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I like the Ruger SS Bisley's! I have one each in 22LR, 44 SPL and 480 Ruger, and two in 45 Colt; 3-1/2" and 5.5". Wish they made a 4-5/8", my favorite length. My favorite bullets are cast from wheel weights using Verl Smith's WFN LBT molds.

This has been posted enough times proving the 45 Colt is a serious cartridge with the right bullet/load.

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Thanks for the pic, GSSP, puts in perspective what can be done with big bore pistols in competent hands.

Here's my Ruger Super Blackhawk Bisley 4.62" barrel, in .480 Ruger. Loaded up with 410 gr. or 425 gr. Cast Performance bullets, it will take on anything you want to hunt! In addition, recoil is manageable, nothing like .454 Casull revolvers with full-power loads.

Ive been handgun hunting since the early 80’s using all sorts of different handguns. My go-to gun is a 44, 41, or 357 Auto Mag.

45 LC in a stainless Ruger and a Model 586 6inch. The biggest bear I ever shot was with a G19 though...

Smith 629 Mountain Gun or Springfield 10mm. Don't go out and about on my property without one or the other if I do not have a rifle. The 10mm did a number on a coyote that I nearly ran over with the side by side. Not much to aim at on a yote getting out of dodge running directly away from you on a downhill gasline right of way. But a shot to the southern end of a northbound yote with Umderwood loads anchors them quickly.

The mountain gun with its light barrel is good for defense or popping something up a tree a few yards away, but for accuracy I prefer a good ole regular barrel contour like on a 6" or longer 29.

I prefer the shorter barrel Ruger Bisleys. Mine is a 4-5/8” 44mag in stainless. Taken quite a few critters with it. A 45 Colt would be mo betterer I think.
Good luck, Tom