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Hope to bag a hog or two with this one...

Man that'll work Expat, and yes we do Mr Skeen ; ]

Damn Doc, nice hunting revolvers, great shooting too.

You to my friend Pacecars, you men have a wife, girlfriend, mama or granny that knows how to can venison, fill every tag you can this year and have those fine women put that meat up, '23 is going to suck!

You're fla hog ready with that setup Plumdog.

I see lots of squirrels and rice, pig roasts and venison in the coming year

gunner500,

Thanks! I do have to apologize sir, I believe I may have left some drool on or near that Linebaugh! That’s a pure beauty! Nice brace of hoglegs, thanks for sharing the pics!

My focus of late has been a couple of new to me single shot pistols - Contender and XP100 (don't qualify as sidearms, though). I do have a Ruger Bisley 480 and a FA 454, both with RMR's, I need to get ready for this fall.

As soon as the grip frame gets back from Chig’s with the Desert Ironwood I will get this old girl ready too

IIRC you were waiting on a bullet mold to optimize it's power to show up? Eager for a range report.

I have the mold, wads, some round balls and finally found some 3F 777 powder. After handling it I decided to keep the Super Blackhawk grip frame but it needs better looking grips. As soon as it gets back I am headed to the range. If it shoots as well as I expect it will it will go to the engraver next

I'm a sucker for scratchin' on a revolver.

I have no doubt it will shoot well 'nuff, and can't wait to see 'er finished.

My Ruger SRH .480 Ruger has seen the most use lately, and will go on the next hog hunt. FYI, here's a pic of a rest I made for my revolvers, which attaches to my Primos Trigger Stix Gen 3 tripod. I used a Primos 2-point rifle rest, and removed one of the supports. I then cut a piece of Lexan to fit over the two horizontal supports, fastened it in place, and topped it with some Velcro strips for cushioning. The result is a very stable, easy to use rest, adjustable for vertical and horizontal positioning, and allows for a two-hand hold. From a kneeling or sitting position, it makes for accurate longer range shots. If you are hunting in areas where some elevation is needed, and there are no trees or rocks available for a rest, this is a solution.

Haven't hunted with a handgun much since bifocals became a part of my life.
Found a slick RMR mount from Alchins and put a Vortex Venom on the Buckmark for small game.
The FT BH .44 Special is going to require a little more doing as no one makes a mount for it. Hopefully it will be wearing one before too long and putting holes in vermin, yotes and whitetails.

You need one of those antique 3 foot diameter Earth globes in that room.

No kidding, and I just noticed the lion!

Nice set-up, Bighorn.

Man, I do love the clean lines of a Freedom Arms Revolver. The actions are so smooth and precise - cream of the crop.

pacecars,

Beautiful! Really like the grips on the .454. Just curious if ya ever weighed that beast. I think my .500 is about 6.5 pounds. I used to carry it in a belt holster with an L.B.E. system I made, but I think it’s still why my left hip bothers me! Carry it in a uncle mikes shoulder rig for a contender these days.

Here's my oldest big-bore hunting handgun, a Freedom Arms Premier grade .454, built to custom specs in the mid-'80's.
It has a 10" octagon barrel, with 4-port Mag-Na-Porting, trigger set at 2.5#, T'SOB mount with 3 rings, and topped with an UltraDot Gen 2 red dot sight.
I haven't used it for a few years, generally preferring to hunt with my Rugers. I had a shoulder holster made for it by Ringler Custom Leather, which makes for very comfortable carry. I no longer shoot full-power Casull loads through it, as I have found that medium-velocity rounds work just fine on deer and hogs.

Big hammer there Bighorn! Like it!

Damn Pacecars, i best get caught up, you guys got it going on, and Thanks Doc, that 500 is sure a sweetheart, big slow roll in the recoil dept.