New Alaskan

[gtmnbiker98]

I just picked my Alaskan chambered in 45C up this afternoon. It will be primarily fed 45 Colt, as to not induce arthritis in my hands, lol. Now to order a Simply Rugged Sourdough for it.

 

[JackBull]

I have a 454C Alaskan. I bought it to have a double action 45 snubbie. It's big for that purpose bit I like it anyway. I only shoot 45 Colt through it. I find plenty of 'mild to wild' factory ammo available. I keep those in their factory boxes.
I only reload 'cowboy' level ammo so as not have any home grown monster level rounds laying around that could get into any older design firearms.

I wish I had bought the Alaskan in 45 Colt only. Hate to get a 454 and get powder burns from the shorter colt.

 

[Hvymax]

Just thinking about those guns makes my hand hurt.

The First Law of Physics is that anything you would want to Carry you wouldn't want to shoot and anything you would want to Shoot you wouldn't want to carry. Slap a 12" fully lugged barrel and a scope on that and it would be a Pussycat.

 

[Hvymax]

I just picked my Alaskan chambered in 45C up this afternoon. It will be primarily fed 45 Colt, as to not induce arthritis in my hands, lol. Now to order a Simply Rugged Sourdough for it.

Why would you get such a heavy gun just for 45lc??? You could get a gun half that size that would perform the same.

 

[Hvymax]

A snubbie is both handy and the recoil isn't as bad as the long barrel.

That's because half of the powder is burning outside the barrel.

 

[Hvymax]

Love mine, also can double as a boat anchor or bludgeon device in a pinch!

It should be a literal Flamethrower. The fireball should scare/scorch anything in front of it!!!

 

[Hvymax]

I just went out in the yard to test fire. I'm a 77 year old man and after a couple rounds my hand was hurting. It was very uncomfortable. I made myself fire all six rounds but in the future I will probably stick with 45 long colt rounds. Before I fired it and it being new I noticed the cylinder didn't swing in and out as freely as I thought it should. But after those 6 rounds it surely swings freely now.

You should probably just consider a solid 10mm semi for field use. Way easier to carry and shoot as well as just as effective as anything you could effectively fire out of that.

 

[Hvymax]

Honestly a 6" barrel would be the minimum to even remotely harness the power of these rounds. Not to mention that everyone is talking about pretty much shooting 45lc power level loads in them. There are several 44 special 5 shots snubbies that would be just as effective and way easier to carry around all day. A 3-4" 44 GP100 would be a great option for the power levels you are planning on using and way easier to carry. Shooting 45lc loads out of a 454Cassul is like my friend with the V6 Dodge Charger and all the Hellcat crap on the outside. It makes about as much sense as humping around a 35lb Barrett 50bmg with 50ae Chamber Adapters all day instead of any number of sub 10lb options that would be just as effective!!!

 

[freakindawgen]

Have you seen these?

Model # 74530

Model: 74530 Finish: Stainless Steel Frame: Stainless Steel Grip: Neoprene Standard Rubber Barrel length: 2.5" Capacity: 5 Shot Caliber: .45 Long Colt Hammer: Standard Weight: 20 oz.

charterfirearms.com

 

[RugerForMe]

Those are sweet, saying that I could not hit anything with the one I had. I can shoot my S&W (spit) 8.38" .500 S&W mag just fine. That Alaskan not so much.

 

[CaptHowdy]

I am a sucker for large frame snubs. I haven't shot 454 but I would love to test some out some day

 

[Manchester]

I bought my Alaskan for griz defense. I want to love it but just don't. I recently bought a 10mm auto to fill the need.

 

[Bigbore5]

Honestly a 6" barrel would be the minimum to even remotely harness the power of these rounds. Not to mention that everyone is talking about pretty much shooting 45lc power level loads in them. There are several 44 special 5 shots snubbies that would be just as effective and way easier to carry around all day. A 3-4" 44 GP100 would be a great option for the power levels you are planning on using and way easier to carry. Shooting 45lc loads out of a 454Cassul is like my friend with the V6 Dodge Charger and all the Hellcat crap on the outside. It makes about as much sense as humping around a 35lb Barrett 50bmg with 50ae Chamber Adapters all day instead of any number of sub 10lb options that would be just as effective!!!

That 44sp gp100 will not handle +p rounds. Forcing cone is too thin. Better off getting a Taurus Tracker 44mag and using it as a special +p gun

 

[sharpblade7777]

I found something I like to carry my Alaskan. It should also protect it well. It has a separate slot to put the speedstrip in.

 

[Mauser9]

Awesome looking gun but yeah imagine it must be a handful to say the least. A Super Blackhawk in 44 was enough for me. How much for a box of factories for that brute?

 

[sharpblade7777]

Awesome looking gun but yeah imagine it must be a handful to say the least. A Super Blackhawk in 44 was enough for me. How much for a box of factories for that brute?

He had those 2 boxes of Hornady in the picture priced at 40 dollars each.

 

[eveled]

A snubbie is both handy and the recoil isn't as bad as the long barrel.

Have you shot them side by side? Most people say the opposite. That the .454 Alaskan recoils more than the 7.5 inch .454 Super Redhawk.