Dad was a competent handgunner, but for deer hunting he was a double barrel 12 gauge kinda guy. He bought his 1915 Parker Trojan in the early '40's, just before being shipped out to the Pacific theatre. He carried the ole girl and took many deer well into his late seventies, before switching to a handgun.

The Parker was getting kinda heavy to carry around, so he went to the LGS to buy a Model 29, but the salesman convinced him to go with a .41 because he thought Dad could handle it better.

The .41 served him well too. Soon after he got it I bought the dies and loaded every single round he ever fired thru it. His last deer was taken with it.

Dad passed this year and I have become reacquainted with his model 57. I'll take it over my Model 29 any day, but then again maybe I'm just prejudiced