I' m a left handed shooter, and having the cylinder dump out to the left, doesn' t make for easy reloading, SA' s are actually easier to load (if you know how) in your left hand. I' ve had several SA' s now, and my favorite of all has to be my Ruger Super blackhawk (Ruger announced the SBH ' hunter' one month to the day AFTER I bought my standard SBH, I was a little miffed). I can' t see any better hunting handgun than a Ruger Super blackhawk hunter.

As far as double actions go, I like the grip on the Ruger over the Taurus (I don' t really like ANY DA grip, mostly because of the angle more than anything though), and I' ve had and seen several taurus' s that haven' t shot well, I' ve never seen a ruger revolver that hasn' t shot well (short of those that were just plain worn out). As far as the Redhawk or Super Redhawk being better than the Blackhawk, I don' t think they are better for hunting. They shoot about the same on accuracy, but as far as accurate shooting goes, you' re going to be shooting in ' single action mode' anyway, as the DA crank is WAY too stiff to keep an accurate tag on your target. Some people prefer DA' s for hunting because, for them, the grip angle is nicer on recoil, and you usually use pretty stout loads for hunting, I' ve never thought that DA' s really kick less just on grip angle, but I' m used to shooting SA' s, so take that with a grain of salt, everyone is different, because DA grips don' t fit me well and don' t reduce recoil for me, that doesn' t mean it won' t for you, your mileage may vary.

Of your two, I' d get the Ruger, they' re about as solid as it gets, I' ve read that they' ll take as powerful of loads as most five shot cylindered arms do, in a standard 6-shooter. Also, they' ve got the transfer bar system (which Magnum research bought part of the patent to from Ruger to equip the " BFR" , you might look into one of those, they' re fun shooting, I just wish I could afford another one to have one on each hip!), it lets you SAFELY load all six cylinders, unless Taurus came out with something in the last month or so, they' re still ' five shot six shooters' . If you' re open to suggestions, try the Single action brother to the redhawk, the Super blackhawk Hunter, if my lil' lady would let me buy another SBH just for hunting (she says three' s more than enough of the same gun), this would be it, all the whistles and bells of the super blackie, but you get the good looks and the ' luggage rack' ta boot!