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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mtngunr" data-source="post: 4385839" data-attributes="member: 46104">You'll find the reason most heavy kicker handgun hunters use single actions is because they handle recoil far better than DA grip frames, the butt slips down and muzzle rears up, rather than that DA hump putting brakes on any slippage and pounding hand...this works until loads so heavy the trigger guard bops middle knuckle or you plant spur in web of hand (where you then swap to a different custom gripframe) but those would be big bore heavy bullet loads at magnum velocity. A lead SWC will kick less than jacketed due to bullet slips rather than drags down barrel, a 158gr SWC in the .357 loaded to 1100-1200fps about same recoil as standard .38 from a DA...the 158gr magnum is serious, but FAR more comfy than out of even an N-frame Smith. Check the screw tightness on the ejector rod housing several times while shooting, it may require loktite to stay put and even then will eventually loosen, and launching your ejector downrange and losing screw and maybe spring will shut you down in a hurry...fine looking guns, and if you want real horsepower that .45 Colt will do 255s circa 1200fps and 300grs over 1000fps if you go for elk or moose with it...but a 255 @1000fps will go thru a deer like it was made of hot cheese and air, and handles hog right well, too, while kids can shoot that load in a single action.The Wrangler will hold different, as will the .357 compared to the .45....shoot them a lot with the load on which you settle, and you'll find they outshoot you.</blockquote>

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