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Range Report--.454 Casull

Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
Put 20 rounds through my new Taurus Raging Bull earlier today. It was much more pleasant to shoot then I was anticipating. Granted the ported barrel helps some I am sure as well as the fact that I started myself off using a lighter factory load. I was also impressed with how well it shot. I am going to fine tune it next weekend, but I fired it freehand at 25 yards and put the last cylinder full in a neat little 3" group. To all of you who are afraid to shoot or make the plunge on a hand cannon, I would highly recommend giving the Taurus Raging Bull a look. The ported barrel, cushion grips, etc. make this a very shooter friendly revolver. And to think I believed you weenies who said that the .454 was too much gun[:D] I have some Buffalo Bore 360 Grainers on order for when I head up to Alaska. Now them might be a little less pleasant to shoot.[:0][}:)]

Jon

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  • LOKO383LOKO383 Member Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    cool..I would give a few dollars to see the look on your face when you touch off one of those BB..360s..it will feel like a different gun altogether..I hope you don't need it up there..but good to have..have fun Jon..[:D][8D][;)]..Loko
  • reloader44magreloader44mag Member Posts: 18,783 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jon, enjoy the gun, save the brass and build your own. The cost savings will allow you to shoot it more, and more means better.
  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:cool..I would give a few dollars to see the look on your face when you touch off one of those BB..360s..it will feel like a different gun altogether..I hope you don't need it up there..but good to have..have fun Jon..[:D][8D][;)]..Loko

    [:D]I'm not gonna lie. I will probably be a little tense when I fire the first one.

    Jon
  • LOKO383LOKO383 Member Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Jon0322
    quote:cool..I would give a few dollars to see the look on your face when you touch off one of those BB..360s..it will feel like a different gun altogether..I hope you don't need it up there..but good to have..have fun Jon..[:D][8D][;)]..Loko

    [:D]I'm not gonna lie. I will probably be a little tense when I fire the first one.

    Jon
    [;)][:D]
  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,483 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wait till you fire it the first time when it is cold out....[:D]
  • gruntledgruntled Member Posts: 8,218 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can still remember back in the late 50s when all the gun magazines were printing articles about how BAD the .44 magnum was. It was called the .44 eargesplitenloudenboomer & there were tales of people splitting the webs of their hands from the recoil.
  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Forgot to add that the trigger pull in single action is very sweet![;)] Double action, well it's double action I guess.

    Jon
  • Spc FergusonSpc Ferguson Member Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    glad you liked it.
  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gruntled
    I can still remember back in the late 50s when all the gun magazines were printing articles about how BAD the .44 magnum was. It was called the .44 eargesplitenloudenboomer & there were tales of people splitting the webs of their hands from the recoil.

    Why should gun magazine hype have changed in 50 years? ;-)

    But seriously, its not totally crazy. At the time .44 magnum was the highest recoiling pistol, and by most casual shooter's standards recoil can be pretty harsh depending on the load and gun in question.

    Since the 1950s, there has been 50 years more experience in designing ports, balancing guns better, and especially having more ergonomic and shock-absorbing grips made.

    The worst thing is when the grips don't fit the shooters hand well or have sharp checkering, and good grips really do make all the difference in the world there.
  • reloader44magreloader44mag Member Posts: 18,783 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Taurus Raging Bull grips, IMO, are some of the best factory grips ever put on a revolver...yah the are alittle funky looking with the red back strap but I can put 100 rds thru mine in 44mag and be ready for 100 more.
  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:The Taurus Raging Bull grips, IMO, are some of the best factory grips ever put on a revolver...yah the are alittle funky looking with the red back strap but I can put 100 rds thru mine in 44mag and be ready for 100 more.

    +1, they are very nice grips.

    Jon
  • elkoholicelkoholic Member Posts: 5,130
    edited November -1
    Porting is for weenies...man I wish mine was ported.
  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Jon0322
    Put 20 rounds through my new Taurus Raging Bull earlier today. It was much more pleasant to shoot then I was anticipating. Granted the ported barrel helps some I am sure as well as the fact that I started myself off using a lighter factory load. I was also impressed with how well it shot. I am going to fine tune it next weekend, but I fired it freehand at 25 yards and put the last cylinder full in a neat little 3" group. To all of you who are afraid to shoot or make the plunge on a hand cannon, I would highly recommend giving the Taurus Raging Bull a look. The ported barrel, cushion grips, etc. make this a very shooter friendly revolver. And to think I believed you weenies who said that the .454 was too much gun[:D] I have some Buffalo Bore 360 Grainers on order for when I head up to Alaska. Now them might be a little less pleasant to shoot.[:0][}:)]

    Jon



    Sounds like you might be ready to step up to a real man's gun...like my 2.75" non-ported .460 S&W.[;)][:)]
  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by elkoholic
    Porting is for weenies...man I wish mine was ported.



    ...so you are a weenie wannabe.?.?
  • elkoholicelkoholic Member Posts: 5,130
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ECC
    quote:Originally posted by elkoholic
    Porting is for weenies...man I wish mine was ported.



    ...so you are a weenie wannabe.?.?

    Evidently.[8D]
  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by elkoholic
    quote:Originally posted by ECC
    quote:Originally posted by elkoholic
    Porting is for weenies...man I wish mine was ported.



    ...so you are a weenie wannabe.?.?

    Evidently.[8D]


    [:D]
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