A question for handgun hunters

You probably will have to depress the trigger while cocking then let it up at full cock

edit. Never mind. I just tried it with mine and it’s still pretty loud. May as well slow cock it and hope for the best!

Well one option is to shoot double action.
When a deer gets the better of me and creeps in unseen and suddenly is there like he's beamed in from the Enterprise and he feels to be peering right through my soul that's when I imagine myself as an acornuntil he stops giving me the discount double check and go for my best to double action shot.
Otherwise I cock into single action at the first sight of the tail or ear at the same time as I shift into shooting position.
Or I fully cock it and then stay stuck still until they all settle down I've never had one run away because of it

The Ruger Bisley is a single action only

I have heard of people cocking the revolver while on stand then holding it with your thumb across the frame blocking the hammer. I’m not sure I’d condone the practice though

Since it’s probably not a good idea to walk or sit for hours with a cocked SA, it just may be one of those things that you’ll have to contend with. I cocked my .41, it is much louder than my DA guns are.



Is there a way to clear sight lines from your hunting spot so you nay gave a chance to see them a bit earlier and cock the gun when they’re further out?

Stay safe.

When I first see/hear the deer I roll the hammer back on my Blackhawk. Once it turned out to be an illegal spike and returning to safe was easy, he didn’t seem to hear me.
I was reading a Louis Lamore one evening when a boar got close before I realized. He heard me cock the hammer and looked like he was about to spook. I shot him at ten steps and I don’t remember seeing the sights.

Have had a similar issue.
When I can, cock my revolver inside/under my jacket or coat- slowly.
Even in an insulated hand warmer muff.

I want a set of grips for my Vaquero like Riomouse911 has.

I have a thick piece of leather attached to the trigger guard on my FA 353. Once in my stand, I cock the hammer back and place the leather between the hammer and the frame. It acts as a safety of sorts. I have tried pulling the trigger on a live round with the leather in place, and the gun does not fire.

I haven’t hunted with a single action but I have modified mine for Cowboy Action Shooting and one of those mods was changing out the springs.
On my original Vaqueros the factory hammer springs were around 23 pounds. I installed 19 pound Wolff springs and I do recall that it not only helped with speed and effort during cocking it did make cocking the gun just a little quieter. I never had a problem with the 19 pound springs and setting off CCI or any other primers in all the years I used those guns (still use one of them) in CAS.
I am not sure if lightening the trigger spring might help. I always installed 40 ounce springs which are close to factory spec.

Just a thought.

Edit: Something else I just thought of...I wonder if a good cold weather synthetic lube would also help diminish noise? Something like Mobil 1 oil.

My advice would be to cock the gun before the deer is close enough to hear. No different than the old lever actions I used growing up as a kid. Many times I think the movement associated with cocking the hammer is as noticeable to deer as the sound.

Covers an interesting thing or two I learned from the fella taught me to re-load as well as HG hunt. Also, coincidentally in .41.

While he noted the Rugers as outstanding pistols and fine range-mules for load tests, he loathed being limited to SA as well as the mechanageddon noise of cocking them.

He preferred and leaned me towards any other gun made by a Wesson; Dan or Smith&... For some reason, I don't think a .41 Redhawk ever came up. Too hard to get, maybe. Oddly, Dan Wessons were not.

Always wanted a DA option, wanted greater silence and liked a swing-out cylinder - for the ins and the outs of the design.

Wouldn't even talk about Colt and I'll leave that alone as there's no reason to beat a dead horse.Yes.... yes I did.


Todd.

I've hunted with exposed hammer guns for most of my life. Sometimes they hear it, sometimes you can be rattling rounds into your Winchester 1895 and a buck will walk right under your stand before you're even ready. There are things you can do to mitigate the noise. Cocking with the trigger held back is one. I usually cock the hammer as soon as I see deer with the possibility of shooting. You can place your thumb between the hammer and the frame for a little added security. For guns with a half cock notch, when you get settled in your spot, cock the hammer and lower it to the half cock notch. Then when you're ready to shoot, cock the hammer with the trigger held back and it will be silent.

NeroM said:

Have had a similar issue.
When I can, cock my revolver inside/under my jacket or coat- slowly.
Even in an insulated hand warmer muff.

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Even if you cock very slowly, there IS a click, but it's a lot quieter, if you do it very slowly. Time it, for when the deer lowers it's head, nibbles on a branch, or makes a movement, or with the call of a bird, wind rustling the leaves, etc. Practice, at home, with snap caps, might be in order.

Huntolive said:

Well one option is to shoot double action.
When a deer gets the better of me and creeps in unseen and suddenly is there like he's beamed in from the Enterprise and he feels to be peering right through my soul that's when I imagine myself as an acornuntil he stops giving me the discount double check and go for my best to double action shot.
Otherwise I cock into single action at the first sight of the tail or ear at the same time as I shift into shooting position.
Or I fully cock it and then stay stuck still until they all settle down I've never had one run away because of it

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Kind of hard to da a Bisley sa.

I use either a 29 or a Super Black Hawk. I bunt out of an elevated box and it contains sound pretty well but on the Super I hold the trigger back when cocking, sloooowly. 29, hold it below the window and cock slowly.

Muffle it with something; the thicker and denser the material the better. Wool coat or wool blanket is excellent. When I sandwich my revolver in between the wool, I cock it very slowly while applying pressure on the revolver . Works every time, and I barely hear it myself. I’ve never been busted by a deer when I do it.

I think it must be automatic, however I do it. I've killed quite a few deer with Ruger BHs and don't have a clue what or how I did it. It's been a while but I never spooked a deer and one was only 8' away.