Hi im the Boogiem and im a recoil junky

I have to say I am a bit jealous. My super black hawk .44 mag is my biggest hand cannon, and with my on again off again hand issues I don't shoot it much. I find out next week if I need my extensor tendon reconstructed in my right hand. If/when all is well and good I need to get a healthy dose of recoil :D.
 
Recoil?

The heaviest kicker by far - that I have shot - is my T/C Encore pistol with a 500 S&W barrel using Rick Gibson's 700 grain WFNGC bullets. I do not believe that those are available any longer.
More to the point....Gibson also made .452" WFNGC bullets at 535 grains for the .460. If you like heavy kickers......
Don't know if those are available nowadays. There are moulds for them. Maybe some one is making them.
Pete
 
Well, you eventually will 'out-grow' it :) . At least I did :D . So don't worry! No need for a 12 step program yet...
 
I actually felt a tingle go up my thigh.
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You might not want that to get out. Sounds like you're already substituting the gun for your wife and trying to put her to work to pay for your new hobby. :D

I think you did really well on your first outing at 50 yds. I probably would not have advanced past 25 yds the first day. I'm still there with my 475/480 BFR, but that is another story. Been lazy about mounting the red dot that I have already received.

I haven't shot a X-frame 460 S&W. I have shot the X-frame 500 S&W and liked it a lot. But I was shooting the lower weight bullets and really didn't experience the recoil of the heavier bullets. Done enough shooting to know that the recoil will be more substantial.

I believe you will eventually buy a SA big boomer. My first was the SRH in 480 Ruger if you don't count 41 mag and 44 mag. I found that shooting more than about 20 rounds in a day resulted in much poorer accuracy on my part. But the BFR SA really is more pleasant to shoot. I didn't like the SA style either... but there is a reason why the big bore shooters generally have a preference for SA revolvers over DA.

I'm still learning. So I don't consider myself any kind of expert on the big bore revolvers (44 mag +) although I am pretty comfortable and long experienced with the 41 mag.

With practice, you'll be ready for deer hunting in Penn's woods. Handgun hunting for deer is both challenging and rewarding. It becomes more than just getting the deer or being successful. Tis one of the reasons I'm thinking about a cross bow since I really don't want to put the practice time in required to restart my archery hunting from years ago.
 
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i was gonna get the 460 in the short 2 inch barrel version..now that would be quite a cannon...i do have a .480 ruger super redhawk and its a beast as well and an attention getter at the range..
 
Btw

Btw - a side note about the .30-06 in a Contender pistol. An Encore pistol, yes. The Contender was never chambered for the .30-06 as the pressures are too high.
Pete
 
460 S&W

I really enjoy shooting my 460. Super accurate revolver with groups under 2" at 100 yards that will shoot with any wheel gun. The one recoil issue for me is when I am shooting from the bench, I place a folded towel under my right elbow. The revolver snaps back when fired and slaps your right arm on the bench. It does not take many rounds before you are black/blue. The towel helps a bunch. When shooting conventional standing, the recoil is no problem.
 
You shouldn't be resting your elbow on the bench in the first place. Rest your forearms on the bench or on bags but never your elbows. Or the pistol's butt.
 
A friend bought a Model 629 in a 4" at the same time I got my GP100 in a 6 inch.

My GP100 was easy to shoot with full house loads but when I tried his .44 Mag did it ever wake me up. It stung my hand pretty good and wasn't comfortable shooting at all. Maybe better shooting grips would make a difference but so far I have not been able to overcome that experience enough to buy my own .44 and if I do it will not be a 4" or under piece.
 
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