The .480 SRH is arguably the most powerful
six shot revolver ever made. The cartridges out there with more power all have only five shots.
Starline brass is not easy to find, but works very well in my SRH.
The original dark gray SRH were actually made from Carpenter Custom 465 stainless, which is a super high strength heat treated stainless steel. It's also a tough material to machine. The .454 Casull and .480 got the super-high strength steel. Nowadays, Ruger is using regular stainless in the SRH.
It's a very interesting round. With a big hardcast slug at 1100-1200 fps, recoil is less than a .454, yet the .480 will shoot clean through large animals, and make a bigger hole doing so.
Puma has sold Model 92 Winchester clones in .480. Ruger made a run of #1 single shots in .475 Linebaugh, that can also take the shorter round. Freedom Arms will make .480 cylinders for their large Model 83 revolver. FWIW, the .480 Ruger, .475 Linebaugh, .475 Turnbull, and .470 Nitro Express all use the same bullet diameter
