10mm Super Redhawk

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sabbfan said:
I haven’t seen this posted yet, Ruger now has the SRH in 10mm.

http://www.ruger.com/products/superRedhawkStandard/specSheets/5524.html

Personally I’d be more interested if it was a GP100 but interesting nonetheless
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Thanks Sabbfan, thanks alot...dangit. Now how am I going to talk myself into another $1,000 expenditure???? Plus, I'll have to get a new Die set for my Dillon, some good brass, a holster to accommodate - argh....(the wheels are now turning with the emaciated rat running like hell).
 
I would rather a GP100 or Redhawk, I would even get a SP101 in 10mm. but, I see another 10mm in my future.
I can't wait to see the "Ruger Only" 10mm reload information!!
 
mcb said:
You're both sort of speaking past each other. Single action or double action does not matter in determine if a particular cartridge revolver is compatible with or readily converted to moonclips. Side-gate loading is not compatible with moonclips. Most top-break and swing-out revolvers are or can be made compatible with moonclips. I am fairly certain sure I could find example of single-action, single/double-action and double-action only revolvers in all three loading styles.
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I agree with you. I just wanted to insure the thread would inform someone who may find this on a search that if a person buys say a Ruger single action in a rimmless round like 9mm, 10mm, 45 ACP, etc; they do not need to worry about having to find moon clips to use the revolver as they are not needed. That discussion was getting too far off topic so I just let it go.
 
RealGun said:
I think people carrying a 10 mm 1911 would be so few in states without open carry that it shouldn't represent how such a gun was typically used or valued. I am seeing a range toy here or something for competition. I have had an ongoing interest in a 10mm Glock, very much preferring the price, but I am not sure what I would do with it, other than to experience it at the range for a bit and then sell it and the reloading stuff needed to support it. I already own a Glock 22 (40 S&W).
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I am under the impression that all 1911s are range toys and safe queens, but that could just be me. And the fact remains that the 1911 Gov Model has been carried by a lot of people for over a century and still is by people who appreciate nostalgia more than capacity. The Colt Delta Elite was one of the first platforms for the 10mm Auto and could still make a decent trail pistol. I carry my Glock 20 on a regular basis. It's not a mousegun, but that is kinda the point. It really isn't much larger than a Commander frame 1911, and is probably lighter than most.

So yeah, still calling the 10mm Ruger 1911 fairly practical. Maybe not as much so as my G20, but certainly more so than the Redhawk.
 
Tradmark said:
Well, i think the srh is a great looking gun but for the handgun hunter its tops imho. If ya champion the redhawk youre just full of nonsense when u speak of weight bs a srh. The srh in same caliber and same barrel length is nearly always lighter so thats not based on fact. The srh is the easiest of the two to get a sweet tuned trigger or action on. Also with the integral scope rings its easy to switch from iron to red dot to scope and back without losing zero. Case in point africa in 2013 and 2015. I had iron night sights sighted for solids for camp duty. Heavy swifts sighted with a red dot for initial shot on cape buff and big game. Scope sighted with swift 265’s for a flat shooting plainsgame gun. Worked like a champ and the only revolver to capable if such. Yes the platform shines with 454, 480, and 44 mag but i just ordered one in 41 mag as i have it in the larger cals. The 10 makes great sense to me. Its a capable manstopper and a very very capable deer and even elk round. I know since ive done with my g20 on several occasions. With the srh you get a deer/elk capable gun with light recoil and perfect for new handgunhunters or females like my daughters. (I currently load their 44 mags to 10mm power levels and have been very effective on deer and bear) that is t loud, doesnt recoil and quite frankly i dont need to pull on ears to pop a shot at the available coyote when driving the ranch. With the available sighting options i struggle to see how it doesnt have its place, plus, u can load the 10mm to higher levels than in the semiautos. Imho it makes a ton of sense more than a 5” 460sw ever did. Great gun and good nightstand and hunting revolver, good for the truck as well.
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I have to agree completely. They are very versatile revolvers that seem to get a bad rap from those who don't have them, namely complaints about the size/weight. They're simply not that heavy despite the rather industrial tank-like look. I have logged a lot of animal kills with SRHs and I think they are a great revolver.

Like I said elsewhere, I have one on order and look forward to testing it.
 
I would do a 1911 in 10, as my next one. Hell it's go both the power and capacity. The 54 oz on the Rugger is just too heavy for anything other than Trail/hunting/HD. With a scope or an optic, it would hunt well.
 
MaxP said:
I have to agree completely. They are very versatile revolvers that seem to get a bad rap from those who don't have them, namely complaints about the size/weight. They're simply not that heavy despite the rather industrial tank-like look. I have logged a lot of animal kills with SRHs and I think they are a great revolver.

Like I said elsewhere, I have one on order and look forward to testing it.
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But it is sort of heavy compared to a S&W 610. The S&W 610 only weighs 49oz compared to the SRH 10mm that weight 54 oz both with 6.5 inch barrels.

Though if you're going to scope it then the SRH has an advantage there.

Does anyone know if the bolt hole circle for the charge holes is the same as the 610? or does the SRH 10mm use its on unique moonclips?
 
tommy.duncan said:
I can't wait to see the "Ruger Only" 10mm reload information!!
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A lot of the top-end 10mm loads are already at 100% of available space in the case. Compared to magnum revolver cartridges, there's just not a big boiler room. Not sure there's likely to be a range of loads that are materially different/faster than existing max loads with slowish powders.
 
george burns said:
I would do a 1911 in 10, as my next one. Hell it's go both the power and capacity. The 54 oz on the Rugger is just too heavy for anything other than Trail/hunting/HD. With a scope or an optic, it would hunt well.
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^^^This.......and a more appropriate platform for the cartridge.
 
MTMilitiaman said:
I am under the impression that all 1911s are range toys and safe queens, but that could just be me. And the fact remains that the 1911 Gov Model has been carried by a lot of people for over a century and still is by people who appreciate nostalgia more than capacity.
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I'd say your impression is wrong but not uncommon. I bought a G21 in 1991 and shot it for 15yrs but finally sold it because I never could get used to how uncomfortable it was. I was late to the 1911 game but got into them not because of nostalgia but because they were vastly more comfortable to handle and shoot, pointed more naturally, were more accurate, had an infinitely better trigger and sights and because I believe capacity is overrated.

Glocks are only light when empty.
 
IMG_1131.PNG The 10 mm is and always will be the most powerful auto loader and now in this new Ruger awesome handgun will be loaded to the Supermax probably with 296 to make some real power and puts the little 357 cartridge write down with the 9 mm
 
IMG_0264.PNG Big deal you can get a 44 magnum and this woopie <deleted>you probably wouldn't even hit a target at 25 yards just because it blows fire and makes noise doesn't mean anything
 
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10mm expert said:
View attachment 769048 The 10 mm is and always will be the most powerful auto loader and now in this new Ruger awesome handgun will be loaded to the Supermax probably with 296 to make some real power and puts the little 357 cartridge write down with the 9 mm
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Well first of all the 10mm isn't the most powerful auto loader cartridge at all. 50 Action Express, 10mm magnum, 45 Win Mag, and 460 Roland all easily surpass 10mm auto ballistically if you are talking ft lbs of energy. I am sure there are a few more, but these are just the ones that came to mind.

Secondly, even if it was the most powerful auto loader cartridge, to say that it will always be the most powerful is really silly. How would you know that? Oh right, you wouldn't unless you are psychic. If you truly are the prognosticator of prognosticators, I suggest you go play the lottery. Seems like a more profitable use of time to me.
 
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I think a more fair characterization is that the 10mm is the most powerful semi-auto round that can be chambered in semi-autos of normal configuration/size with reasonable lifespans, and that can be shot for traditional semi-auto purposes (which includes SD against multiple 2-legged predators) with reasonable efficiency by non-exceptional shooters. More powerful autoloader rounds certainly exist and will exist in the future, but they generally require something more than just a browning tilt-barrel system (a comp, a gas-driven system, etc.) in order to not beat the gun to death in a few hundred rounds and/or have so much recoil that they are not really functional for a get-hits-on-different-things-fast job (the strong suit of semi-autos).
 
ATLDave said:
I think a more fair characterization is that the 10mm is the most powerful semi-auto round that can be chambered in semi-autos of normal configuration/size with reasonable lifespans, and that can be shot for traditional semi-auto purposes (which includes SD against multiple 2-legged predators) with reasonable efficiency by non-exceptional shooters. More powerful autoloader rounds certainly exist and will exist in the future, but they generally require something more than just a browning tilt-barrel system (a comp, a gas-driven system, etc.) in order to not beat the gun to death in a few hundred rounds and/or have so much recoil that they are not really functional for a get-hits-on-different-things-fast job (the strong suit of semi-autos).
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Now that description I feel is pretty reasonable.
 
As is often the case, making a more accurate statement requires more words and fewer absolutes. People like pithy statements. Doesn't mean it's easy to make a true pithy statement about a complex issue.
 
IMG_1591.JPG IMG_1543.JPG IMG_1590.JPG You people would say 44 mag doesn't belong in a rifle carbine either
but you people don't know <deleted>
I've taken many deer with it out to 200 yards and that's the only way you're going to shoot a 1 inch group at 50 yards with a heavy magnum
 
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