I purchased a ruger SRH over the winter, while doing some research on it I read that it had 80% of the 454's power with half the recoil.It is a great round, it pick's up where the 44 mag and the 45L.C. leave off.
I don't know who actually came up with this claim about the .480 having 80% of the power of the .454. If we are measuring velocity of factory loads, the .454 wins, but when it comes to putting the hurt on a large animal, I will take diameter and bullet weight over speed potential. The .480 undeniably makes a larger hole.
