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I missed opening doe because of yard work. friend don came today and I let him use my SBH. He has been a rifle hunter but I got him into the revolver. I heard him shoot before 8 and just after 8 I shot a nice one with my BFR. Don made a perfect heart shot. first time ever with a revolver.

then Don's first revolver kill.

Revolver hunting is uber cool, grats to your friend.

Well done to both of you. Congrats.

looks like you got your yard work done, too. Good on you for helping your friend get into handgun hunting.

I hate leaves, ground is covered again.
Don told his wife he wants a revolver. A SBH Hunter. He can use mine anytime too. He loves the freedom of not lugging a rifle.
I want a flame thrower. Those stinking beggar lice seeds were all over us. I don't know what the name of the weed is but they are everywhere.

I can understand the freedom of not lugging a rifle. Looks like some tough conditions....

Drive a guy nuts, sitting in the stand picking the things off.
We do wear orange but once home, we get the hot stuff off.

Good shooting!

I made a mistake with mine. I was using my BFR in .500 JRH and the doe was walking so I held front of shoulder but she stopped when the hammer dropped so I hit bone. The bone exploded and I had broken pieces and chips like crazy at the entrance hole.
Darn maybe a HP should be used!!!!!
The boolit turned to destroy the neck before exit. WOW, worse then a Weatherby.

To see what a revolver can do and read about all those that want a HP, soft boolit, makes my head spin. They do have a place with certain calibers and velocities so don't jump on me. My boolit is a hard 22 BHN with half the nose cast softer using 3# of pure, 1# of WW and a touch of tin. WFN. It is SCARY!
I usually hit behind the shoulders for an instant drop and no meat loss.
A few more steps and it would have worked, I did not expect her to stop.

I found a place to put a ladder stand where I could get a shot with my 4 inch S&W 629 with iron sights. I would use Lyman #429421 from Linotype.
Maybe I should give it a shot?
whelennut

It will work. I have found the .44 can use hard boolits but I just use Water dropped WW metal. Mine run 20 to 22 BHN.
Lino is valuable for alloys.
I do lean to heavier for the .44 and my boolit Don used is 330 gr. I also like the Lee 310. Both are about 1300 to 1316 fps.
Nothing wrong with the 429421. Place it and you will have a deer.

Shot this and a couple of others like it with a 10mm and 180 grain hollowpoints last Saturday. Got a doe the nite before in a pouring rain, shooting the same load. 10mm is a neat hunting pistol.
Bob

Good deal but different caliber, bullet construction, etc. It is more like a .41.
.41 is a good caliber too and the only reason I never bought one was bullet selection back then.
If I used jacketed in the .44 I would use the 300 gr XTP.