40 caliber or bigger ???
let's see... yup... I've got a couple
rather than list them all... I'll just comment on a few...
smallest / weakest big bore revolver, is my antique 44 American Bulldog... I reload for this cartridge, which uses shortened 44 Special cases... gun is a nickel solid frame with a loading gate... may I have been unfired before I bought it... neat little big bore pocket gun...
now to go back to smallest bore, of the big bores, is my custom S&W 610... which come from the factory able to shoot 40 & 10mm auto... I have an Automag 4, & also a custom Contender barrel chambered in 10 mm magnum, so I had the chambers deepened on my 610 to shoot all 3 cartridges
then I have a custom converted old German single action in 44-40
I also have a custom Dan Wesson 2.5" snubbies 44 Magnum... has both a compensator barrel nut, & the factory nut... I had it out last night, had 70 rounds of hot handloads that were in vintage Herters brass, that I'd picked up a while back, that I needed to get shot up, so I could sell the cases at the up coming Herters Swap Meet... that gun now wears a set of full fiber optic sights, & was built as a bear gun, back before Ruger came out with the Alaskan... last night I didn't have the comp nut on it, & they were not my handloads, but were a couple grains of Unique over max published... so I can still feel it in the web of my shooting hand... pictured here with the comp nut, & before the fiber optic sights were added
several 45 Colts, including my custom snubbie carry gun, this Montado, that had a birdshead grip from a single six ( back before they offered them that way ) barrel shortened & extractor removed... pictured with a beaver tail holster I made
...& speaking of the Ruger Alaskan... here is my 454 Casull... it also currently wears custom fiber optics...
my newest... is still under construction ( needs cosmetic finishing ) that is a custom converted Walker revolver, chambered in 45 Black Powder Magnum ( uses full sized 460 S&W cases ) gun was highly strengthened to shoot smokeless powders & can easily handle warm 45 Colt level loads... the mechanical work is complete, & extensive firing done... just waiting to get into the metal finisher...
then there is my custom 50 A.E. Blackhawk... it's a 50... what more do I have to say...
have many more than pictured... including an Air lite 44 Special... probably the guns that get fired the most are my pair of consecutive serialed 45 Colt polished stainless Ruger Montados that I use for CAS shooting... this year I added polished brass Colt Lightning grips, mostly because my companion rifle is stainless & brass... no pictures of that pair since the work was done...
sorry... had to go back & edit out some pics... as I had more than allowed...