Help me with my revolver choice

[Kernel]

I've deer hunted with all three. I like the Hunter best. In fact, I traded my 6" 686 for a second one. Kept my 5" 629, love to shoot it, but I don't hunt with it any more. Though I appreciate a S&W aesthetics, the Ruger Hunter is a deer harvesting machine. And, since it's setup with optics, I shoot it as a just-for-fun range gun and as a test-new-loads gun quit a bit.

Still have a 3" 686 but couldn't use it for deer hunting in the States I hunt in, even if I wanted to. A barrel 4" or longer is required.

 

[B!ngo]

I just took delivery of the 629 Performance Center V-comp in .44 mag/special from S&W and it gets my vote. 4" barrel which makes it easier to carry and stabilize when aiming. Counterweighted for better follow-up (not critical in the deer hunting case) and an amazingly well-tuned piece of machinery. Despite the 4" barrel, it's mass will take the hit out of the mag cartridge.
And if Darth Vader traveled the West on a robot horse, it would be the gun he carried.
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[Zaydok Allen]

I've always been partial to the 629 mountain gun.