Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Hunting sidearms ready?

Any of you guys had your hunting revolver sidearms out getting limbered up and ready for hunting season?

I took four out this morning and shot from a seated position off left crossed knee at 35 yards, i am embarrassed to say i had forgot the rising sun illuminating the right edge of my front sight shooting dew North to cause me to shoot a bit to the left at first, i woke up and concentrated on centering the sight in the notch, it went better, and old trick i figured out shooting Sharps rifles with copper penny front sights.

Aggregate group was around 6.5 inches X5 inches, i simply cant shoot a revolver any better than that, the revolvers were:

FA 44 Special round butt 5.5" barrel, 255gr Keith bullet 1000 fps.

Ruger SBH 44 mag with Bisley grip frame [Thanks CrimsonTide old Buddy], 5.5" barrel, 300gr LBT GC easy 1300 fps.

FA 454 5.5" barrel, 300gr LBT GC very easy 1300 fps.

Custom 500 Linebaugh, 6" Octagon barrel, 460gr GC Keith bullet 1100 fps.

I see the draw many of you have with revolvers, i had a blast this morning.

Our old buddy JWP475 may get some pics up in a bit, Thanks JWP.

Sounds like a good time, and some nice revolvers! I avoid the range on weekends as much as I can - it gets pretty crowded. On weekdays you practically have it to yourself.

My 1911s shoot like lasers compared to my revolver shootin.' It's definitely a skill sharpened by practice, lots of practice.

I don't know if I'll ever be Elmer Keith good, but I'll keep trying.

Pictures for gunner500

Many Thanks JWP.

It was a hell of a fun time Skeen, thankful to have a cow pasture to shoot in, have heard horror stories about public ranges LOL, never ran my 1911's out to 35 yards, i shoot them most at 20 yards as they are mostly SD guns for me, that little 44 Special round butt really should belong to someone that can shoot it better, very sweet pieces they are.

Nice, iv been shooting on Wednesday morning s with a couple of buddy's club range to our selves. Fun times, got to shoot a Gurand and a Ross rifle 2 weeks ago two I've never shot before! Also a buddy's md29 and his md25 Smith's they had Very nice triggers, he says there factory but I think he slicked them up. Iv owned alot of Smith's but none had actions like these.

I shoot Skeet every Wednesday evening, and I usually go the range a couple of hours early for a lilttle rifle and pistol shooting.

I have my own 8" steel gong that I hang at 25 yards and shoot a couple of magazines or cylinders from each pistol at it.
A 4" Springfield Armory 9mm, a 4" S&W 629 with .44 Specials, a 6" S&W Model 66-4 with .38 Specials, and a 1911 Gov't Model .45 acp

I then move to the main rifle range where we have 15" steel gongs at 100, 200, 300, and 430 yards and I shoot at least 3 shots prone at each gong with my Weatherby Vanguards in .223 and .308.

Love to hear the steel ring.

Nice “shooting irons” and pretty decent shooting! And, yes it’s about time to get “tuned-up”! memtb

Just trying out a Ruger Super Redhawk with 325gr hardcasts at 1,325 fps.

I may carry my Les Baer with some heavy 250 grain loads and see if` I can find a Mule Deer that will cooperate this fall.

Yes Sir!

For Gunner500

LOL Saddlering, BTDT too with buds pistols, in fact, that Ruger 44 of mine in the pic has had Alan Harton ahold of it, he cut and crowned the barrel at 5.5" for me, done an action and trigger job too, really nice.


Buffybr, i need to hang a gong at 50 yards just for fun with handguns, thinking that 500 Linebaugh with 460's or 520's would rock that plate, heavy dose of momentum at work there.


Thanks memtb, no time like the present ; ]

Good stuff Biebs and Mac.

JWP, Thanks again for posting the pic Sir, limbering up hunting guns is one thing, but i guess garden duty using SD carry guns for rabbits and squirrels all spring/summer and into early fall i great practice too, i usually have my G21 onboard with 200gr Lehigh penetrators, today i just have happened to grab the old P226 357 Sig, that 90gr Lehigh defender leaves at 1700 fps over Longshot, it's a mean little mother, the pic of the rabbit is the entry wound, didnt turn the varmint over to see the exit as i thought the entry was very impressive, that bullet spun over an inch and a half slug hole going in, nothing survives that, i did see entrails out the other side on your pic, i was in a hurry about to step into the pickup and leave when i saw mr longears sitting motionless beside the garden gate waiting for me to leave so he could go in and lay waste to Wifes strawberries LOL! he was sitting 19 long steps away, brass was lying 7-8 feet off my right shoulder just like they always do.

This big Sig is just like the little P356, put the front sight where you want the bullet to land, my G21 would have had me holding on the brisket of the animal, for some reason it's bullets land a bit over the front sight, the Sigs are dead on the center of the front sight bead, Thanks again Sir.

Changed my Python sights to Kensights, havent zeroed yet.
Got the SBH 3 screw all back together, aint shot it since (swapped to BRC steel ej housing ).

That'll work Hook, getting them just right and how we like them is part of the fun, anything done to help put shots on target is always a worthwhile endeavor, speaking of, carrying the old P226 357 Sig for a few days had me in the load shop this morning, had a bag of 100 ww 40 S&W brass, loaded it with 7gr Longshot under the 180gr HST's with double cannelure lit with CCI spp, 1.125" col, i sold the other ammo i had loaded for that P226 40 cal, a Bud brought over a frantic guy around the middle of the kung fu flu plandemic, that guy had a 40 and couldn't find ammo anywhere, he would have paid 10 bucks a round LOL, i sold him 380 rounds of the 180 HST's for a buck a piece, thought he was going to pee himself ; ]

That said, and iirc i had a thread a few years ago about the 180gr HST's in my 40 cal Sig, Hodgdons max load of 8gr Longshot sent those bullets to 1200 fps, i figure 7gr will run around 1100, plenty perfect imho, these damn guns are just plain fun.

Yessir, Jerry, have three on tap this year for hogs:
Freedom Arms in 454 Casull:

Smith & Wesson Model 57 :

And my new Ruger Alaskan in 480:

All loaded with "FlyBoyFlem" hard cast specials!

I have several of my .45 Colts ready to go as a backup for elk hunting, or for use on deer, varmints, etc...I have some Brian Pearce recipe handloads in the 21-23,000 psi range for my S&Ws. They launch a 270 grain Hard Cast pretty well. Picture is a 25-9 and a 625-7 Mountain Gun.

Gotta love those Freedom Arms, especially a 44 Spcl....

Damn nice irons Jorge, plus, that dang Flyboy sure can cast pretty bullets, you're set man.


Beautiful Smith's DR505.

TimZ, it really is pitiful how those little FA 44's feel, nearly criminal how they grab you when you grab them ; ]

And because Mac keeps posting pics of his Baer 45 ACP, guess whet i have on my side today? i kicked the 185gr copper hp Barnes' out of the mags and loaded an old favorite load with 230gr Gold Dots plugging along at 950 fps, that should handle garden and quick trip to town duty for today.

My .41 Magnum Blackhawk is going to get a chance this Fall.