 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/19/2015 4:16 PM
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Redhawk500
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Bad people who write revolver books influenced me to put an Ultradot 30 on my Super Redhawk with 9 1/2 inch barrel. It makes a great stand set up but is unwealdy. Has anyone chopped their 480 Ruger to six inches or under? Velocity or handling change? Custom leather pick?
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Re: 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/19/2015 7:38 PM
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Hoggin
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I did one for a customer. Cut to 5". He has the pics all over rugerforum.com
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Re: 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/19/2015 11:33 PM
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Whitworth
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It changes the handling characteristics significantly. My .500 Linebaugh SRH was also equipped with an Ultradot 30 and a 5-inch barrel, and it balanced very well. Killed a couple of notable animals with that one.
Bad people, huh??  LOL! 
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Re: 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/20/2015 2:51 AM
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Redhawk500
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If being informative and entertaining, leading to more big bore handguns, defines bad people, then some who post here qualify. Loved the broccoli bandits story.
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Re: 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/20/2015 3:02 AM
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Chance Weldon
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Hey, now, if y'all are the bad guys, I don't want to be a good guy. 
Formerly TN Lone Wolf
"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided." - J.K. Rowling
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Re: 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/20/2015 1:58 PM
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reflex264
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I have one of the new spec 7.5" guns. Hate to cut it because it goes toe to toe with a .475 With this length barrel.
"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"
I was a handgun hunter, when handgun wasn't cool.....
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Re: 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/27/2015 1:01 PM
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cottonstalk
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Cutting it to 5" would help in portability and handling but it will wake it up. The 500 whit had was never unmanageable but it was extremely lively.
"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence,try orderin' someone else's dog around" unknown cowboy
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Re: 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/28/2015 1:04 AM
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junebug
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Cutting it to 5" would help in portability and handling but it will wake it up. The 500 whit had was never unmanageable but it was extremely lively. The Whitworth definition of extremely lively. { Will leave the imprint of the front sight in your forehead if given half a chance!!!!!!!!!
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Re: 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/28/2015 2:20 AM
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cottonstalk
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Not as lively as the maximum he has but it's definitely more lively than a FA 454. There's a different kind of recoil that is perceived from those double actions vs single actions.
"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence,try orderin' someone else's dog around" unknown cowboy
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Re: 480 Ruger barrel shortening?
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04/28/2015 12:40 PM
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Whitworth
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It wouldn't get away from you necessarily, but would deliver a blow to the web of you hand with each shot.
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