Recently migrated to https version of volusion site. 301 redirect link chain question

[mrkingsley]

I recently migrated to a https version of a volusion site. They have some type of internal 301 redirect method to accommodate for the entire site.  I have also used the 301 redirect manager to redirect categories and pages which I have changed.

The question is if I have changed a page internally in the redirect manager from say

source.    /bluewidget           to say.            target.        /superbluewidget

is it wiser or even possible to do it this way to reduce the redirect chain from 3 to 2 steps

source.      /bluewidget                 to.      target               https://www.example/superbluewidget

can a relative link be targeted to a full url to reduce steps in a 301 redirect link chain.

Thanks