Posted: 8/7/2006 3:37:53 PM EDT
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I was in a local outdoors store, chain, and noticed a Taurus Raging Bull, SS, 6.5" ported barrel...AT AN AMAZING PRICE. I know the round, through the limited research I've done, is considered a waste by many because it's so close to 44mag/454 performance that it's essentially...wasted. I've recently began shooting and collecting revolvers, Taurus Trackers and Raging Bulls, and wanted to get everyone's two cents on this gat. It's going for $470...NIB! The store has many in stock and just can't move them...and has thus marked them down. Worth getting? Shooting? Safe Queen??? Bravo |
The 480 Ruger is a very good cartridge if you wish to push a 405 Gr. cast bullet to 1350 fps it will give you a Taylor KO number of 37, with lighter bullets it is somewhat unimpressive. It's an Ok Revolver and will probably stand up to the 49 K chamber pressures of the 480 Ruger, the RBs have poor resale value and the 480 will probably be lower than the 454 Casull. I just parted with a 480 SRH, the 480 and the 454 SRHs also suffer from the same low resale values, this was probably the hardest to get rid of Revolver I have ever owned. The 480 Ruger is very expensive to feed even if you Handload. Unless I couldn't live without one, I would. |
| Thanks for the input. This will be my one and only big bore revolver for hunting. I have several trackers, up to 357 mag, and love them. The comment about the 500 is, after more research, what I'm bending towards. As for the 480, Gander Mountain (in Ohio) has these things listed under $500 with the8+" barrels in stainless. Damn good buy. They just can't sell them...marked down. The identical 454 laying right next to it lists at $740. |
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If I were you, get a .454 at least, it's a hotter cartrige, and you can use .45 long colt if you don't want to spend a buch of $ shooting it. I think it's just more versatile. BTW, I own a .454 SRH, and just shot it for the first time today 300Gr soft points....was an eye opening experience, as the recoil was not near as bad as I expected. Not comfortable, but definatly not punishing. |
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if your looking at the 500 also look at the new 460. link you can shoot everything from 45 colt to 454 Casull, and .460 S&W. that is a horse power machine. i got the 500 because i already had a 445 supermag and i wanted to shoot half inch bullets. if you are willing to shoot .451 diameter you can have a hell of a 200yd deer gun. 
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thats a good price.buy it.first the 480 is a great round even with relitivly light 325 gn at 1350 your at 44 mag muzzel volocities 100 yards down range.second,no gun has a good resale value.some better and some worse than others.point is if your payin under 500 for a nib gun realiticly you might loose 200 bucks selling it.youll loose alot more off a 1000 doller rovolver. imho my 480 is heavey rcoiling but with the grips and porting employed by the raging bull it will be very managable.about half of what a 454 casul will recoil like! |
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Ok, I'll give my 2 pennies cause I own the gun in question. For starters you can't even begin to compare it to a .454. Two different ideas. The .454 is good or a longer shot, but up close you would have to be shitting me if you are saying you would rather get hit with a heavy bullet/load .480 before a .454. There is absolutely no question the .480 is a better close range gun. And that is why i chose the .480. Because I am not going to take more than a fifty yard shot, and the .480 is more gun than a .44 and .454 up close. Kinda like a .45-70 for hunting elk instead of a .30-06. Oh and for the "it costs more to shoot" people. Just how the hell many huge revolver loads are you going to shoot a year. I hardly think you ought to be learning how to shoot with a magnum revolver. Haven't you guys ever watched "Harley Davidson and the Marlborol Man". BTW, take my opinions with a grain of the good old salt. |