Great idea. 
I tend to like my .44 Special for this task. Nothing fancy or collectible just a basic Bulldog Pug. I've no need to carry something "pretty" or expensive for this purpose. Nobody out in the woods I need to impress......
If I was headed to where there were real, large predators, I'd grab the .44 magnum, but it's just too heavy to carry around unless there is a very specific and imminent reason to do so.
If I was headed to where there were real, large predators, I'd grab the .44 magnum, but it's just too heavy to carry around unless there is a very specific and imminent reason to do so.
"It ain't heavy, it's my Redhawk." Seven and a half inch barrel with 300 grain jacketed soft points. Really does a job on armadillos.
Only reason for one of these is hogs, and a rumored escaped lion from one of the outdoor zoos in the Arbuckles (I don't believe it).
I am unsure of my ability to put a lesser round exactly where it needs to be in a stressful situation. If you are that good, about anything that will shoot should be enough. But, if hogs are a factor, think long and hard about hollowpoints. They expand quickly in hog flesh, and don't penetrate well. A pi$$ed off 300 pound boar is fast and mean. CB
Only reason for one of these is hogs, and a rumored escaped lion from one of the outdoor zoos in the Arbuckles (I don't believe it).
I am unsure of my ability to put a lesser round exactly where it needs to be in a stressful situation. If you are that good, about anything that will shoot should be enough. But, if hogs are a factor, think long and hard about hollowpoints. They expand quickly in hog flesh, and don't penetrate well. A pi$$ed off 300 pound boar is fast and mean. CB
The Redhawk and its companion scoped Super Redhawk are .44 mag.
I shoot double action except on long shots with the scoped Super. Sometimes there is very little time for cocking a hammer, and that activity loosens one's grip on the gun.
Recoil on the range is fairly sharp
, but in the field, even on the fierce armadillo, it's far less noticable. CB
might talk to H&H and get them involved officially.
i volunteered my Witness Elite Match 10mm a while back.
of course if everybody shows up, they'll see how piss poor of a shot I am.
S&W 686+. Keep my 357, 158gr handloads in it. Shot a dillo, "big hole", and a cyote right in the neck which bled out fast. Love the gun, I can take 40 yard shots easily with it. Stainless, so I just rinse it off and oil it if it gets muddy.
I startes carrying a sidearm on my lease ever since I saw a mountain lion on it a few years back. Not that it would do much good if I looked yummy but it makes me feel better.
I startes carrying a sidearm on my lease ever since I saw a mountain lion on it a few years back. Not that it would do much good if I looked yummy but it makes me feel better.
depending on where i am going to be and what i am hunting with(bow, rifle, muzzle loader) i carry either my springfield xd in .40 caliber or my ruger GP100 with a 6" barrel. I generally carry the XD when i am bow or muzzle loader hunting and the GP100 when i am rifle hunting.
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