Unless you live & work in grizzly territory, you do not need to shoot Full House Magnums . I load & shoot .44 special and .41 special most of the time in TEXAS. Works well on HOGS.
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I shoot .357 out of 6” 27’s or 28. 640-1 not so much. Same with .44 mag, bigger gun=less punishment Joe
In my younger days I was a magnum happy fool. I still enjoy shooting the occasional magnum round, but most of my shooting is specials or semiautos these days. I still find 10mm and .45 acp pleasant to shoot, and 9mm still feels like a .22. My one .380 is an LCP Max, and I'm only good for about 25 rounds at a time with that one. She barks a bit......
79 here, but no serious problems yet. However, full-house .44 Magnum is not for play anymore, and I strongly endorse the recommendation for steel over aluminum. I do still play with a Model 43, and stand ready to downgrade to CB Longs when necessary.
Exactly. 3 1/2 pounds of Super Redhawk soaks up a lot of that full boat 44 mag recoil. Maybe some day I'll have to cave in and use 2 hands.
Green Frog
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Because of recoil concerns, my K22 and K32 will probably be two of the last handguns I would ever sell in my dotage, which seems to be approaching more rapidly than I expected. 
Froggie
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AJ
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Longs are getting hard to find here.
75 next month, traded my last .45 10 years ago. Arthritis in both wrists and both thumbs. For carry I'd like a 340PD but know my 442 is about as light as I can go. I have found that J frames with the two finger synthetic grip fits perfectly. It aligns with hand/wrist/arm all in a straight line and shooting doesn't bother me. I have 3 J frames with those grips.
Same perfect alignment with a Glock 42. I can't shoot any double stack Glock. It grips off to the right and turning my wrist the recoil goes right into the arthritic joint.
I shoot my qualifications with the slowest wadcutters and FMJ's I can find. Same thing with practice. And yeah, I buy .22's by the case. Gotta do, what you gotta do.
Same perfect alignment with a Glock 42. I can't shoot any double stack Glock. It grips off to the right and turning my wrist the recoil goes right into the arthritic joint.
I shoot my qualifications with the slowest wadcutters and FMJ's I can find. Same thing with practice. And yeah, I buy .22's by the case. Gotta do, what you gotta do.
gwpercle
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You guys are scaring me, as a young gun shooting the spiciest 357 magnum I can find out of my 686 snub and having a blast. Guess eventually I need to prepare myself to switch to 38 special, at least I can dial it back if need be
Enjoy it while you can ...
I tried my best ... but ...
You don't stay young forever !
Gary
I will
I understand I will get up there eventually. I am 36 and keeping up with my volleyball players that I coach I find myself getting winded more than I used to. Luckily I have a 22 rifle and NAA mini revolver that is not too bad on recoil and shooting 38 out of the 686 is very light on recoil. I guess I need to keep working on my fitness so I can enjoy them as long as possible.Specials out specials out of a magnum are nice and easy to shoot. A nice .44 Special willcleanly drop a deer or hog while not killing on both ends. At 73 I shoot very few full house magnums-just not fun ��
When I was young I talked myself into loving shooting heavy recoil guns such as 44 magnum, 375H&H, 458 Winchester, 470Nitro and other such fun items. Now I shoot rifles in 22lr, handguns in 22lr, 9mm, 38SPL and an occaisional 500 magnum so I could feel if the nerves in my 83 year old body still are there. In life one needs to be flexible. It is still a lot of fun.
I’m “just” 50 but had open heart surgery 8 years ago. Getting my chest cracked for a six way bypass didn’t make recoil enjoyable. I still shoot 44’s, but I keep my 44 Magnum’s dialed down to about 1100fps with 240gr SWC’s from 4” 29’s. I can handle that, but not many.
I recently whipped up some 300 grain loads for my 44 mag Henry’s. 1225fps from the 20” barrel and 10 rounds was enough.
I still really enjoy the big bores, I just tone them down to “light magnums”.
I recently whipped up some 300 grain loads for my 44 mag Henry’s. 1225fps from the 20” barrel and 10 rounds was enough.
I still really enjoy the big bores, I just tone them down to “light magnums”.
AJ
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After 8 years, I would think that recoil should not bother your chest. I had my first open heart in 1958 at the age of 7. I learned to shoot at 10. Joined the Corps at 17 and stayed for 24 years. I had my second open heart in 2014 at the age of 62. I don't shoot much .44 magnum, but that is due to a wrist I broke pretty good. It won't take many magnum loads before I have pain up and down the arm. I shot IPSC with a M1911 in .45ACP for years and now Arthur visits most days in my right hand. I wear a shooting glove and a wrist brace and shoot every Friday. If the chest is still bothering you, then maybe you should talk to your doctor.
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Ya know, I am 67 and some guns just plain hurt! But the same guns that I have that hurt a little felt the same 25 years ago and before, so I s’pose it’s not that much an age issue yet.
Now, there’s a Ruger, I believe the Super Redhawk , single action.44 magnum, that is a real joy to shoot. The back of the trigger guard is concave and middle finger gets no punishment!
I have a big soft spot for certain Sturm/ Rugers. Oh, I have shot that gun but I don’t own one….yet….
Had to edit: I added 7 years to my life!
Now, there’s a Ruger, I believe the Super Redhawk , single action.44 magnum, that is a real joy to shoot. The back of the trigger guard is concave and middle finger gets no punishment!
I have a big soft spot for certain Sturm/ Rugers. Oh, I have shot that gun but I don’t own one….yet….
Had to edit: I added 7 years to my life!
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Reading back through a few posts I see quite a few “I used to”s up there; and myself included with the same sentence prefix. My possessions of guns and 33 1/3 RPM records are some of my best time machines I own. I know this is about magnums starting to hurt a little bit more, but stepping back musically is, IMO, great medicine for the soul.
J T
J T
I'm a bit concerned. My right had is currently messed up and quite painful. I have an MRI scheduled for tomorrow. The suspected diagnosis is "Hypothenar Hammer Syndrome", which I'd never heard of. I'm hoping my shooting days aren't going to be seriously curtailed. I'm 71 and I've decided I should stop ageing. I'm paying off too many doctor's Mercedes.
AJ
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I am not sure how long it took after my first surgery to get back to normal since I was 7 at the time. The second was around a year that it stopped being as sensitive as post-op. In my case like I posted it is the wrist and hand (mainly thumb area). Some guns are to "whippy/snappy" for my hand. Had a Makarov in 9MM Mak that I gave to a friend along with 1500 rounds as the gun hurt my hand severely in recoil. Sold my S&W AirLite 342 for the same reason. Now in heavier calibers, I shoot all steel guns with some weight to them.
SweetMK
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Hmmmm,, I wonder if 38's and 44 Specials have the same issue as shooting shorts in a Model 17 revolver,,
Shoot some shorts,, the cylinder gets a powder ring,, at the wrong location,,
Then, if you shoot the full power load, the brass "grabs onto" that powder ring from shooting the shorter brass.
Now, you can not eject the brass,,
I remember the first time that happened to me.
I was shooting the 22LR Trooper MK III that my wife bought for me,,
I shot some shorts, then some Long Rifle,, the shells would not eject!!
I thought I broke the gun,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Shoot some shorts,, the cylinder gets a powder ring,, at the wrong location,,
Then, if you shoot the full power load, the brass "grabs onto" that powder ring from shooting the shorter brass.
Now, you can not eject the brass,,
I remember the first time that happened to me.
I was shooting the 22LR Trooper MK III that my wife bought for me,,
I shot some shorts, then some Long Rifle,, the shells would not eject!!
I thought I broke the gun,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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