BearBio
Member
Don't think you can do better than a 45 Colt Blackhawk. Can be loaded with factory loads from mild to wild==hotter with handloads. Sufficient to drop anything in North America. If you have a 45 acp cylinder, double your pleasure!
Anyone using a SA revolver for woods carry?
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I carry this old model .41 Magnum Blackhawk sometimes when I'm out in the Everglades.
According to all the Tarzan movies I've ever seen all I need for alligators is a knife.
Regards,
turnerriver
According to all the Tarzan movies I've ever seen all I need for alligators is a knife.
Regards,
turnerriver
BearBio
Member
I carry this old model .41 Magnum Blackhawk sometimes when I'm out in the Everglades.
According to all the Tarzan movies I've ever seen all I need for alligators is a knife.
Regards,
turnerriver
Only if you swim like Johnny Weissmuller! BTW: He was coached by "Duke" Kahanemoku.
Good choice==I carried the same rig while guiding a few times=penetrated the gristle plate or a skull on a hog better than a 44 Mag.
Erich
Member
Dang it: I haven't had any nostalgia for my .41 Blackhawk in the fifteen years since I sold it.
Until now.
Until now.
For woods carry around central Virginia, it is usually my Ruger Single Six convertible with the non-fluted 22 Magnum cylinder aboard and rides in a Galco leather western style rig. Very comfortable......but no "bear" gun!
For hiking in North Carolina (some areas) especially State Parks I carry the S & W 637 in a IWB because the Laws are...NO open carry at all. One Ranger told me that IF I elect to conceal carry....I'd better be sure that my cover clothing doesn't give off any hint (or print) cause then according to him " It is no longer concealed".
Anyway I'm a visitor from out-of-State so I'm afraid it spends its time in the glove box (locked and out of sight of course), so I suppose what I carry depends on where, and whose, "woods" I'm walking around.
Now....this thread is getting awful close to "another bear gun thread" and we dang sure don't want that so I'll just add that I haven't visited the woods of the far Western States so I can't say......but are you guys packing those 44 Maggies, 50 AE's and up really worried about bear, or is it Sasquatch (aka Big Foot)? Now there is a thread worth starting.
For hiking in North Carolina (some areas) especially State Parks I carry the S & W 637 in a IWB because the Laws are...NO open carry at all. One Ranger told me that IF I elect to conceal carry....I'd better be sure that my cover clothing doesn't give off any hint (or print) cause then according to him " It is no longer concealed".
Anyway I'm a visitor from out-of-State so I'm afraid it spends its time in the glove box (locked and out of sight of course), so I suppose what I carry depends on where, and whose, "woods" I'm walking around.
Now....this thread is getting awful close to "another bear gun thread" and we dang sure don't want that so I'll just add that I haven't visited the woods of the far Western States so I can't say......but are you guys packing those 44 Maggies, 50 AE's and up really worried about bear, or is it Sasquatch (aka Big Foot)? Now there is a thread worth starting.
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Filo McShoe
US Veteran
I use to brush hunt in Texas with a Ruger 44 carbine and carried a Super Blackhawk for back up. I think it had about a 4.5" barrel shortest one they made at the time I think used a Bianchi Lawman holster rode high on the belt and has a retaining strap.
Had one hunt where after tramping around the woods all day came back to the camp put the rifle up. While leaning over the cooler getting a drink a buck walks into the camp. Slowly un-holstered the Blackhawk and shot him. Made me wonder why we spent all day walking around when we could have sat there drinking beer waiting for the deer to do the walking.
Had one hunt where after tramping around the woods all day came back to the camp put the rifle up. While leaning over the cooler getting a drink a buck walks into the camp. Slowly un-holstered the Blackhawk and shot him. Made me wonder why we spent all day walking around when we could have sat there drinking beer waiting for the deer to do the walking.
LoboGunLeather
US Veteran
When I am in the mood to enjoy the outdoors with a touch of historical flavor I prefer one of the following:
1. Colt Single Action Army, 1979 Custom Shop production, .44 Special.
2. Colt Single Action Army, Frontier Six Shooter, 1914 production, .44-40.
Either one will handle anything I might come across in Colorado. Hammer fully down on an empty chamber, 5 rounds of .44 caliber kick-***. Colonel Sam Colt seems to have gotten it right in 1873, and the same guns are being made (and copied again and again) 145 years later.
1. Colt Single Action Army, 1979 Custom Shop production, .44 Special.
2. Colt Single Action Army, Frontier Six Shooter, 1914 production, .44-40.
Either one will handle anything I might come across in Colorado. Hammer fully down on an empty chamber, 5 rounds of .44 caliber kick-***. Colonel Sam Colt seems to have gotten it right in 1873, and the same guns are being made (and copied again and again) 145 years later.
RGVshooter
Member
In deep south Texas when I'm out in the ranchlands I'll open carry my 4" s&w model 10 heavy barrel 38 special. First couple rounds will be CCI Pest control shotshells, the rest will be Remington G&W box 125gr +P's. And I'll have a couple speed strips with 12 more rounds of the 38 special +P's.
Sometimes I'll carry my 642 and just load that up with the shotshells. My main concern are snakes. Rattlesnakes in particular. They're common down here.
I'm not worried about Bears since there isn't any that I know of this far south. There are wildcats down here, cougars & ocelots but to see one is exceedingly rare. Most common large game I may encounter are feral hogs. But at first sound of a human they'll take off running.
Sometimes I'll carry my 642 and just load that up with the shotshells. My main concern are snakes. Rattlesnakes in particular. They're common down here.
I'm not worried about Bears since there isn't any that I know of this far south. There are wildcats down here, cougars & ocelots but to see one is exceedingly rare. Most common large game I may encounter are feral hogs. But at first sound of a human they'll take off running.
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BearBio
Member
For woods carry around central Virginia, it is usually my Ruger Single Six convertible with the non-fluted 22 Magnum cylinder aboard and rides in a Galco leather western style rig. Very comfortable......but no "bear" gun!
For hiking in North Carolina (some areas) especially State Parks I carry the S & W 637 in a IWB because the Laws are...NO open carry at all. One Ranger told me that IF I elect to conceal carry....I'd better be sure that my cover clothing doesn't give off any hint (or print) cause then according to him " It is no longer concealed".
Anyway I'm a visitor from out-of-State so I'm afraid it spends its time in the glove box (locked and out of sight of course), so I suppose what I carry depends on where, and whose, "woods" I'm walking around.
Now....this thread is getting awful close to "another bear gun thread" and we dang sure don't want that so I'll just add that I haven't visited the woods of the far Western States so I can't say......but are you guys packing those 44 Maggies, 50 AE's and up really worried about bear, or is it Sasquatch (aka Big Foot)? Now there is a thread worth starting.
1988 or '89, I saw a young bull moose tear up an elk camp in No Utah==He was fine for 3 days, then he decided he didn't like it and wanted to move it==succeeded with the tents==the 20 ft trailers were a bit much.
Thuer
Member
When I was in America, I carried a 3th generation Colt SAA in .357
VaTom
Member
I just returned from a fishing trip in Montana. Big Sky, Yellowstone, and Ennis. Grizzly Country - saw two. Spoke with two different natives (One was a fishing guide) about what they carry. Surprising me both said they carried 10mm. One a Sig and the other a Glock. Bear spray is carried a lot there.
ACP230
Member
I have carried an old model Ruger Blackhawk in .357 Magnum while
fishing and hunting. Took my first game animal with a reload, a snowshoe hare, with the old Blackhawk.
I don't find it heavy and it carries better in the woods than some of my other .357 and .41 revolvers.
fishing and hunting. Took my first game animal with a reload, a snowshoe hare, with the old Blackhawk.
I don't find it heavy and it carries better in the woods than some of my other .357 and .41 revolvers.
cpt-t
US Veteran
I guess I am just different. I bought my first RBH 7 1/2 inch barreled 45LC/45ACP Convertible in 1971. And I find myself still drawn to this Old Gun like an Old Friend for walks in the woods where I think I just might need something a little more powerful than my S&W 6 inch 617 22LR. I usually end up carrying it in an old Bianchi X15 Shoulder Holster or an old Hunter Western style belt and holster rig. I am very comfortable with both of these rigs. I have always had a love affair with long barreled guns in Rifles, Shotguns, and Pistols ever since I was a small child. The 45LC is one of my favorite calibers to shoot and reload for. My load that I shoot 98% of the time in all my 45LC`s both Revolvers and Rifles is 7grs of Win 231 powder and a 255gr hard cast LRNFP bullets. This load is very accurate for me and I just trust it, for it has never let me down.
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SuperMan
Member
Simson-Suhl
US Veteran
Colt SAA in 357 Magnum or Freedom Arms Custom Shop 454, both 43/4" barrels.
crsides
US Veteran, SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
In my younger days, a Ruger 44 flat top, cut to 4 /58". Now a 317 smith, mostly.
ParadiseRoad
Member
...Super Blackhawk...
...bear...
...fortunately...I haven't had to introduce one to the other...yet...
...bear...
...fortunately...I haven't had to introduce one to the other...yet...
bronco45
Member
A Ruger Bisley 44 Special with a 4 5/8s Barrel and a Keith 255 and 8.5 grains of Power Pistol for 1,000fps. Nice shooter and worth the weight.
