I wonder if Ruger is afraid that the 5 shot .480's would be reamed out for the .475 Linebaugh?

I would love to see a 5 shot Bisley with an adequate barrel length of 6 to 6 1/2 inches. What would really be nice is if they made a Bisley Hunter. A nice 7 1/2 barrel, tight cylinder gap and the integral scope mounts. What a hunting set up that would be.

Well they shouldn't be as there are only 2,000 psi separating the .480 from the .475......

could it be that they are concerned not so much with the blackhawk handling the .480 round, but how it would stand up to that round loaded hot, or maybe converted to a .500 then loaded hot? Or maybe that's there story while they're working on it!

Don't know if it's drawing more new interest but the crowd that has them are exposing them more.

that and the price drop since Ruger decided to clearence them. Gotta be hard to market the round, being between the .460 and .500.

Don't know that I'd consider it between those two other than diameter. The 480 can be chambered in a much smaller package than the Smith X frame and that is a big deal. The recoil is nowhere near as robust, but the end result is nearly as potent. The problem with the 480 is that Ruger never properly promoted it. If it were offered in a 5-hole Bisley as well I think it would have faired much better. I do have a SRH in 480 and it has all the thump I should ever need, but I will have Rod build me one on a Bisley frame one of these days. The 480 is as dead as the 41, right.......;-)

From what I understand to get a .480 Ruger in a FAs 83 one must first buy the gun in .475 and then buy the extra cylinder. I really don't have any need for the .475 and would love to try a .480 with a 4 3/4" barrel.

What I don't understand is why Ruger still tries to give people what they don't want...ie. a 6 shot DA revolver when they have people standing in line waiting for a .480 5 shot Super Blackhawk...even tack a $100 on the price over a .44 Magnum SBH and people would buy it...

Bob

I am wanting a 480 so bad that I am thinking of getting a 6" MGM bull barrel for my encore. I know it's not a SA revolver like I want. Which is a super blackhawk 4 5/8" 5 hole. But you got to do what you got to do right?

RJM: some say the bullet jump will not hurt anything as far as accuracy so the 475 would be ok. Does anyone know if that is true? I think I will start a thread on this.

I don't understand why Ruger doesn't make their 44 Mag and 45 Colt revolvers with five shot cylinders. Hell, one would think it would lower liability.

Landrum

They're not lacking in strength as a six shot, so maybe there's not real reason to build a 5-shot.

This is an interesting post from the Ruger forum. Don't know how true or how they got the info but take a look.

I hope the link works.

Joe

http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopi...6a8729b985ff4c9

The SRH is still being produced in .480......

According to the one post on the Ruger site he claims it still is. I don't know, small production runs of anything sends costs through the roof.

I did check the date of the tread and it is recent. Like yesterday.

Joe

Apparently it is a regular production iten again.

thank the lord, i for one hate to see any big bore pistol round go the way of the dinosaurs, more choices is better for all of us.

i really wanted an alaskan in 480, i love the srh platform but would like a 454 in the bisley hunter platform as well.

i would buy another alaskan 454, a 480, and either in a bisley right now, as in i'd plunk the cash down this second, i just can't ever find them and ruger says they don't sell?

I hope they sell this time around...


Folks just need to learn about the round, it will sell itself.

well lets make that happen and all of us just commit to buying one.

No problem with that. I think the ball is in Ruger's court on weather they would take any ideas though.