Nothing else to say but WOW! Just bought a used Super Redhawk in .44 with 7 1/2″ barrel to pair up with my Alaskan, added some wood Hogue grips and she’s a beauty. That 29 pushes straight back. Just too big. What hump?”. Clint, Your email address will not be published. Heart shots result in basically instantaneous stoppage of blood circulation. great review. Ruger developed the 480 Ruger cartridge for the large Super Redhawk platform. Worse than the Ruger. Take a close look at many custom revolvers and you’ll see the more common hammer has been replaced with the Bisley. The cylinder gap measured at a slightly wiggly .001”, but the .002” gauge wouldn’t fit even if I was pushing the cylinder to the rear. You can bookend the “brushiness” of the polish with Colt being the finest and Ruger being, well…not the finest. So, it is natural for me to write about Ruger single action revolvers. Lubrication. It had a 32” barrel, shot one bullet with each loading, and weighed 9 lbs. As it is, the finish is just fine for a working gun. No, if you’re going to shoot a big bore, go heavy. Weight: 48 oz. Might like a Flat Top to have a lighter carry gun with punkin-roller loads. once fired my model 29 off a bench and hit the target dead-center at 100 yds…not sure I can say the same about my Ruger…. Warriors & Sheepdogs is a blog dedicated to all things that shoot, cut, are used for survival or have to do with PC gaming. Just bought a Randall #1 6″ stainless, nickel sliver hilt and stag. I’ll wait less than a year for all three. The 6½” stainless steel barrel is enough to get heavy bullets up to speed as well as provide a long sight radius for precision shots. The .480 Ruger uses lowe… (Only wholesaler to sell the Bisley .480 Ruger) I wanted this one purely because of the caliber, and also because I thought the Super Blackhawk was just perfect for it. (1) Heart Shots The quality of the wood is OK. It prefers Hornday XTP bullets. Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley .480 Ruger carried. In my opinion, the valves in the ventricles aren’t remotely strong enough to significantly impede the pressure pulse of a 1000 fps+ flat-nosed bullet impacting the heart. I love the fact that with the .454 Cassul version, I can shoot everything from 400 ft-lb pussycats to 2000 ft-lb monsters. Needs the scope rings. Recently switched to the LeveRevolutions from Hornaday, more accurate but I haven’t had a chance to throw down on one yet. That’s a shame, as many will dream of a case hardened frame with a blued barrel and cylinder. I noticed in another review of this six gun that accuracy with the 480 was not as tight as the 454 model. I do love the “Ruger Only”loads in the 45 Colt. There’s a whole lot you can do to these guns yourself with just a Jerry Knudsen shop manual and some patience. ©COPYRIGHT 2020, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. And you can always fire lap it to improve the bore. Single handed off-hand groups at 25 yards with the Hornady round measured between 5” and 6”, but that’s more of a shortcoming of the shooter than the gun itself. If you are referring to having a Bisley hammer fitted, Clements, Bowen, or several other smiths could do that for you. That S&W with the ivory grips. They were not inexpensive. That’s a shame, as many will dream of a case hardened frame with a blued barrel and cylinder. https://engagedmediamags.com/magazine-subscriptions/outdoor/gun-world, Lipsey’s The .454. The second round cut through the top of her heart. (I can only wonder what that might cost.). Any knife I buy has to work, at least some, so that’s a consideration for me. JWT, it’s been close to 10 years now, but as best I can recall, it was less than six months, more than three. Here is the biological basis that I believe could explain this: The Buffalo Bore Barnes round sports a 275 grain no lead projectile. That was a bit expensive. i remember being disappointed in ruger when i read the .480 was less stout than .460. even still those and the .500 are more than i want to deal with. So when I saw that Ruger released the Super Blackhawk Bisley in .480 Ruger, I had to have it. Although the .480 Ruger was originally made for the Super Redhawk, it really seems perfect for the Super Blackhawk Bisley. Most all are listed as sold out. Thus, I have been forced lately to order my .44 Magnum factory ammunition from online distributors and have it shipped to my home. If you can dream it, they can do it. Anyway, the most accurate and closest to a Bisley I’ve owned. Subscribe now and be notified when new posts are published. Remember, the heavier the bullet, the heavier the recoil. I experienced no issues concerning reliability in any way. The 1873 Springfield Rifle in .45-70 Government was used in the wholesale slaughter of the buffalo. Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley 480 Ruger 4 5/8" Barrel; SS, Wood Grips. An accurate gun is much more interesting. Sometimes, animals just don’t know they are supposed to be dead. Gadsden, also in Year Three waiting on a custom Randall build, it’s a loooong wait. The Hornady 325 grain bullet traveled over 1,290 fps which resulted in excellent food pounds of energy. lol. I’ll stick with my 7.5″ bisley in .44 magnum, blued and engraved factory cylinder. Some of those bone handles and exotics are gorgeous, and I like the steel. Then make the jump to .454. That hammer I mentioned seemed to have been a big chunk of the effort. You should take a look at Chris Stanaback’s site. I am pretty sure that GS650G was referring to single-action revolvers since you load them one round at a time (until the cylinder is full) and you unload them one round at a time (until the cylinder is empty). At this time, the .480 Ruger Super Blackhawk only comes in Ruger’s standard brushed stainless. The 6½” is about all I can comfortably wear and draw on my strong side. Shoot the factory Hornady or Speer loads off-hand and you’ll definitely know you touched one off, but it doesn’t feel much different than a full power .44 Magnum load. Get the Best Price! Some critters are just tough. Anyone know of any reason this would be a … Grips: Bisley Hardwood Laminate I’m loading 4227. The Freedom Arms .500 Wyoming Express with the 4 3/4″ barrel is everything the .480 is, and a bit more if you need it. Required fields are marked *. This makes reaching up with your strong hand thumb to cock the revolver easy. I was seriously looking forward to white-tailed deer hunting with it and wanted to be able to shoot out to 50 yards minimum since the cartridge certainly has plenty of oomph to take a white-tailed deer at that range. Those Rugers with the Colt barrels are something unique, to say the least. His interests are hunting, shooting, things that shoot, cut and PC Gaming. Thanks. Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley .480 Ruger front ramp sight (image courtesy JWT for thetruthaboutguns.com). More commercial ammunition options, more reloading options, more chambering options. I want to say that my state is in the top 5 states in the United States in terms of the number of hunters who go afield for deer season. Came home and shipped Hamilton Bowen a .45 Colt Bisley. I have 18 left of a 20 count box of “high veloicity” (but by the book) 475L loads collecting dust. Factory 5-shot Ruger Single Actions. $859.00 $829.99. Required fields are marked *. He ran about 130 yards before keeling over. You don’t get more penetration than a pass through. The .480 should be able to take that title, as its original Hornady loading of a 325gr JHP, easily surpasses factory loadings for the .44 Magnum, with very similar recoil in handguns of like weight.The future of this round remains cloudy. With respect to how far deer run after rock-solid fatal gunshot wounds, I am wondering if I stumbled onto a pattern based on the personal experiences of several friends and family members who have shot and recovered a combined total of over 100 white-tailed deer. What was out of the ordinary was the lack of end shake and the minimal cylinder gap. Buffalo Bore makes a fairly wide variety of loads for the .480 Ruger caliber, and if you’ve made the poor life decisions that keep you from reloading, I’d highly suggest you look to them to feed the Ruger single action. Maybe I will keep it now and just have to be satisfied with a maximum distance of 30 yards for hunting. The closest cast bullet data I have, is for a 325 grain bullet and starts at over 1100 fps. Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley .480 Ruger hammer (image courtesy JWT for thetruthaboutguns.com). He has served in Kosovo as a United Nations Police Officer and Iraq as an International Police Adviser. The .480 Ruger is capable of acceptable levels of precision with commercially available ammunition. I still have this pistol to this day. I’d suggest the Este Lauder counter at your local mall. For that reason, even though I love the look and feel of it, I was seriously thinking of selling it. Your review has pushed me towards the 480. I went to Mr. Stanaback’s site, wow, beautiful stuff. $1,049.00 $874.89. Your email address will not be published. Oh, but one more thing… https://ruger.com/products/newModelSuperBlackhawkBisley/specSheets/0818.html, https://ruger.com/products/newModelSuperBlackhawkBisleyHunter/models.html. Deer hunting is HUGE in my state. Check out the link I put up to Cast Performance. I have no medical background beyond supporting a lot of doctors these days (I’ll turn 80 this year), but I am a mechanical engineer with a lifetimes experience in figuring out why an explosive train worked or didn’t by examining debris. Hornady .44 Magnum far left, Hornady .480 Ruger Center, 410gr Hand Load Right. In a move that is pretty uncommon in the shooting industry, Ruger looked at the .475 Linebaugh and figured some shooters might actually want a bit less of a good thing. Ventures into high-performance revolvers began in the 1970s with Dick Casull and John Linebaugh, who utilized everything from Colts to Ruger .45 Blackhawks. I usually check with them before seeing what other distributors are offering. If you have questions, comments or suggestions for new articles, contact us today! Just don’t like the Bisley hammer. I have both and enjoy both. They prefer the same Cast Performance heavy flat nosed bullets as the other Ruger’s. But Buffalo Bore .454s still spook me. And that includes busting through a rib, guts, a hip and a femur. These weapons do have some knockdown power. Traditional single action cartridge revolvers can only be safely carried on an empty cylinder as dropping or striking the back of the hammer can cause the hammer to strike an exposed primer. I am also wondering if I should try shooting 305 grain loads and see if it groups those a lot better than the 240 grain loads. Rear Sight: Adjustable ruger super blackhawk model talo edition 00819 - catalog no: s-47n-turn. I guess I’ll stick with +p 45 Long Colt loads (“long” just to annoy the haters) in my Bisley. No primers raised, and the fired cases always pushed right out without any sticking. A lubricant with some staying power at the front and back of the cylinder are required to keep them running. One of the regular writers, a south African, was a Veterinarian who also wondered why some heart shot critters ran off while others went DRT. But there’s no way in hell I could manage 50 rounds in one session even with the plinking loads. The largest of Ruger's revolvers is the Super Redhawk, and this is the gun chosen to introduce the first cartridge to bear the company's name - the .480 Ruger. Nah. My original vaquero was accurate with 900 fps loads but would spray the paper when I jumped up to 1200 or so. Not too many people review the 480 so it’s hard to get a accurate information on one. The round smashed through her last rib, traveling diagonally through the animal, shattered the top of her femur and a chunk of her pelvis, then exited the body. But I dont. The trigger on the .480 Ruger is, like every New Model Blackhawk, Super Blackhawk, or New Vaquero I’ve shot, disappointing. Kinda the old 30-06 vs 300 win mag debate, Excellent review! The finish is OK. I’ve been waiting on this review. The internet is your friend. At least if it’s a square hit. They’re fun to strap on and hunt with, but not much fun on the range, at least at their top loads. When Ruger began to design their new cartridge, they started with the .475 Linebaugh super-magnum cartridge, but went a different direction. The numbers that I picked seem reasonable and seem to fit the crude “data” that I collected. Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley .480 Ruger hunting round group (image courtesy JWT for thetruthaboutguns.com). The .475 Linebaugh is essentially a blown out, cut down, .45-70 Government cartridge. In the meantime I’ll muddle through with my Smiths. It’s a lot of fun to shoot with plinking 430 grain cast bullet loads, surprisingly tolerable for a couple of cylinders of 540 grain Belt Mountain Punch machined bronze bullets, and easily good for 3″ at 25 yards standing for a few cylinders worth of either. Casull is a genius and you’ll never ever go wrong with a Freedom Arms Gun. Unlike the more common up-swept models, the Bisley hammer dips down before rising up to a flattened, heavily grooved spur. www.lipseys.com, Buffalo Bore Ammunition Any of those latter calibers are generating more energy at a hundred yards than the 45 Colt does, even the Ruger only loads, at the muzzle. 8.2 oz. I wanted my single action revolver to be manufactured by a reputable USA company. The SAAMI maximum average pressure for the .480 Ruger … For about $1,000 out the door, this gun is ready to hunt anything in the western hemisphere right out of that grey plastic box. Assuming that this can happen in six seconds, that deer’s heart will have drained its brain and muscles of pretty much all blood and oxygen and the deer will immediately shut down. #222 of 1000 turnbull color case hardened & blued, rosewood grips with ruger insignia. I put a pretty long string of punishing loads through the revolver, and never had the pin move a bit. The foot pounds was second to the Buffalo Bore Barns 275 grain at a little over 1,400. This position will dramatically increase recoil. The throats miced .449. 410gr .475″ bullet vs 240gr .429″ bullet (image courtesy JWT for thetruthaboutguns.com). Unfortunately I’m on a .44 magnum budget. Recently I acquired a stainless steel Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley in the amazing .480 Ruger caliber. For you Troglodytes this is Newton’s Third Law of Physics; for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I got to shoot all of about 20 rounds through a 4 5/8″ .480 during the summer. It has been stated by many gun writers, that the .44 Magnum is typically the most powerful handgun an average person can master. If pumping blood, valves open, then the sudden and above normal gush of blood caused the stroke, dropping them. And the second big doe that I shot this season went about 35 yards. Out of Stock. But yup, sometimes they run. With products made in America, Ruger offers consumers almost 800 variations of more than 40 product lines. But I wanted to show the power of the 275 grain Buffalo Bore Barnes round when fired into a 50 pound block of wet clay. For those of you who read my review of this same gun in .480 Ruger, you’ll recognize all the same general features on this new revolver of mine, save the caliber.They’re twin sisters (fraternal). The rear sight is also all black, and any kind of bright “U” notch would be appreciated. Everyone that has seen it has tried to buy it. The “Peacemaker’s” grip would follow the Colt Navy, and the Bisley would be only a slight variation on that theme. It’s a shame it never really caught on. No guesswork involved. Thanks Pat, I’m sending a couple of guns his way today. The big bore caliber, for a not-so-big-bore price, puts this revolver in a class all its own. In the meantime I will see what sort of accuracy I get from off-the-shelf, heavy-for-caliber hardcast loads. Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley (image courtesy JWT for thetruthaboutguns.com). The 454 Casull has a greater recoil than the .480 Ruger. Once I received the New Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley in .480 Ruger, hereafter referred to as Ruger .480, I drove over to my local huge box store and bought a box of ammo to feed my new friend. If the deer died of such a massive stroke, then I would expect to see the same kind of bleeding from the nose, bulged eyes, and swollen and strained neck I’ve seen in human pateints. Ready to attract more customers to your business? Yeah, my wife runs a cosmetics counter so I’m guessing that bottle she gave me retails around $30. Using pin gauges, the cylinder throats all measured out at a very tight .478”. Well built. You can make — and now I have made — .480 Ruger brass from regular .45-70 brass. jwt, as an aside. I have a Blackhawk in 475 Linebaugh. I would dearly love to have one of these legendary six guns but the $2,000 plus price tag is beyond my retired cop’s pension. Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley .480 Ruger cylinder base pin (image courtesy JWT for thetruthaboutguns.com). The 410 grain bullet ripped down range at an incredible 1,240 fps plus. Ruger did not just fit a five-shot cylinder with a bigger hole, they also beefed up the Bisley a bit to handle the extra recoil generated by the 480 Ruger cartridge, as well as the 454 Casull version of this new revolver. Any increase in weight will have a corresponding decrease in recoil. In reality, there’s not a whole lot you can’t take, under 50 yards, with a 310 grain round moving at 1,200 feet per second. So you mean yes, the .480 Ruger and those other calibers will do something the .45 Colt and .44 Magnum cant’ do, after all. A cut down .45-70 case and it is considered the runt of the litter of big magnums? It’s a thing. In what I have found elsewhere it appears that you can’t chamber other (.45 colt/schofield, etc) in a .480 revolver, so what is the verdict? My first pistol was a Ruger Super Single Six with the 6.5 inch barrel which included the .22 LR and .22 magnum cylinders. If you had to choose between the .480 Ruger and a 454 Casull as a “first” big-bore revolver, which would you recommend? This Ruger’s Bisley grip, like the original on the Colt, helps to reduce recoil of any revolver by not only allowing a full purchase on the gun even if you have quite large hands, but also by allowing the gun to roll up and back during recoil. Good friend. Assuming there is enough oxygen to function for 12 seconds, white-tailed deer can run a LONG ways in 12 seconds. Well, $4 wasted. We still have a lot of post holes to be dug at the farm. I like single actions and appreciate shooting them more than 15 round pistols. Accuracy * * * He has written for Engaged Media for 16 years, and for Harris Publications. I was looking at a blackhawk in either the 454 or the 480. Keep in mind the heavier the bullet…the heavier the recoil. big honkin’ wood grips on my old model super work well taming the lowly .44mag. Love the Smith revolvers, too, with a 1980s 686, a Model 10-7, and a 29, there’s just something about ’em. Moving a bit down the scale is the .454 Casull and the .475 Linebaugh. 480 Ruger another proprietary cartridge. But i’d trade her and throw in a used grand kid or 2 for that revolver. As for poor penetration, it went diagonally through a red deer. Now I’m pondering going down that ol’ Blackhhawk road, though question yet another caliber to stock up on. The Buffalo Bore ammo is excellent and looks to be nearly hand loaded. In other words you can hike with confidence carrying a cylinder full of the Buffalo Bore target or lighter load. Customization * * * * My point was most decent shots with hunting skills can do just about as much with a 45 LC cheaper and with less recoil. For those of you who aren’t bullet nerds, let me put that into perspective. Was looking at putting some rounds together to have ready when it arrives. The other reason for requesting the Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley was to test and write an article for the world class magazine, Gun World. The grip just feels good. And it’s downright comforting. Of course a deer will not run as far in six seconds as they can in 12 seconds which would explain why deer shot in the lungs seem to run less far (on average) than deer shot in the heart. Finish: Brushed Stainless I would need a gunsmith to evaluate and do that. It’s a decent arrangement and gives the shooter a solid shot at putting huge chunks of lead on target. These grips are simple, two-piece hardwood scales, set slightly below the steel of the grip frame. Ruger's new Super Blackhawk revolvers in .480 Ruger and .454 Casull are excellent options for handgun hunters and fans of big-bore revolvers. 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