So i think that I am going to purchase a ruger super blackhawk hunter in the neer future. I would like to put a good set of grips (preferbly rubber to reduce recoil) and have been looking into the hogue grips. Can anyone speak to these grips or have any other grip suggestions? I have also been looking for a new set of iron sights. I would like to be able to shoot at night and want some tritium sights but cant seem to find any. Does anyone know of any one who makes tritium night sights or other good low light sights? I have also been considering putting a scope on the gun. Having never used a scoped handgun I dont realy know if I will like the scope. So what do yall think is the best handgun scope (preferbly illuminated and less than $300) or red dot and what are the pros and cons of having a scoped handgun? Also if there is any other accessories or improvements i can make to this gun please share.Thanks for any help yall can provide?
ruger super blackhawk accessories.
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Bob Wright
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If you're going to shoot at night, a .44 Magnum is the last gun you should choose. The muzzle flash is so brilliant it destroys your night vision for a few seconds, leaving you dazzled and blinded.
And rubber grips don't really cushion recoil, and after a few shots leave your hand raw and abraded with any kind of load at all. If you just insist on using rubber grips, make sure they leave the backstrap exposed.
While there are many proponents of scoped handguns, I'm not one of them. These big scoped revolvers are not as handy as a good carbine, and give way in long range accuracy and power. If you need a scope, get a good woods rifle in .308 or 6mm.
This is about my ideal Super Blackhawk:
Bob Wright
And rubber grips don't really cushion recoil, and after a few shots leave your hand raw and abraded with any kind of load at all. If you just insist on using rubber grips, make sure they leave the backstrap exposed.
While there are many proponents of scoped handguns, I'm not one of them. These big scoped revolvers are not as handy as a good carbine, and give way in long range accuracy and power. If you need a scope, get a good woods rifle in .308 or 6mm.
This is about my ideal Super Blackhawk:
Bob Wright
I agree with the opinion that rubber grips give the revolver a running start. I've been using BearPaw Grips for a few years. They are on six Blackhawks and a SBH. Truly beautiful and outstanding.
http://stores.ebay.com/Bearpaw-Ruger-Grip-Store/Grip-Applications-and-Explainations.html
http://stores.ebay.com/Bearpaw-Ruger-Grip-Store/Grip-Applications-and-Explainations.html
Steve in PA
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I added a set of Hogue grips to my SBH because I didn't like how the stock grips felt.
As for a scope, it depends. I have a scoped Super Redhawk that is my primary hunting firearm. It's sighted in for 100 yards and is a lot easier to carry and walk through brush, up and down a mountain that any carbine.
As for a scope, it depends. I have a scoped Super Redhawk that is my primary hunting firearm. It's sighted in for 100 yards and is a lot easier to carry and walk through brush, up and down a mountain that any carbine.
Plus one for Guy Hogue....
A big +1 for the Hogue Tamer series. Guy Hogue was a retired LAPD armorer & gunsmith when he started his small business in southern CA.
His family still runs it.
I got a Hogue Tamer grip for my new Ruger GPNY .38spl. I had no problems or complaints with the grip.
For custom Ruger Super-Redhawk work, Id suggest the respected shop: www.geminicustoms.com .
They do work on Super-Redhawks, GPs, SP101s, etc.
It may take time, but it will enhance the DA revolver greatly.
Clyde
A big +1 for the Hogue Tamer series. Guy Hogue was a retired LAPD armorer & gunsmith when he started his small business in southern CA.
His family still runs it.
I got a Hogue Tamer grip for my new Ruger GPNY .38spl. I had no problems or complaints with the grip.
For custom Ruger Super-Redhawk work, Id suggest the respected shop: www.geminicustoms.com .
They do work on Super-Redhawks, GPs, SP101s, etc.
It may take time, but it will enhance the DA revolver greatly.
Clyde
While rubber grips don't really reduce the recoil, they let you manage it differently.
I disagree with this statement. It may be true for him, but not for me, and if you hold your gun the way I do, it won't be true for you, either.
I have used the Pachmyr grips for many years on several Ruger SA guns, and on S&W N frames. I have used the Hogue monogrip (the hard plastic one) as well. Personally, I don't care for the Hogue.
With any kind of hard grip (plastic or wood) leaving the backstrap exposed works, only if the grips are properly fitted to the frame. Any kind of gap, or particularly any difference in height between the grip and the frame will come back to bite you when shooting.
With a single action, the grip shape wants to make the gun twist in your hand, it rolls back, leaving the muzzle up. This was intentional to the design, dating from the first days of Colts. Rubber grips will reduce (not eliminate) the amount of roll. Don't even try to overcome it. Ride it out. Its NOT a DA gun where a solid grip must be maintained for a fast second shot.
NOTE: Grips for the Super Blackhawk (including the rubber ones) are NOT the same as grips for the Blackhawk. The Super has a slightly longer grip frame, and the grips are not interchangeable. Make sure you get groups for the SUPER BLACKHAWK, not the Blackhawk.
Night sights? sure, they can be fitted, but why bother? Get some glow in the dark paint for the front sight. As mentioned, touch off a .44 in the dark and you won't see anything for a while.
A scope can be mounted, and one model does come with factory rings. A Personal choice. I scope single shots, but not revolvers or autos, but that's just me. A good scope (optics not magnification power) can be very useful. Also the "dot" style sights are good for some things.
Accessories? Cleaning kit, "gunsmith" screwdriver set, holster (& belt), and a soft or hard case is about all you need. Ammo isn't an accessory, its fuel!
I disagree with this statement. It may be true for him, but not for me, and if you hold your gun the way I do, it won't be true for you, either.
I have used the Pachmyr grips for many years on several Ruger SA guns, and on S&W N frames. I have used the Hogue monogrip (the hard plastic one) as well. Personally, I don't care for the Hogue.
With any kind of hard grip (plastic or wood) leaving the backstrap exposed works, only if the grips are properly fitted to the frame. Any kind of gap, or particularly any difference in height between the grip and the frame will come back to bite you when shooting.
With a single action, the grip shape wants to make the gun twist in your hand, it rolls back, leaving the muzzle up. This was intentional to the design, dating from the first days of Colts. Rubber grips will reduce (not eliminate) the amount of roll. Don't even try to overcome it. Ride it out. Its NOT a DA gun where a solid grip must be maintained for a fast second shot.
NOTE: Grips for the Super Blackhawk (including the rubber ones) are NOT the same as grips for the Blackhawk. The Super has a slightly longer grip frame, and the grips are not interchangeable. Make sure you get groups for the SUPER BLACKHAWK, not the Blackhawk.
Night sights? sure, they can be fitted, but why bother? Get some glow in the dark paint for the front sight. As mentioned, touch off a .44 in the dark and you won't see anything for a while.
A scope can be mounted, and one model does come with factory rings. A Personal choice. I scope single shots, but not revolvers or autos, but that's just me. A good scope (optics not magnification power) can be very useful. Also the "dot" style sights are good for some things.
Accessories? Cleaning kit, "gunsmith" screwdriver set, holster (& belt), and a soft or hard case is about all you need. Ammo isn't an accessory, its fuel!
g.willikers
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Yes, make that No.
How you deal with recoil has a lot to do with whether or not a style of grips aggravates the hand.
If you let the gun recoil and rotate in the hand, muzzle upward, then the smooth wooden ones seem better.
If you don't, and keep the muzzle pointed down wind as much as possible, then soft rubber grips work good.
As for the blast and flash ruining vision at night, some powders are worse than others.
Whether you reload or use factory ammo, try various loads until you find one that works best for night shooting.
There's quite a difference among all the choices.
How you deal with recoil has a lot to do with whether or not a style of grips aggravates the hand.
If you let the gun recoil and rotate in the hand, muzzle upward, then the smooth wooden ones seem better.
If you don't, and keep the muzzle pointed down wind as much as possible, then soft rubber grips work good.
As for the blast and flash ruining vision at night, some powders are worse than others.
Whether you reload or use factory ammo, try various loads until you find one that works best for night shooting.
There's quite a difference among all the choices.
My first Super came second hand with a set of Uncle Mike's #59001 grips, so that was what I was weened on...They are now discontinued, but come up on eBay often...
My 2nd Super was factory fresh with stock Walnut, and hurt like heck with the same loads I was used to...
I found another set of the Uncle Mike's, and did use those for years...I then started making my own wood grips that fit me, and have never mounted the gummy grips again...
Get some nice wood that fits, and you'll never look back...
My 2nd Super was factory fresh with stock Walnut, and hurt like heck with the same loads I was used to...
I found another set of the Uncle Mike's, and did use those for years...I then started making my own wood grips that fit me, and have never mounted the gummy grips again...
Get some nice wood that fits, and you'll never look back...
Bob Wright
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Don't know how you hold your gun, I place it in the palm of my right hand, backstrap agaionst the "Vee" formed between thumb and forefinger, wrap three fingers around the frontstrap and lay my thumb alongside the recoil shield ball, forefinger on the trigger. Left hand wraps my right hand.
I had this experience: Around 1980 or so we were shooting some heavy caliber handguns, Ruger Blackhawks, Redhawks, and Thompson Contenders. Calibers were .44 Magnum, heavy .45 Colt, .35 Remington, .444 Marlin, and .45-70. Can't remember now if there was a .454 or not. All but my Super Blackhawk had rubber grips.
After shooting awhile, I noticed the little flap of skin between my thumb and forefinger was getting raw. As the guns rolled, or tried to roll, in recoil, it rolled that little flap of skin under with each shot until a blister formed, then burst. By the end of the day my hand was sore, red and raw. It was then that I formed my dislike for rubber grips.
Later I bougt a Smith & Wesson Model 19 that came with rubber grips. These squishy grips never allowed me to adjust my grip in making a draw, and clung to my outer garments. Been an advocate of wood or ivory grips since.
Bob Wright
And:
Don't know how you hold your gun, I place it in the palm of my right hand, backstrap agaionst the "Vee" formed between thumb and forefinger, wrap three fingers around the frontstrap and lay my thumb alongside the recoil shield ball, forefinger on the trigger. Left hand wraps my right hand.
I had this experience: Around 1980 or so we were shooting some heavy caliber handguns, Ruger Blackhawks, Redhawks, and Thompson Contenders. Calibers were .44 Magnum, heavy .45 Colt, .35 Remington, .444 Marlin, and .45-70. Can't remember now if there was a .454 or not. All but my Super Blackhawk had rubber grips.
After shooting awhile, I noticed the little flap of skin between my thumb and forefinger was getting raw. As the guns rolled, or tried to roll, in recoil, it rolled that little flap of skin under with each shot until a blister formed, then burst. By the end of the day my hand was sore, red and raw. It was then that I formed my dislike for rubber grips.
Later I bougt a Smith & Wesson Model 19 that came with rubber grips. These squishy grips never allowed me to adjust my grip in making a draw, and clung to my outer garments. Been an advocate of wood or ivory grips since.
Bob Wright
I put Pachmayr grips on my SBH; the original wood grips were too small. Unfortunately, these grips seem large and I've never been comfortable with them. Rather than find a solution, I end up shooting my 629 or the smaller Ruger anniversary model. I know people like this revolver, so I need to find something to be comfortable with.
Don't know how you hold your gun, I place it in the palm of my right hand, backstrap agaionst the "Vee" formed between thumb and forefinger, wrap three fingers around the frontstrap and lay my thumb alongside the recoil shield ball, forefinger on the trigger. Left hand wraps my right hand.
I had this experience: Around 1980 or so we were shooting some heavy caliber handguns, Ruger Blackhawks, Redhawks, and Thompson Contenders.
I do not allow the gun to "roll" in my hand. I like grips that allow me to keep a good grip, that allows for fast shot recovery and faster times shot to shot. Granted that is more for shooting double actions than single actions, but I still do not allow my SBH to rotate under recoil.
I had this experience: Around 1980 or so we were shooting some heavy caliber handguns, Ruger Blackhawks, Redhawks, and Thompson Contenders.
I do not allow the gun to "roll" in my hand. I like grips that allow me to keep a good grip, that allows for fast shot recovery and faster times shot to shot. Granted that is more for shooting double actions than single actions, but I still do not allow my SBH to rotate under recoil.
I hold it pretty much like that, except I don't lay my thumb alongside the recoil shield ball, I shoot with a low thumb, always have, and always will. Never had that web of skin between my thumb and forefinger pinched, or rubbed like you did, so I guess our hands are different there.
The general SA grip shape turns nasty no matter what you do when you start launching 250s over 1200. For me, it wasn't the web of my hand that was getting punished, it was my middle finger. Shooting heavy .45 Colt loads, the triggerguard was rapping my middle finger.
The Pachmayr grips solved this problem for me, because of the way they fill in behind the trigger guard. The rubber part doesn't bother me, and I prefer them to wood with the same shape. Its a personal matter for me. I also put rubber on my Contender, seems to help me shooting the .45-70.
The general SA grip shape turns nasty no matter what you do when you start launching 250s over 1200. For me, it wasn't the web of my hand that was getting punished, it was my middle finger. Shooting heavy .45 Colt loads, the triggerguard was rapping my middle finger.
The Pachmayr grips solved this problem for me, because of the way they fill in behind the trigger guard. The rubber part doesn't bother me, and I prefer them to wood with the same shape. Its a personal matter for me. I also put rubber on my Contender, seems to help me shooting the .45-70.
Bob Wright
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Maybe so its my wimpish grip, but my gun rolls:
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
I've got the factory grips on my Super Blackhawk, and while I like occasionally to shoot full-house loads in it, I generally gravitate toward Skeeter's Load. Pushing a good 240 grain SWC at 970 fps is good medicine for 95% of my .44 shooting and it's much more controllable than the full-house load running north of 1300 fps.
Here's a picture of a young lady running Skeeter's Load in my Super.
I've noticed that when I let young ladies shoot the Super, I get cascading giggles after they've touched off a couple of rounds. They're not afraid of it, they're simply overcome with the giggles.
Here's another picture, captured in recoil.
There's a lot to like with the Super Blackhawk and Skeeter's Load.
Here's a picture of a young lady running Skeeter's Load in my Super.
I've noticed that when I let young ladies shoot the Super, I get cascading giggles after they've touched off a couple of rounds. They're not afraid of it, they're simply overcome with the giggles.
Here's another picture, captured in recoil.
There's a lot to like with the Super Blackhawk and Skeeter's Load.
Best thing i ever did with handgun hunting is take the scope off.
I found running deer, close deer, and deer in brush very difficult to shoot. No problem with open sights. (or scoped rifle)
I would not want a scope on my pistol if a pig decided to charge.
If all you do is hunt from a stand over bait / plot a scope may give you an edge.
I found running deer, close deer, and deer in brush very difficult to shoot. No problem with open sights. (or scoped rifle)
I would not want a scope on my pistol if a pig decided to charge.
If all you do is hunt from a stand over bait / plot a scope may give you an edge.