The Ruger Super Redhawk is a six-shot stainless double-action .44 Magnum built for handgun hunting, and it has an MSRP of $1,549. Its scope mounts are machined directly into the solid-steel barrel rib and the rings come in the box, so glass goes on with no base, no drilling and nothing bolted on to work loose in the field.

The frame is extended, with extra metal in the top strap, sidewalls and barrel mounting that Ruger put there for big game loads, and the cylinder locks into it at the front, rear and bottom. The front sight is a replaceable red ramp insert and the rear adjusts. A Hogue Tamer Monogrip carries a recoil cushion inside it, positioned under the web of the hand, and the peg-style grip frame underneath accepts custom grips. At 53.0 oz over 13.0 inches, this is a two-handed revolver.

If you're cross-shopping, the Ruger Redhawk has an MSRP of $1,449, weighs 47.0 oz behind a 4.2-inch barrel at 9.5 inches overall, and has no optic provision anywhere. The Taurus Raging Hunter has an MSRP of $1,167 and a Picatinny rail machined into its barrel shroud, behind a ported 6.75-inch barrel. The Super Redhawk sits between them, with rings included and no ports to throw blast out sideways.