James B,

I also had a hankering for a 480 ruger, so I went out and bought one. It's a super redhawk 7.5 inch barrel. I am pretty recoil shy, so I thought it was going to destroy me...in fact I made my little (bigger) brother shoot it first. When I shot it, I was surprised. It didn't beat me up too bad, and I am hoping to use it for whitetails this season. One thing I noticed though is that on a hot day, the spent cases would not come out of the cylinder without some serious work on my part. I was using hornady factory loads. Does anyone know if there are pressure problems with this gun/cartridge? It took a lot of effort to get the spent casings out of the cylinder.

The 480 kicks hard, but it isn't too bad...I handled it well, and I am a wimp. I love the gun and the round is pretty sweet.

PigDog