The .44 Magnum is my favorite "heavy". It'll shoot through a large whitetail deer end for end at 100 yards and is still manageable. Some great silhouette scores have been shoot with this caliber.
My first one was a used Super Black Hawk that I traded for. .44 Magnums of any persuasion were scarce at the time (back in the late fifties or early sixties). This shows some signs of holster use but is a terrific shooter. I added Pachmayr grips so I could shoot this with some comfort.
My favorite deer hunting revolver is my early Model 29 with 8 3/8" barrel. There were no available scope mounts when I had this one done. I located a local precision machine shop, bought blank Kimber bases (the original Kimber Rifle Com) and used Kimber rings. I wanted an elegant solution with the scope mounted between the sights (better balance for two handed shooting). I can remove the scope and use the iron sights in inclement weather if necessary. I also had two of my shooting buddie's revolvers treated the same:
My bad weather gun (stainless) is an early Ruger Red Hawk:
Here is a recent acquisition, a S&W Performance Center "Light Hunter". It has a proper scope mount (mounts the scope between the sights) with an excellent recoil lug for the mount (actually sunk into the barrel rib):
Here is a Ruger 50th Anniversary Flattop Anniversary .44 magnum. I added Pachmayr grips (this is a requirement for me with heavy recoiling handguns) and then gave this to my son-in-law. Hopefully, he'll take an Elk with it next hunting season (he, my daughter, and grand kids live in Utah). It was only test fired and it IS a shooter. I also had a trigger job done:
Of course, everyone needs a 4" .44 Magnum for those woods rambling trips, unfortunately, I don't have a picture of this one.
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