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<blockquote data-quote="yorke-1" data-source="post: 1417810" data-attributes="member: 11960"><p>With the right bullet and in the right hands anything 44 Mag and up will work in a conventional revolver for elk. For the average deer I'd add the 41 Mag and a properly loaded 357 or 10mm. I'm partial to the 480 Ruger these days since a wrist injury has limited my ability to shoot chamberings like the 454 and larger for the most part. Range is based more on shooter skill than anything. With good shot placement and a hard cast lead bullet, you should go clean through the chest of an average sized elk at 100 yards with something like a 454. I'm confident to about 75 yards with my iron sighted 480 Ruger and shot my deer at 64 yards with it this year. </p><p></p><p>If you get into guns like the Contender/Encore or some of the Specialty Pistols like the XP-100 or Striker then everything changes. I'd shoot an elk at 600 yards with my 338/375 Ruger Striker without hesitating. They kill more like a rifle where a conventional bigbore handgun kills more like a muzzle loader.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yorke-1, post: 1417810, member: 11960"] With the right bullet and in the right hands anything 44 Mag and up will work in a conventional revolver for elk. For the average deer I'd add the 41 Mag and a properly loaded 357 or 10mm. I'm partial to the 480 Ruger these days since a wrist injury has limited my ability to shoot chamberings like the 454 and larger for the most part. Range is based more on shooter skill than anything. With good shot placement and a hard cast lead bullet, you should go clean through the chest of an average sized elk at 100 yards with something like a 454. I'm confident to about 75 yards with my iron sighted 480 Ruger and shot my deer at 64 yards with it this year. If you get into guns like the Contender/Encore or some of the Specialty Pistols like the XP-100 or Striker then everything changes. I'd shoot an elk at 600 yards with my 338/375 Ruger Striker without hesitating. They kill more like a rifle where a conventional bigbore handgun kills more like a muzzle loader. [/QUOTE]
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