The Raging Bull is a

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manufactured by the Brazilian

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firearm company. In its larger calibers it is marketed as a hunter's sidearm because it is a potent weapon with plenty of stopping power. The

.454 Casull The .454 Casull () is a firearm cartridge, developed as a wildcat cartridge in 1958 by Dick Casull, Duane Marsh and Jack Fullmer. It was announced in November 1959 by ''Guns & Ammo'' magazine. The design is a lengthened and structurally improve ...

cartridge has been used to hunt animals as large as Cape Buffalo. The Raging Bull has a ported barrel and a red rubber strip along the back of its grip (in some variants such as the Raging Hornet, this strip is yellow), which cushions the shooter's hand and lowers perceived recoil. Functionally, the Raging Bull has a manually operated front cylinder latch, whose release can be seen on the crane. Front cylinder latches are required for such high-powered double-action revolvers, and are found on the Ruger Super Redhawk and the S&W Model 500 revolver, but they are actuated by the rear cylinder latch. The manually operated latch on the Raging Bull is simpler (and thus less expensive to produce) yet equally strong, but requires two hands to open the cylinder.

Variants

The Raging Bull comes in several models, classified by caliber. Additionally, each model has its own barrel length and metal finish options.

Current

*Model 444: .44 Magnum caliber, can also fire the shorter

.44 Special The .44 Smith & Wesson Special, also commonly known as .44 S&W Special, .44 Special, .44 Spl, .44 Spc, (pronounced "forty-four special"), or 10.9x29mmR is a smokeless powder center fire metallic revolver cartridge developed by Smith & Wesson in 1 ...

. **Model 444 Ultralite: Compact .44 with a 4-inch barrel. Blued and titanium finishes only. *Model 454:

caliber, can also fire the shorter

.45 Colt The .45 Colt (11.43×33mmR), is a rimmed, straight-walled, handgun cartridge dating to 1872. It was originally a black-powder revolver round developed for the Colt Single Action Army revolver. This cartridge was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1 ...

. *Model 513 (Raging Judge Magnum):

, .410 shot shell — six round cylinder

Discontinued

*Model 218 (Raging Bee):

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caliber, 10" barrel. Stainless steel only. *Model 22H (Raging Hornet): .22 Hornet caliber, 10" barrel. Stainless steel only. *Model 30C (Raging Thirty):

.30 Carbine The .30 Carbine (7.62×33mm) is a rimless carbine/rifle cartridge used in the M1 carbine introduced in the 1940s. It is a light rifle round designed to be fired from the M1 carbine's 18-inch (458 mm) barrel. History Shortly before World W ...

caliber, 10" barrel. Stainless steel only. *Model 416:

.41 Magnum The .41 Remington Magnum, also known as .41 Magnum or 10.4×33mmR (as it is known in unofficial metric designation), is a center fire firearms cartridge primarily developed for use in large-frame revolvers, introduced in 1964 by the Remington A ...

caliber. *Model 45:

caliber only and featured a six-round cylinder *Model 480:

.480 Ruger The .480 Ruger (12.1×33mmR) is a large, high-power revolver cartridge, introduced in 2003 by Ruger and Hornady. It was the first new cartridge introduced by Ruger, and when introduced, was the largest-diameter production revolver cartridge, at ...

caliber. *Model 500: .500 S&W Magnum caliber, can also fire the shorter .500 S&W Special. *Model 513 Ultralite (Raging Judge):

, .410 shot shell - featured a light weight frame, 3 inch barrel and 7 round cylinder. *Model 528 (Raging Judge XXVIII) ''(Never released)'': 28 gauge shot shell Raging Hornet Revolver

Optional finishes include

stainless steel Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...

, matte stainless steel, nickel-plated and blued. Barrel options include 2", 4", 6", 8", 10". Not all finishes or barrels are available for every model. All models have ported barrels, except for the 22H, 30C, 513, 528 and Ultralite. All models have fixed front sights and adjustable rear sights. The Raging Hornet, the Raging Bee and the Raging Thirty have yellow rubber insert strips, as opposed to the typical red strip. Most Raging Bull variants can mount commercial optical sights and

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s with the aid of an optional screw-on

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Raging Hunter

The Raging Hunter is a series of revolvers developed by Taurus in 2019, chambered for

.357 Magnum The .357 Smith & Wesson Magnum, .357 S&W Magnum, .357 Magnum, or 9×33mmR as it is known in unofficial metric designation, is a smokeless powder cartridge with a bullet diameter. It was created by Elmer Keith, Phillip B. Sharpe, and Douglas B. ...

.38 Special The .38 Special, also commonly known as .38 S&W Special (not to be confused with .38 S&W), .38 Smith & Wesson Special, .38 Spl, .38 Spc, (pronounced "thirty-eight special"), or 9x29mmR is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & ...

+P and .44 Magnum. A

variant was created in 2020, and another for .460 S&W Magnum in 2021. In the 2019

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Golden Bullseye Awards, the Raging Hunter won "handgun of the year." Raging Hunter revolvers are fitted with a

, and may have a barrel length of , , or , allowing for an overall length of , , or , respectively. The Raging Hunter weighs .

References

External links

Taurus USA - list of all Raging Bull variants
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