Hi there,
For a good 40 years I always could trust my FN .338 Win Mag with a 250 Grain Slug to protect me in this Grizzly infested Area in I am Guiding and Outfitting in. Getting older it gets much harder to haul all the equipment, Axe-Brush Axe-shovel & Chainsaw around on my Back while maintaining narrow Foot Trails in heavy undergrowth between the River/Lake Flats up to Timberline. My hearing and alertness is also not what it used to be and I am almost always by myself all Day.
While I am not to keen to trade the old .338 with a Revolver, the later on my Hip is just the better choice then the heavy Rifle 50 ft away leaning against a Tree so I decided to carry my SS Ruger Super Blackhawk Hunter in .44 Rem. Mag. However the other Day during a practice session the Revolver had a catastrophic failure and furthermore the empty Shells are very cumbersome to eject unlike the older SAA Colts or Ruger before the transfer Bar was invented. So I came to the conclusion this Revolver is not suited for my particular Purpose.
For now I will be using a DA S&W 586 in .357 Mag. but I am thinking also of purchasing a new DA Revolver in Stainless Steel and I am Eyeballing the DA Ruger Super Redhawk in .44 Rem. Mag and also the DA Ruger Redhawk.
I would be interested to hear from those which actually carry any of those 2 Revolvers and what there Opinion is.
Thank's