If you are considering buying your first .454 Casull and are looking at a Ruger Super Redhawk with the older grip panels, you will probably want to get a Hogue Tamer Monogrip for it. These make the .454 much more pleasant to shoot and are standard on new Super Redhawks. Pleasant is relative here. Shooting one is kind of like being in a car wreck. There’s a loud crash, you get knocked around, and there’s pain. It’s not so bad when you get used to it, but you should practice sighting and double action trigger control with .45 Long Colt and not shoot more than one cylinder of .454 on any given day. One cylinder periodically is enough to adapt to the recoil, avoid flinch, and give your capillaries time to recover. Several full power cylinders in succession will injure your hand. Also, don’t try impact absorbing gloves made for use with impact tools. They compress your hand to a higher density, hold in the recoil shock pressure wave, and, with a .454, sting a lot more than no glove.