Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Mag-na-port a Super redhawk or no?

I have recently purchased a slightly used 7" Ruger Super Redhawk 44 Mag for hunting deer here in Michigan. I am seriously considering having it Mag-Na-Ported and an action job done on it. I only live 50 miles from Mag-Na-Port

I primarily want to target shoot and hunt deer with this handgun. I hunt out of Shadow hunter enclosed hunting blinds.

I just bought a 2 power Burris scope for it yesterday and a Wigand mount.

Yes or No to the porting?

No.

Why? Recoil isn’t that bad, just tone it down some. So no.

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I once shot 2 FA83'S in 454 side by side with 1 mag na ported and the other wasn't. I could tell no difference in the recoil

Do it. The trip to Magnaports worth it.

Go ahead, then it will be both loud and heavy instead of just heavy.

I wouldn't.

Rent or borrow a 4" Smith 29/329/629 and shoot a couple of cylinders of 300/1350 fps through it.

After that your SRH will kick so much less, you'll be embarrassed to shoot it with both hands.

Put a 9.5" heavy barrel on it. Then you get more leverage against recoil and the snort is farther out from your face. OR, just get a 45 Colt and get as much energy without all the snort. But make a trip to MagNaPort anyway. Your gun is more likely a 7.5" barrelled gun. Nitpicking I know. Be Well, RZ.

NO...no, No, NO!

If it recoils too much, get a lighter caliber.

Ok thank you.

Overwhelming NO

Never thought about the rebarrel. I like that idea

What kind of loads have you shot in it Coop, or more to the point, intend to shoot?

No.
I had a super blackhawk magna ported and it tamed recoil a little, but, was obnoxious to shoot due to noise.

I have a couple of Magna Ported revolvers, both Smith and Wessons, both Performance Center guns that came that way, a .41 magnum and a .44 Magnum. I would prefer that they weren't. The noise isn't really an issue, as I won't shoot any handgun without hearing protection. In both cases, the scopes collect a certain amount of fouling from the redirected gases.

If the recoil is a problem to you, you should first try different grips. The Rugers seem to have pretty narrow grips when they come out of the factory, so some nice broad grips that fit your hand well will make the gun much more comfortable to shoot.

For a garden variety 44 mag, I wouldn’t. If you’re thinking of shooting TONS of 300 grainers, perhaps, but for regular old 240 gr jhp’s, to take the occasional deer, I’d leave it alone.

I swear I lost some hearing as a 16y/o, touching off a Super Blackhawk inside a closed blind (muzzle out, but cylinder/forcing cone inside). I’d probably be deaf if it had been Magnaported...

Nope.


Chuhhh.

I honestly haven't shot it yet.

I was going to shoot Hornady 240 XTP's

I was concerned about the increased report

I'm glad I posted the question

Just to add: I also have a 7 1/2" Mortal (not Super)Redhawk and with 300 grain +P loads of 2400 (per a Brian Pearce article 12 years ago or so) the recoil is negligible. A Super Redhawk is probably about the last .44 Magnum I would consider for Magna-Porting.