both the ruger and S&W are well made revolvers, the RUGER has a slight edge in strength due to thicker cylinder walls,
and frame design,
, but I think the S&W handles a bit better, its accuracy and a knowledge of the games anatomy,
and your ability to make precise shot placement more than power that's the key to success.
and in my experience the 6"-10" barrel S&W revolvers tend to have a very slight edge in accuracy, if the few I own are typical.
as with all handguns precise shot placement is critical to getting consistent results,
hard lead bullets that penetrate well in a more or less strait line and exit,
with minimal expansion provide the lethal results,
particularly when you know and target the games vitals and are dealing with known anatomy.
bullets that easily break bone and penetrated well are generally to be preferred in my opinion,
even
hard cast bullets that expand slower on impact, are ok to use in most cases.
especially if they are known to punch to rather deep depths, in a strait line, thus are predictable and consistent,
rather than hollow points that expand rapidly, but rarely go deep.
while loosing energy and thus depth of penetration, like some light weight, fast expanding ,
commercial hollow point jacketed bullets, that are known to work ok,
on thin skinned game like a deer's heart/lungs,
but can't be expected to be or depended on to reach the games vitals,
from less than ideal angles, making them less than ideal in some cases.
you don't always have the opportunity to shoot from ideal angles,
you should get into close range and don't take shots where the potential results are likely to be, far less than ideal.
its up to the hunter to know and understand his handguns ammo and range and accuracy limitations,
yeah hollow points get impressive results under ideal conditions but are not able to reach and destroy vital organs if deep penetration is required.
think ARCHERY, a bow & broadhead arrow, may have less than 200 ft lbs of energy,
but its fully able to provide lethal damage due to it potentially deep penetration and destruction of vitals and blood loss,
a handgun has similar potential if the correct hard cast projectile is used and vital organs are destroyed ,
even if the handgun projectile lacks a great deal of expansion and impact energy a rifle cartridge may have.
I've shot completely through an elks chest with a 44 mag revolver, and had hard cast bullets exit,
with a 44 mag/300 grain hard cast bullet,
a 445 DWSM or 500 S&W has considerably more impact energy,
and yeah thats an advantage at times, but its no more lethal, than the 44 revolver was if the 44 mag destroys the vitals and exits.
yeah even a 357 mag , with a hard cast 160-180 grain bullet, can punch through and destroy an elks vitals with the correct ammo,
it might take a bit longer for the animal to bleed out internally but its no less lethal.
YOULL NEED TO SHOOT A GREAT DEAL TO GET THE NECESSARY PRACTICE, its that frequent practice and hand loading that significantly reduces ammo cost, THAT MAKES THE 445 REALLY EFFECTIVE IN YOUR HANDS, CASTING YOUR OWN BULLETS SIZED EXACTLY TO THE THROAT/BORE SIZE HELPS, AS DOES THE COST SAVINGS...
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Its always been my contention that your choice in a hunting revolver should concentrate on accuracy, with reasonable power , rather than just maximum power! if you can,t consistently and precisely place your shots, where you intended to power is almost irrelevant... and yes that will require...
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one of the guys I hunt with recently picked up a 6.5" long barreled ruger single action. chambered in a very useful but less than popular new cartridge, I think may well be one of a few almost ideal power level, hunting cartridge's for revolvers. its a damn shame the 480 ruger cartridge has...
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I was recently at a local bass pro shops just to browse, the new hand gun selections and be shocked at the prices, , while there, a guy comes up too the counter and says too the sales guy, that he wants to purchase a powerful handgun, to hunt hogs with. because on his first hog hunt he used a...
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I have found a great many people prefer to carry concealed or at least own a pistol they occasionally carry concealed, or have a handgun in their home or car for defensive use. most of Many of the the women I talk to seem to prefer a small snub nose 3" barrel 38 spcl or 357 mag, as the...
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grumpy whats the difference between .44 magnum & .44 special also I was looking at a .357 kit for my glock model 27 to have 2 guns in one but understand it is a different round than my S&W .357 mag?
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how many guys use personally cast bullets from the custom bullet mold companys? back in the day, we could get LINOTYPE ingots fairly cheap, now that is not commonly available now I use cast bullets almost exclusively in my hunting revolvers and several 458 caliber rifles , because it both...
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Grumpy, my kids and wife got together and amazingly surprised me , I got a new 500 S&W pistol for xmas ,that I never expected, but really wanted, I dropped a few hints hoping to get a few gift , credit cards , I never imagined Id get the whole pistol!! now what do I need to reload for it...
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Grumpy I just decided to try out a 10mm I picked up a Ruger SR1911 in 10mm. I have never shot a 10mm but I like what I've heard and read about them it feels good and the trigger is good I haven't shot it yet I picked a couple of factory ammo so I can shoot right away and I've ordered the dies...
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several of the local guys have recently seemed to become rather interested in in fact infatuated with hand gun hunting. Because Ive been doing this since the early & mid 1960s, (thats nearly 60 years ago) I get asked a good many questions and certainly, my hobby of reloading, and cast bullet...
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