Thanks.Nice shooting and nice pistol. Which model and what barrel length is that?
Practice is important with any side arm you carry. Right before deer season I decided to load some max loads for my 454 with 31 grains of lil gun and a 300 gr nosler partition handgun. I headed out to the range and engaged a target at 7 yards, hit, hit, hit, cylinder stuck, rut ro I don't know what happened, because all loads were carefully measured and weighed. I had to beat that stuck case out of my cylinder with a punch. I went back and loaded up 50 more rounds with 29 grains and called it a day. I did shoot my 5 point bull in the head with one of these just because he wasn't quite dead yet.
Nice shooting! Definitely motivation to practice more with my Glock 29. Maybe someday when I get better with it I will have to move up into the revolvers. I like my 10mm but I am not going to say it will outperform the big bore revolvers.I wonder how many 10mm guys will be brave enough to actually put up or shut up.
Ohh, I would argue 10mm is great for two legged threats. Purpose built for that and still fitting in standard size frames as I recall.Nice shooting! Definitely motivation to practice more with my Glock 29. Maybe someday when I get better with it I will have to move up into the revolvers. I like my 10mm but I am not going to say it will outperform the big bore revolvers.
I'm not much of a pistol shooter but do like my G29. I can use it as EDC, backcountry carry and home defense. It's not great at any one thing, it will most likely shoot through any two legged threats, will be on the light side for bigger four legged threats and muzzle flash will most likely make it hard for follow up shots at night if the threat is moving. But it checks a box or two in each category I need. Best part is it's snappy enough I think my wife is convinced she needs something easier for her to shoot.
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I was excited to get my NIB S&W PD (Scandium Frame Lightweight) .44 Mag.....first shot, factory federal ammo, locked up so tight I had to use tools to get it unjammed. I traded it that night for a Ruger Bisley Hunter in .41mag. I would not trust my life to one of those! I have a Taurus raging bull in 454 but it's developing a bit of a rattle with my handloads.....Next stop....Blackhawk!Yeah, I had some relatively "mild" (if a 240gr XTP @1500fps can be considered mild) 454 Casull handloads lock up the cylinder on my Ruger Bisley after only 3 shots (cylinder holds 5). Was using new brass that hadnt been sized and had been originally belled for my 360gr hard cast bullets so this was partially my fault even though I had properly crimped them, but just goes to show that you dont even need to be on the redline to cause problems (1500fps is only about 75% for a Casull with that bullet for those wondering).
As far as the original topic, I run HSM "Bear Load" factory 335gr Hard Cast in my 454 Ruger Alaskan. It wakes you up but is very manageable even in that gun. I can keep double taps inside of a 12" circle with that load at 25yds. My 360gr Hard Cast handloads that I hunt with are un-shootable in the Alaskan. I carry the Alaskan everywhere when I am outdoors, the grip sometimes gets in the way if I am in and out of the truck a lot, but the weight has never been an issue on the hip. When the great panic of 2020 subsides (maybe in 2025) I will try and get a 10mm Glock to play around with.
My FIL just got the 629 V-Comp. I really want to shoot that, if they did that so the barrel was 4" overall I think it would be awesome.I keep hoping s&w will make some 3inch pro series on the 5 shot 69. Something lighter than my 629 mountain gun but heavier than the scandium.
I think it's true bears don't kill to eat people as commonly as lions. But I don't think 'proficient' is the right word. Maybe "determined" fits. They have no problem killing humans should that be their mindset. Adult brown/grizzly bear have little problem killing adult moose, moose much larger than them.^ Thankfully bears are not very proficient killers- that alone is why so many people survive their attacks. The same can not be said about the big cats of Africa.