The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Thanks Mark.

Thanks Mark. (reply)

Hoot — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:16:27 +0000

I'll drop you a note.

These grippystockthingies? (reply)

MarkS — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 23:29:56 +0000

http://shopruger.com/Ruger-GP100-Match-Champion-Grips/productinfo/19944/

I might be talked into shooting my 480 SuperRed with those grips on it...for one shot....maybe.

As much as I hate rubber grips for being ugly and snaggy on clothing for a carry gun, they work well for recoil discomfort.
I might try the Alaskan grips and sand the finger grooves off them.

Hoot, are you shooting with a good fitting leather glove?
That helps me tremendously for range sessions with mine.

Another option is to shoot much lighter bullets (310-320gr @ 900-1000fps)
for the majority of your practice.

I milled one lube groove worth off the bottom of a Lee 475-400RF mold that casts 310gr. RFN (almost an LFN profile) Shooting these is like shooting a giant 38 Special! A soft push and a mighty smack on target! I would shoot about anything up to 500 lbs. with this load. It hits all out of proportion to it's recoil.

If you'd like to try them, I can send some your way.

Mark

Thank you Rob! (reply)

Hoot — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:52:04 +0000

I had completely forgotten about that model of the GP-100 and got my head locked in that it was a Hogue model. This'll make it LOTS easier to find!

Go to the Ruger Store on... (reply)

rob — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:26:38 +0000

The Ruger web sight and you can buy the stocks for the Match Champion.

I shot a couple of cylinders-full through a .480 (reply)

Sarge — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 02:51:58 +0000

Raging Bull, not long after they came out. This one had a 5" or so barrel. The load was a 405 grain LBT and about all the 296 you get under it. I was nailing a 1 pound metal coffee can at 40 yards with it and it was substantially more comfortable to shoot than my 4" Model 29 with 300 grain loads.

Could have bought that gun for 400 bucks and still kick myself in the ass for not doing it.

Bro' Dan has a Raging Bull in .480 (reply)

Hoot — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:53:26 +0000

His pistol always seemed to be very comfortable to shoot. One of the things I need to do is shoot them side by side with the same loads. We'll quickly find out if it's grip geometry/construction or not. It's a decent pistol and I do suffer from unfounded prejudices (I do own a few Taurii) but I love S&W and Ruger, although for largely different reasons.

almost afraid to ask, but what about the Raging Bull? (reply)

bj — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 00:41:15 +0000

seems that the Raging Bull would be a good model in .480, since it is 5-shot.

Ruger Super Redhawk Grips (reply)

Jared — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:52:08 +0000

They take the same grips as the GP100 so you have a lot of choices. I sort of liked the grips that came on my Alaskan. With heavy loads they handled the recoil well, but they really don't fit my hands. I replaced them with standard grips but then again I don't shoot many heavy loads out of it.

If S&W made a .480 5 shot n frame.... (reply)

Rob Leahy — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 15:40:31 +0000

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Yep, factory issued rubber/wood. (reply)

Hoot — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 15:05:35 +0000

I'll check into the Alaskan grips. Normally finger-groove's don't seem to match up to my fingers very well. Thanks for the tip.

If S&W made a .480 and it wasn't an X-frame... (reply)

Hoot — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 15:04:03 +0000

I'd be in line.

I looked on Hogue's site but see no mention of "Match Champion". What am I missing?

Oh, and the GP-100 and SRH are the same grip.

Thanks!

Are yours the rubber grips with wood inserts? (reply)

AkRay — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:19:15 +0000

I didn't like those. The grips that come as standard on the Ruger Alaskans have a soft insert that does the same thing as a Decelerator recoil pad on a rifle. They make the guns a lot more shootable. You still know you've dropped the hammer on something big, but they really soften the sting.

What worked for me: (reply)

Rob Leahy — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:30:36 +0000

Sell it and get another S&W...
I hear good things about the new hogue over-sized rubber grips...Do the GP 100 grips interchange? Hogue has done a good job on the Match Champion stocks (Wood, they fill that all important gap behind the web)

Ruger Super Redhawk Grips

Hoot — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:58:03 +0000

I have a 7-1/2" .480 and the stock grip beats the thumb web up pretty badly. I see that there are a few options out in the ether from Hogue, et al. What have you have luck with?

Thank you.