I have benched as big as a .375 H&H in a Ruger #1 - which bucked and twisted a lot but didn't really hurt.

My first time to shoot a .454 Casull was a borrowed Super Redhawk. I fired 6 shots over the chrono, and the 300 grain slugs were making over 1600 fps. I bought a set of rubber lined PAST gloves after that point. I'd like to get a Freedom Arms in either .475 or .500 Wyoming Express but don't fancy a case of carpal tunnel. crazy

Saw one guy at the range years ago who had a 12" Contender in .45-70. He'd hand made a grip for it and was bragging it wasn't bad to shoot. He got no takers to shoot it, and I noticed he was trying to sell it at the next gun show a week or two later. grin


"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."