454 Casull
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Yes, I have a Taurus raging bull in 454, recoil isn't that bad *but that's just to me everyone's differnt* just use 2 hands and start off with lighter loads if your afraid.
Oh and make sure that u have a good grip and if u have to reset it after a few shots do it, cause you could break your thumb.
Oh and make sure that u have a good grip and if u have to reset it after a few shots do it, cause you could break your thumb.
I just got the 2.5" ruger 454. With the hogue grips it doesn't hurt to fire but it does have some pretty good muzzle rise. I've shot some less powerful magnum pistols that were physically larger that actually hurt more since the trigger guard would dig into my middle finger. The hogue grips on my ruger protect that area as well as contain a pad in the backstrap so no pain at all. If you're shooting unpadded grips I can give no guarantee's.
Watch out for your thumb placement on your support hand. If it's placed behind the cylinder upon firing the recoil can force the cylinder edge into that thumb. I just barely got caught by it on one of my first shots through the gun and it gave the tip of my thumb a nice little blood blister. If that rear edge of the cylinder had been more of a direct hit to my thumb it could have been messy. Adjusted my grip a little and had no further problems with it.
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you are all insane. :lol:
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Actually its lighter than it looks and I can shoot it one handed.HOV said:That thing needs a grip on the barrel!Adler said:![]()
yours is insanely short, mine insanely long. Hence the name Joker cause its the closst thing I have ever seen to the hand arti arcraft revolver from the 89 movie.
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I want a .454 casul but now the new .460XVR comes out and it fires .454casul and .45lc. .460 is the fastest wheel gun round out., I think its cool to have a gun that fires more than one kind of ammo without changing anything.
That brl on that one .454 is insanly short, WTHell thats crazy! I thought my S&W's .357 brl was to short, dang! I suppose it would be a good mountain gun for alaska if a bear sneaks up on you ,maybe. Whats a gun like that for anyway, I cant see its practicality, maybe thats why its cool?
And yes the jokers brl is insanly long but I bet that cannon can hit a target from a long way!!!!
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my only wheel gun at the time being.
That brl on that one .454 is insanly short, WTHell thats crazy! I thought my S&W's .357 brl was to short, dang! I suppose it would be a good mountain gun for alaska if a bear sneaks up on you ,maybe. Whats a gun like that for anyway, I cant see its practicality, maybe thats why its cool?
And yes the jokers brl is insanly long but I bet that cannon can hit a target from a long way!!!!
my only wheel gun at the time being.
I got the 2.5" barrel 454 to be a back country bear gun in Alaska. It does loose some power off the long barrel 454's, but still a lot more powerful than a full size 44 magnum, which is the typical Alaskan bear gun.
Plus with 45 colt rounds it makes a good reliable home defense gun.
So I think it's pretty usefull.
I checked S&W's site and they list a compensated 3.5" XVR coming out. Will that have the 45/454 capability too. That would be another cool gun. Think I'd still take the ruger though, lighter by 18 oz and 6 rounds. The S&W should be easier to shoot though with the extra weight and compensator.
Plus with 45 colt rounds it makes a good reliable home defense gun.
So I think it's pretty usefull.
I checked S&W's site and they list a compensated 3.5" XVR coming out. Will that have the 45/454 capability too. That would be another cool gun. Think I'd still take the ruger though, lighter by 18 oz and 6 rounds. The S&W should be easier to shoot though with the extra weight and compensator.
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