Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Its a caliber I don't have and one that would be fun for deer/hogs. Anyone have any experience with one of the Ruger platforms?
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Hello Randy, I have a Ruger Old Model (3 screw, 4 digit s/n) 4 5/8 inch .41 Magnum and a 10" T/C contender barrel in .41 magnum and love this caliber. I just reloaded 200 rounds yesterday. Bullet selection is not as much as others but I don't mind. Plenty of power for deer and hogs. Check out Gunbroker, Ruger Blackhawk Bisley Hunter in .41 Magnum. It is "SWEET". Great Caliber!
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Randy, I have the SBH Hunter in .41 Mag. The gun has been embellished by Mag-Na-Port with a trigger job and a few other goodies. Topped with a Leupold 2.5-8x scope, this revolver makes a great hunting rig. Gary Reeder installed some grips and they are most comforting. I'm very pleased with this rig - and the .41 Mag.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Thank you both very much.
Buckshotharris, that specific item is on my ?watch? list.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Don't have a Ruger .41, but do a Taurus Raging Bull. Taurus gets some bad press, but mine is super. Killed groundhogs and deer out to 70 yds. ('hogs) , deer 100 yds. with open sights. Put a 2-7 Burris on it this year (old eyes) and have taken 4 'hogs from 92-97 yds. The Taurus grip makes this a pussy cat to shoot. Might want to give it a look.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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I have a RB in 44 and absolutely love it. But I can?t see myself buying another until they have an aftermarket ?no drill? option for mounting optics. Unfortunately the Raging Hunter doesn?t come in .41.
Appreciate the response though.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Randy, I have a 3 screw in 41 mag that I did a little customizing on and I love it! I hand fitted a powers two piece brass grip frame, done action job and made some walnut grips for it. I then sent it to Gary Reeder for a 6? octagon barrel, cch frame, bluing and freedom arms front sight. It?s very handy and accurate loaded with a 230 PC keith bullet over 8.5gr of unique. I don?t have any pics of it, but it was used to take a nice desert paint ram a couple years ago. There?s a video of that hunt on the members videos (Reeder HHC Fall 2017) that shows how effective a 41 mag can be. I don?t think you?ll be disappointed in one, especially if you hand load.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Thanks Kim. I?ll look for it.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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I inherited a Blackhawk 41 Magnum from my grandfather. Since I got it, it's been the backup pistol hanging off my belt on every deer hunt I've been on.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Thanks Chance. I appreciate everyone's response. It's definitely next on my list. Just not sure when that will be. Still having too much fun with the XVRs.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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I have a 6 1/2 in Blackhawk in .41. Very good shooting gun with 210 gr XTP's and 2400 powder,have not tried cast yet . Have not hunted with it yet so no bullet reports.I know some say it recoils less than the .44 mag but a 200 or 210 gr at 1300 feels the same to me from either gun.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Thank you Junebug. Recoil, so far, hasn't been an issue for me but I appreciate the comparison.
Do you have any type of optic on yours? Any accuracy reports from the range you can speak to?
If I bought one today I'd probably go with the SBH Hunter version with 7.5" barrel. And possibility put a reflex red dot on it. But...I've looked hard at those 6.5" BHs. They sure look like they'd be easy on the belt.
Thanks again.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Mine still has open sights for now. I really need to narrow my front sight old style soldered on so need to have some machining done to it.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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I've had at least one 41 mag for more years than I can remember. I have taken a total of two head of game with mine, a whitetail doe and a cougar. The doe at 20 yards with a 4 inch S&W 57 with a Nosler 210 grain HP bullet back when I used to pollute my revolvers with jacketed bullets. Oh the shame. She dropped at the shot.
The cougar with a BH 6.5 inch and 265 grain LBT cast bullet, extremely hard, straight linotype if I remember correctly. It flopped around a little and died quickly. The entrance and exit wounds were the same size. The internal damage was substantial.
When we moved to Alaska 17 years ago, the 41 was the only centerfire revolver I owned. I carried it without reservation in bear country. I always kept it loaded with the 265 grain bullets over a stiff load of H110. While I had a few close encounters with bears, none of them ever required shooting. All disputes were resolved amicably.
I would not hesitate for a minute to carry the 41 magnum with heavy cast bullets anywhere in North America for big game hunting or bear protection.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Mart, thank you. Great testimonial.
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Well I couldn?t stand it. My SBH Hunter arrives tomorrow. My plan is to ?pollute? it (lol) with a 210 grain jacketed something. Did not need this caliber even in the slightest bit but honestly after every review I?ve read on the caliber, I can?t wait to get it. It?ll make a perfect deer/hog gun, as well as, a shorter range bigger animal gun.
I will most likely put a trijicon RMR reflex on it and set it up for 100ish and under. I may even carry it to New Mexico next month as my back up to my PC 460.
Appreciate everyone?s response.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Congrats Randy! I think you'll be most pleased. The .41 Mag. is an unappreciated round. Have fun!
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Congratulations. I'd encourage you to try some 250-265 grain cast bullets with a wide meplat. You'll swear off them new fangled jacketed things. They're just a passing fad anyway.
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Need went out the window a loooong time ago for most of us. WANT IS A SUFFICIENT REASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Congratulations. I'd encourage you to try some 250-265 grain cast bullets with a wide meplat. You'll swear off them new fangled jacketed things. They're just a passing fad anyway. For larger animals with this specific caliber, I do see the merit in cast. However, for 95% of what I hunt I?m leaning towards the fad. Hehe. Years ago I was a die hard cast guy with a .44. Got tired of long, sparse blood trails and made the switch. Haven?t looked back. Don?t get me wrong...I?m not saying they don?t work. In fact, a cast through the shoulder is about as quick a kill as I?ve seen. But a straight lung and/or heart shot and it felt like I was trailing drops for hundreds of yards. I do genuinely appreciate your input and dialogue though. Keep the jacketed banter coming. It?s quite entertaining ... And you?ve got me thinking too...
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Congrats Randy! I think you'll be most pleased. The .41 Mag. is an unappreciated round. Have fun! Thank you Mark. Nothing like the anticipation of an uncharted caliber that will no doubt grip my thoughts for hours on end.
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Re: Anyone with Ruger BH/SBH .41 mag experience?
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Need went out the window a loooong time ago for most of us. WANT IS A SUFFICIENT REASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That almost sounds biblical. 1st book of junebug...
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You will like the .41. It will NEVER replace my Beloved .45 Colt but it has its place and filled the WANT for a faster running hotrod. Now I have found a flattop .44 special at a very good price that I hope they sell soon, as I have just sold my .44 mag to my son and WANT is rearing its head again.
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Welcome to the .41 Club Randy. Show us some pictures when you get it set up.
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YOU GUYS ALMOST GOT ME TO BITE ON A 41 AS I WAS HAVING A SERIOUS CASE OF "WANT", THEN I CAME TO MY SENSES, REMEMBERED THAT I HAVE A 5 1/2 STAINLESS REDHAWK AND A NEWER NICKELED MODEL 58 CLASSIC, THE FORMER I MAY HAVE SHOT BUT DO NOT REMEMBER SHOOTING, AND THE LATTER I HAVE NEVER SHOT, AND THAT I HAVE A PLETHORA OF 45 COLTS THAT I CAN LOAD MILD, HOT, +P, MAGNUM OR MAGNUM+, SO NO NEED FOR A NEW 41 MAG, AND I CONQUERED THE WANT ON A 7 1/2 INCH MODEL 657, BUT YOU ENABLERS WERE NO HELP.
"ADAPT OR DIE". I USE ALL CAPS, NOT BECAUSE I AM YELLING, BUT BECAUSE IT IS AN OLD HABIT FROM MY ARMY DAYS, PLUS IT IS EASIER TO TYPE AND READ.
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A Ruger 41 magnum Blackhawk is what started it all for me. Mine is insanely accurate with a 210 jacketed and around 22.5 grains of 296. Never have taken a head of game with it, owned it around 5 years. I purchased some Speer 210's a while ago and plan to put them to use this year.
Hope you enjoy the new gun!
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Welcome to the .41 Club Randy. Show us some pictures when you get it set up. Thanks Buckshot! I definitely will. Should pick it up tomorrow.
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YOU GUYS ALMOST GOT ME TO BITE ON A 41 AS I WAS HAVING A SERIOUS CASE OF "WANT", THEN I CAME TO MY SENSES, REMEMBERED THAT I HAVE A 5 1/2 STAINLESS REDHAWK AND A NEWER NICKELED MODEL 58 CLASSIC, THE FORMER I MAY HAVE SHOT BUT DO NOT REMEMBER SHOOTING, AND THE LATTER I HAVE NEVER SHOT, AND THAT I HAVE A PLETHORA OF 45 COLTS THAT I CAN LOAD MILD, HOT, +P, MAGNUM OR MAGNUM+, SO NO NEED FOR A NEW 41 MAG, AND I CONQUERED THE WANT ON A 7 1/2 INCH MODEL 657, BUT YOU ENABLERS WERE NO HELP. Yeah I completely understand. This started with me reading too many articles on the caliber. It's insane the almost underground cult that exists over this caliber.
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A Ruger 41 magnum Blackhawk is what started it all for me. Mine is insanely accurate with a 210 jacketed and around 22.5 grains of 296. Never have taken a head of game with it, owned it around 5 years. I purchased some Speer 210's a while ago and plan to put them to use this year.
Hope you enjoy the new gun! Very cool. I'm planning an almost identical load to start with for deer/hogs. Starting with the 210 Gold Dot Deep Curl and 22 grains of 110. I've also ordered some 250 grain WFNGC cast bullets to load up as a backup gun on my upcoming elk hunt.
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Well here it is. I?ve already taken it completely apart and polished all internal parts, lightened the trigger down to about 2 lbs, installed a trijicon RMR red dot, and a different grip. Hoping to get it out to the range tomorrow.
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Beautiful Randy. I'm a fan of the gripper grip as well.
You'll love the 41. One of my favorites. Welcome to the Cult!
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That's a sweet looking Hunter Randy. More pics with the range report please.
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I HATE YOU GUYS, YOU GOT ME ALL WORKED UP OVER 41 MAGS, AND I PUT IN A "SAFE" BID ON A 7.5 INCH 657 ON GB, ON A NO RESRVE AUCTION. WELL THE "SAFE, NO WAY IT WILL WIN BID" WAS THE WINNING BID. IT IS ONE OF THOSE S&W's THAT COMES D&T'ed, SO IT WILL BE EASY TO PUT OPTICS ON. WITH A 7.5 INCH FULL UNDERLUG BARREL I DO NOT SEE IT AS A CARRY GUN BUT MORE OF A STAND GUN (WITH OPTICS). HOPE IT SHOOTS!
"ADAPT OR DIE". I USE ALL CAPS, NOT BECAUSE I AM YELLING, BUT BECAUSE IT IS AN OLD HABIT FROM MY ARMY DAYS, PLUS IT IS EASIER TO TYPE AND READ.
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Rey, I think you will like the 657. I started off like Randy - with a Ruger SBH Hunter. Really liked it. Then I fell off the deep end. Got an Encore barrel from MGM. Liked it. Then had to have a 10 inch, Model 83 Freedom Arms. Liked it. Then ran across a 6.5" 657. Liked it. Then a 7.5" 657 came along. Liked it. Heck, tomorrow I'm headed to the range with a bunch of .41 Mags. Dick Thompson was no help by the way It's a sickness!!
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I found a 41 Mag Ruger SBH Bisley a few years ago. Now I wish I would have gotten it.
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I HATE YOU GUYS,YOU GOT ME ALL WORKED UP OVER 41 MAGS.
REY DIDN'T HAVE TO TWIST YOUR ARM HARDLY AT ALL! Ha Ha Enjoy the ride!
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Come on in. The water?s fine...
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Yesterday I went to the range with several loads to test in my new SBH. Although I tested several each of both jacketed and cast, I was primarily focused on cast since this is going with me on my elk hunt. This particular load is a 250 grain WFNGC pushed by 20 grains of 110. Below max but still fairly warm. I did not take my chronograph though. I hate messing with that thing. Anyway, the target below has two 2-shot groups. The lower right was first. I then made a slight adjustment to the red dot and fired the two directly above the bullseye. This was only 50 yards but definitely off to a good start. I?m seriously thinking of starting with this combination first on my elk hunt and use my PC 460 as my backup or ?later in the hunt? gun.
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