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That's a thread I started with good intentions to just get people thinking and talking on the subject. It went about as sideways as I've ever seen a thread go.

Give it time...bfrshooter is just starting to hit the sauce and pills.

You know, Patton was probably the best general of the war, but he always had to take a back seat to someone else. Why, because he was such an arrogant prick that no one wanted to listen to him. As brilliant as he was (and I'm not saying you're brilliant, but I'm sure you think so), he became rather ineffective because he couldn't master diplomacy and basic human interactions.

You bludgeon people with your "facts" and "experience" and then belittle and insult anyone who disagrees with you. That's the mark of someone who's pathologically insecure.

If you could set your insecurity aside and learn to tolerate not being worshiped as the end all authority on all things handgun hunting, you could perhaps find a place for yourself here.

And he never shares....that's why he has no friends

Not even close. AT LEAST there were ten German General Officers that I can think of....

BTW< boys, I hope this thread has been fun, but I just got back from my lease out in the woods. Took my 41 Mag with really hot loads. Too hot to do anything, so no hogs showed up, but I did shoot some and you know what. I'm good with my 41 Mag...

Now what in the heck? You give up too easy!
Jorge, you will find the 41 Mag will do just about all the killin' that you might need done on most NA gritters.
But, go find a 480 to shoot. Even a SuperRedHawk would work to get a feel of the recoil and shootability of the round.
I bought my 480 SuperRedHawk when they were first introduced, and have shot cast lead bullets ranging from 310gr. to 425gr. The heavier bullets really start to get hard on the wrists due to torque when you push them near max.
350-380gr. LFN or semiwadcutters at 1100-1200 fps. are more comfortable to shoot as an all around load, and will work great.

That's my $.02.

No, he strapped himself to the rotor head and swung 8' machetes.

Yup, and not really 'heavy' to get it all done either.

270 gr Thunderheads at 950 is a wonderfully pleasant killer even in my lowly 45 Colt SAA.

And true to all of what has been said of the full bore 454, 335 gr Cast Parformance bullets at 1600 fps is 'booger bear' personified, rude little fooker it is.

Have your fun! the best big bore shooter I ever knew was Whitworth and yes, we shot and hunted together. JWP also knows revolvers. We have had disputes in the past but that does not remove facts. Most of you do not know what a revolver can do.
Whitworth had his new .500 JRH here and shot at a can at 100 yards, it did not move. I took the next shot and this is what we found.
Then this, a shotgun shell at 100 yards.

Tell Whitworth he can't shoot. I made the mold and loads.
some of you are so sad.

My guess is Mackay would hand you your azz......

It's kinda like being smart or good looking, if you have to tell people you are........

Sighting in the .475 at 50 yards.


Hole in the top of this can is 5 shots at 100 yards with a revolver, other is from a rifle.
You bash me yet my friends do the same so you 7 yard shooters will never do what Me and Whitworth can do. Our 100 yard groups will never be matched by any of you.
You also hurt others that know more. Put up your results or shut up.

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i want to see this idiot go head to head with Paladin

There are a bunch of folks here that are rather proficient with handguns.

At Quemado I handed a S&W to mudhen to play with.

After sayin something like "I don't shoot handguns much" he proceeded to ring a steel, off hand and open sights, at 171 yards.

Yeah, there are some folks here that can plain shoot.

yeah not sure what the can pic was meant to show, ill be the first to say i am not much of a handgun shot, been around plenty of guys much, much MUCH better than me but ive killed more than one afternoon hitting more popcans than i missed with a fixed sight Ruger MkII at 100 once i got the hold figured out....hitting target type stuff with the majority of full size handguns at 100 isnt that hard to do with a lil practice....

The weight.

Took a while, but we got there! Too, I've never understood rationalizing the purchase of a large frame, heavy revolver by planning to fire cartridges in it that can just as effectively be fired from a revolver weighing around 1 lb. less.
If I was set on the purchase of such a behemoth, I'd fill an empty holster with something similar in weight and prowl about in the woods for a day.

Good luck with your choice!

35WN

Now we are getting somewhere. The most posts on any site are looking for light loads from a gun you should not have to start with. By an X frame .460 and look for .45 Colt loads, DOES NOT WORK!
Buy a .44 and shoot heavy boolits slow because the gun kicks. Does NOT WORK. Do you know why a barrel has twist? You want a 2" barrel in .454, DOES NOT WORK.
Even the .44 can't shoot heavy boolits slow. A million posts that say 1100 fps is enough, WRONG, it will kill but not hit.
These are the touted 1100 fps at 50 yards. You can not hit a deer.

Same boolit at 200 yards with the right load, Yeah stinking boolit is 330 gr.
you are a fool if you think the wrong load will shoot.
you are even a bigger fool if you can out shoot whitworth or me.