The Ruger Super Redhawk in .22 Hornet is my favorite type of gun. It isn’t one I need, but it sure as hell is one I want.

I didn’t have my own rifle yet—that would come the following Christmas in the form of a bolt-action Ruger 77/22 that I shoot to this day—but my father would allow me to use his semi-auto 10/22 so long ...