Super Redhawk .44 Mag Alaskan
I recently purchased a Super Redhawk .44 Mag Alaskan as a personal carry gun for a back up for Bear and Cougar. Last time I had a run in with a big bear it was at about 40 feet and that 9mm felt oh so small. I'm in the wilds a lot and wanted a gun that I knew had stopping power. Plus, it's pretty small and therefor reasonably light and I know myself well enough to know if it's too heavy I might not carry it as often as I should.
My question is... Has anyone heard of someone having this particular gun ported. I think if it comes down to it, I'll be firing a very close range and thought that porting might help with barrel jump and might be the difference between getting off one shot or two.
Appreciate your thoughts and even a recommendation of a god gunsmith that could do the job.
Thanks,
Russ
My question is... Has anyone heard of someone having this particular gun ported. I think if it comes down to it, I'll be firing a very close range and thought that porting might help with barrel jump and might be the difference between getting off one shot or two.
Appreciate your thoughts and even a recommendation of a god gunsmith that could do the job.
Thanks,
Russ
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Warren Page was a noted gun writer many years ago. I remember one of his articles entitled "Bear Charges are Bunk"...his main point was that bears just don't go around charging people....but, charges occur because of SCREW UP's by people in the wild. So...it is important to have the right back-up gun...but it may be more important not to do anything stupid in bear country. 0 -
I think you should try and find a 44 that has been ported and shoot it first. I find that the straight back recoil of ported guns is very hard on my wrist. 0 -
+1 Michbay! A family friend spent years in S.E. Alaska studying Brownies. I don't recall the exact number, but he had personally documented many hundreds of CLOSE encounters in his years of research. He never fired on a bear and claimed that in only one instance would he have done so, IF the bear had come any closer. If a bear is angry enough, and close enough, that you feel you have no other option than to start pulling the trigger I know of no handgun that I'd feel confident would stop a charge.
p.s. That said, my SBH is Mag-Na-Ported and they do beautiful work. Muzzle flash is a bit fierce but it does help to tame the recoil.0 -
BERT makes good points! The 44 Mag came out fairly well in a 1983 study by the U.S. Forest Service called: "Safety in Bear Country: Protective Measures and Bullet Performance at Short Range" It's on the web...and very INTERESTING!!!! A total of 33 combinations were studied between calibers, bullet weight and barrel length. Besides energy & velocity they looked at PENETRATION, EXPANSION and WEIGHT RETENTION AT 15 YARDS!!!! Believe it or not...The 44 Mag in a 7.5" barrel beat out a 300 Win Mag which came in LAST!!! First place was the 458 Mag. The overall recommendation for their field people (Rangers) was a 375 H&H with special 20" barrels fit out with peep sights. The 30-06 with 220 grainers came in with lots of respect!!! 0 -
I hunted deer with a Redhawk that I had MagNa-Ported. And a Dan Wesson with factory porting.
It helps recoil quit a bit.0 -
If I were to port a wheel gun I'd go with Mag-na-port. For your rig I wonder which would cost more? The gun or the porting? 0 -
Small and light????
I don't think so.
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