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How many of you guys use the heavy hitter for hunting ? This is my two biggest cal i use when i what a little more power than my 44 mags or 45 lc can produce. My Freedom Arms 454 Casull and my 500 Smith.

I finally came to the conclusion that my hunts for game larger than deer were going to me a lot fewer and father between than I'd like them to be and realistically I'd most likely be toting a rifle when those oppertunities did come up. So I sold both my .454's (a 6'' FA and a scoped Ruger 7 1/2'') and my .375 JDJ. My .44's and .45 Colt's will do anything I need to do on the critters around here and they're a lot more fun to shoot.

Ruger Redhawk .44, 7.5". The ease with which a scope can be taken on and off is really nice and in my experience has always returned darned close to zero.

Like JDS though I'm more prone to a rifle these days. I have however been know to "take the Hawk for a walk" in a shoulder holster looking for one of "those" deer. You know the ones. The kind that wait 'til they know you don't have a rifle to come out and show off their racks? One day I'll surprise one of those haughty buggers.

Ruger SRH 454, 9 1/2" bbl, aperture rear sight with gold bead front. I anchored an antelope with it two (3?) years ago and got a decent 3 point muley with it this season. I could have got my elk with it this year (was plenty close and was carrying it) but I chickened out and used the rifle. I've found that if I bring the rifle along I tend to default to it. So, next season I'm not carrying the rifle when I'm 'handgun hunting'.

That's me too - if I have a rifle in my hands, I generally use it. I've already taken a couple of bucks this year with a rifle, so when the second half of the firearms season opens next week, the rifle's staying home. I'm going try and fill a few doe tags with the Blackhawk.

If I can't get it done with a 475 Linebaugh, 500 JRH or Linebaugh, then I'll leave it alone

Nice guns and nice animals.

i agree with jwp if you can't do it with the 475 or 500 linebaugh.then i will also leave it alone

ruger bisley 475 linebaugh


srh 500 linebaugh

500 SW like yours.
325 gr Hornady flex tips at 1600 fps
350 gr Hornady XTP at 1600 fps
700 gr T-Rex cast at 1230 fps

I like my .500 S&W

.500 Smith & Wesson

Bullet Load Powder O. A. L. Velocity Energy Comments

275gn Barnes X Corbon Factory 1652 1667 Federal 210 Primers in all loads
35gn H 110 1673 Mild
36gn H 110 1696
38gn H 110 1784
40gn H 110 1861 2115 1.7" @ 30 yds Best Load
42gn H 110 1904 Heavier Recoil. Not Max.

325gn Speer HP 35gn H 110 1566 1770 Bullet too soft

325gn Barnes X 40gn H 110 1562
42gn H 110 1652
44gn H 110 1673 2020
46gn H 110 1705 2098 Shoots + 1 " sighted
42gn H 4227 1546 shoots +2" sighted
44gn H 4227 1677 2030
40gn Lil Gun 1752 2216
42gn Lil Gun 1856 2487 Mild Load. Heavy Recoil

350gn Hornady 42gn H4227 1602
44gn H4227 1648 2111
43gn H110 1640
42gn Lil Gun 1676 2184
44gn Lil Gun 1732 2332


375gn Barnes X 36gn Lil Gun 1683 2360 Mild Load. Heavy Recoil
35gn H 4227 1291 Mild E-54
37gn H 4227 1314 Mild - sighted + 5"
42gn H 4227 1551 Mild E-19
35gn H 110 1487
37gn H 110 1535 1962
39gn H 110 1426 Diff powder batch + 4"
41gn H 110 1532 As above, sighted + 2.5"

400gn Sierra 32gn 2400 1410 1766 2" @ 30 yds. Mild Recoil
34gn 2400 1447 1860 Heavy Recoil. Not Max
32gn H 110 1136 Mild
34gn H 110 1498
35gn H 110 1520 2053 1.937" @ 30yds Best Load
37gn H 110 1550 2134 Heavy Recoil
40gn H 4227
42gn H 4227
40gn Lil Gun
42gn Lil Gun
15gn TiteGroup 1153 1181 E 32
16gn TiteGroup 1209 1299 E 4
17gn TiteGroup 1254 1397 E 9 Heavy Recoil

Bullet Load Powder O. A. L. Velocity Energy Comments


JW

If you really want big I had a 50 Alaskan revolver that I just sold

This is a picture of a friend shooting it at the a Linebaugh Seminar a 525 grain just under 1600 FPS it will push them faster if you've a mind

God Damn! That things a cannon. All I have is my 41 and 44mag.

They will serve you well. How do you like the 41? I love mine

One of my 475's

These hit pretty hard. 500 and 460 PC Smiths.

Some nice looking Handguns in this thread . I use Lil'Gun in both my 454 and 500.

Awesome canons. Where do I get one? LOL
Can you hit anything with them canons? What kind of sights is that looks like a laser. Thanks made my day with them hand canons. Never ever saw one in Canada yet!!!!

Bushnell Halo Sight or EO Tech .

Wonder if Ricky D can shoot both of them at the same time? LOL

Once for sure.