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mbopp, when you said that you shoot +p's in your k-frame,do you mean 38+p? I never heard of 357+p loads. Do you load the 357's heavy? That would not be a +p load. Please tell me what a 357+p load is . Thanks
I like this option. As it gives you a lot of options. .45 ACP in standard or "hot" loadings. Also, .45 Colt in mild all the way up to .44 Mag levels.Recently I bought a .45acp/.45C Blackhawk convertible for deer hunting and woods gun.
I used to cruise timber in eastern NC from the mid 60s to the 90s. I was always running into cottonmouths, timber rattlers and wild dogs, not to mention ground bees, hornets and wasps which are very hard to shoot with any gun!. I carried a Smith M60 .38 spc. with the first round up a shot cartridge, the next four 158 JHPs. I have now switched to a SP101 .357 for my woods walks.Like huntsman more often than not I found on my hikes the most dangerous threat of the animal kind were large packs of feral dogs. I went from carrying a .22 Beretta Model 70S to a .38 Special 3" barrel J frame before finally settling on a Ruger SR9c as my backwoods companion.
It would be used for protection from Moose, cougar, elk, bear and 2 legged bad people.
Looking or something for a woods gun not a hunting gun /QUOTE]
I'm gonna jump ship on this one and go with my own definition of a defensive gun. In this situation the gun won't be needed at all unless under terrible circumstances.
A slim easily packed auto with a couple spare mags is my vote. In true defensive use, the higher cap, quicker reloaded, added firepower of an auto gets my nod...esp if it is your ccw. In which case you should be well practiced with the piece anyway.
My choice for self defensive(1911) is different from my deer hunting revolver.(RBH .45colt)
That ka-thump sound you just heard was me swooning. Gun porn! I likes gun porn.Clark Custom Guns rechambers 625's to .460 Roland. Way way ahead of .45 Supers.
They told me my 625-1 would take .45 Supers all day long, and sure enough, it does!
Since my 625 is a 3 incher I chroned it and 230 gr. .45 Supers get 1000 fps. Kicks a mite to.
It would be interesting to turn it into a .460 and then REALLY have a woods gun.
But...
I already have that covered.
Deaf