with that beefed up frame on the ruger super redhawk, there ain' t a bullet alive that it won' t shoot. i am off my ban of the smiths, they are back in the hands of americans who WANT to sell guns, but i would still go with the ruger, that frame, integral scope mounts, plus you can save about $200-$300 on a smith. ruger is #1 for a reason. in my hunting group there are 4 super redhawks, one red hawk, one tarus, and one gp-100(and i want to go to a new super blackhawk hunter, if i can part with the gp)