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RUGER SUPER REDHAWK ALASKAN .454 CASULL Ruger Super Redhawk: Alaskan is a short barrelled, big bore revolver. The firearm is distinguished by its 2 1/2" barrel, brushed stainless finish, and oversize Hogue Tamer grip designed to help reduce recoil. The Alaskan is offered in .454 Casull/.45 Colt, .480 Ruger, and most recently, .44 Magnum/.44 Special. The .480 Ruger version was originally a 6 shot revolver like the .454, but was discontinued in 2007. It was reintroduced in 2008 with a 5 shot cylinder. The .44 Magnum features a fluted cylinder while the .454 and .480 versions are unfluted. The revolver is intended for use as a self-defense option against large, potentially dangerous animals such as grizzly bear, cougar, and wild boar. Some critics feel the Alaskan's barrel is too short for such a large caliber revolver, while others believe its relatively compact size, coupled with big game stopping power, makes it a practical "pack gun" for hiking, fishing, or hunting trips in the wilderness. The large magnum cartridges do suffer ballistically from the short barrel, but still produce considerably more energy than is typically available from a compact firearm.

arrowhead hunting 8-7-2010

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Arrowhead hunting in Iowa 7/11/10 I finally got a good one. My wifes not to happy with me im gonna be payin for this for awhile. Other than that one hell of a day!

Smith and Wesson Model 60 Bought off R&R arms.

7-8-10 Unfluted Clovis?

Exploding .44 Magnum Chamber Introduced in 1990, the Colt Anaconda is a large frame double-action revolver featuring a full length under-barrel ejection-rod lug and six round cylinder, designed and produced by the Colt's Manufacturing Company. Chambered for the powerful .44 Magnum and .45 Colt centerfire ammunition cartridges, the Anaconda marked the Hartford, Connecticut firm's first foray into the popular large-bore Magnum pistol market.[1] Contents [hide] 1 Development 2 Features 3 Variants 3.1 Kodiak 4 Accuracy Results 5 See also 6 References 7 External links [edit] Development Built on a new and heavier 'AA' frame, the Anaconda was brought out to compete with .44 Magnum contemporaries such as the Smith & Wesson Model 29, the Sturm, Ruger & Co. Redhawk and Blackhawk, and the Dan Wesson Firearms Model 44. Considering that many of these models had been marketed and sold for fully 35 years upon its introduction, the Anaconda was a very late entry into the large-bore handgun market.[2] Unlike most other pistols introduced in the 1980s and 1990s, the Anaconda was never offered with a carbon steel blued finish, but was available only in stainless steel.[1] When originally introduced Anacondas were plagued with poor accuracy, but changes to the barrels quickly corrected the problems to the point that Colt billed its new pistol as among the most accurate .44 Magnum revolvers in production.[2][3][4] Anaconda revolvers were primarily marketed for sport enthusiast shooters and hunters, as they are too large ...

A Very Special Buntline: NRA National Firearms Museum Featured Gun Pulp fictioneer Ned Buntline, who in real life was the prolific writer Edward ZC Judson, has been credited with presenting long-barreled Colt revolvers, dubbed Buntline Specials, to famous Western lawmen including Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Bill Tilghman. While no collaborating documentation can be found in Colts production ledgers for these presentation Buntlines, Colts records do show that 30 of these guns were built from 1876 to 1884. Colt later offered a modern version of the Buntline with its reintroduction of the Single Action Army in the 1950s. One of the later production Colt Buntlines, this embellished .45 revolver, was engraved by Ken Hurst and features gold-inlaid portraits of Wyatt Earp and Morgan Earp as well as other Western motifs including Boot Hill, the OK Corral and even a hanged man dangling from the gallows on its backstrap. Currently on loan from the Mickey Reilly Collection, this revolver has a unique unfluted cylinder not utilized on other Buntlines manufactured by Colt. http

Smith & Wesson 686 plus 357 Magnum Review This is a review for my Smith & Wesson 686 plus 357 MAGNUM. In this review i discuss the features of this 357 magnum. Such as the 5 inch barrel and unfluted cylinder. I demonstrate the use of a speed loader, and talk about the use of a 357 magnum as a field gun. I also comepare buying a handgun to owning silver bullion or other precious metals.