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Long-range handgun varmint hunters and fans of the potent sting of Townsend Whelen's vaunted .22 Hornet are sure to welcome the news this week from Ruger. 
 
Debuted in 1987 as the ideal hunting revolver and a sidearm for those headed into a predator-filled backcountry, the Ruger Super Redhawk has been chambered in most "big bore" wheel gun calibers over the years, including .44 Mag., .454 Casull, and .480 Ruger.

Well, this week Ruger spun that concept around and released a full-sized Super Red in the diminutive .22 Hornet. At 66 ounces, it still has the famous all-stainless-steel construction, extended frame, and triple-locking cylinder the revolver is known for, just now with an eight-shot cylinder for the centerfire .22. 
 

the new Ruger Super Redhawk in .22 Hornet
With a 9.5-inch barrel, the Ruger Super Redhawk in .22 Hornet has an overall length of 15 inches from muzzle to the back of the rubber Hogue Tamer monogrip. (All photos: Ruger) 
the new Ruger Super Redhawk in .22 Hornet
Unloaded weight is just over 4 pounds and should help eat up the felt recoil of the .22 Hornet round, which can deliver a 50-grain pill with velocities approaching 2,700 fps – more than doubling the energy seen on the rimfire .22 Magnum. 
the new Ruger Super Redhawk in .22 Hornet
The newest Super Redhawk on the block ships with a replaceable HiViz green insert front sight and an adjustable rear sight. It also has integral mounts machined directly on the solid-steel barrel rib to provide a mount for a set of included scope rings. 

 
The MSRP on the new Ruger Super Redhawk in .22 Hornet is set at $1,499.

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