong- I love my Smith & Wesson 629, and Taurus' RAging Bull is no slouch either, but the big Ruger is a confidence-building handful that can hold its own with the best of them.
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Nuff said! :D
 
Anyone could pull up the same review using Google. He seemed to be asking for first hand opinion from members of this board.

Sorry to to bend your ego regarding your Google skillz :rolleyes:
 
$615 eh, my dealer says he can't even get them at all yet, they are "allocated."

Perhaps his way of telling me I can get one for about a grand. Here's wishing for 615.
 
Here's wishing for 615.
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I'll echo the above "Tip 'o the week" - wait....

There's bound to be a messa them used (and fired only a few times) at some point.

Same thing happened with the .44 Rem Mag after "Dirty Harry". I lucked into a spendid deal on my 4" barreled model 29 Smith on the downside of the "dirty harry" craze.
 
Sturm,
That's what I was told was in the chamber. An acquaintance (met him in hunter safety class) loaded it with 3 rounds (of he said .454) and let me have at it.

I did not unload the empties so cannot be sure but I don't see a reason not to believe him. I couldn't tell you what grain. He did not have a factory box of ammo sitting on the bench, only his larger ammo box.
 
There's bound to be a messa them used (and fired only a few times) at some point.
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And an even better idea when you consider these are stainless steel guns. A lightly used SS gun can usually look as close to new as a real one.
 
Well I didn't start the neg posting, but I'm going to defend myself. Let's see! Trip fires 3 rounds of some unknown calibre through a gun that doesn't exist yet, and he's the only expert on this thread.

I put up the reviews because I thought someone besides trip, the expert, would be interested. Guess I was wrong! Again!

Some of us are not experts. I post to try to be helpful. If that's a problem for you trip, get used to it!
 
There is no one farther from being an expert than myself.

I said "lengthy description by Shooting Times"... I said nothing about "Bullrock". Don't take it so personal ;) You started in on my "ego" and it went south from there with all your sarcasm.

I'm curious why this gun "doesn't exist"?

The guy who taught my hunter safety course works at Gander Mountain. He brought it to the range. I do not know if it's in Gander's gun cases with price tags on it... but he did have one, and I did shoot it. So yes I suppose I'm more of an expert than you Bullrock :p
 
Well Trip it could have come from the Shot Show. Mine will be in sometime in June. I'll let you know how it shoots. Hell, I'll even tell you for sure what calibre I'm shooting... :p
 
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