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<blockquote data-quote="COBrad" data-source="post: 1888469" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p>I've shot a few elk with a handgun, and a ~600 lb. black bear that made the record book. I hunt elk with a single action .454 Casull. The black bear I took with a Dan Wesson.44 mag shooting 325 grain hard cast bullets at 1300 FPS. I chose the double action DW revolver because it was chambered in the .44, weighed enough to be manageable, and still easily carried and accessed in a chest holster. I could shoot it well enough at short range one handed. I hit the bear in the right side of the chest as he faced me and those 2 bullets both went through that bear end to end penetrating a good 5 feet of bear. I found both slugs under the hide in the back edge of the left hind leg. I couldn't have asked for better performance. I once had a S&W 329 .44 mag. Recoil was so fierce with 240 grain factory loads I couldn't shoot it well enough for even a short range defense gun. My Freedom Arms .454 is one of the most accurate handguns I've ever owned, but for the use you have described I would get another big frame double action revolver in .44 mag or .454</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COBrad, post: 1888469, member: 1940"] I’ve shot a few elk with a handgun, and a ~600 lb. black bear that made the record book. I hunt elk with a single action .454 Casull. The black bear I took with a Dan Wesson.44 mag shooting 325 grain hard cast bullets at 1300 FPS. I chose the double action DW revolver because it was chambered in the .44, weighed enough to be manageable, and still easily carried and accessed in a chest holster. I could shoot it well enough at short range one handed. I hit the bear in the right side of the chest as he faced me and those 2 bullets both went through that bear end to end penetrating a good 5 feet of bear. I found both slugs under the hide in the back edge of the left hind leg. I couldn’t have asked for better performance. I once had a S&W 329 .44 mag. Recoil was so fierce with 240 grain factory loads I couldn’t shoot it well enough for even a short range defense gun. My Freedom Arms .454 is one of the most accurate handguns I’ve ever owned, but for the use you have described I would get another big frame double action revolver in .44 mag or .454 [/QUOTE]
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