How is the recoil with that load ?
Now that's in the woods!I live so deep in the Ozarks that Monday doesn't get here until Thursday. We have Black bears -- I've had them come in the yard. I've seen one Mountain Lion in all the time I've lived here. And a couple of years back a nice 6X6 elk was killed in this county (yes, we have elk in Arkansas.) We're up to our hips in white tail deer, turkey, rabbits, squirrels, coyotes and so on. And we have wood ducks nesting along the creek.
I have 160 acres, a quarter mile wide by a mile deep, with a creek flowing right down the middle.
Colt Anaconda 45 LC, loaded HOT, oh yeah, 8" barrel, Keith 250 grn hard cast bullet backed by IMR4227 or H4227, penetrates from bow to stern or one side out the other. More than enough to handle anything in the lower 48, but do know a gentleman in Alaska that has taken every game animal the state contains, same model handgun, same load, same results, me, I'd draw a line before an Alaskan Brown Bear entered the picture, they is BIG!!!!What is your preferred woods wheelgun, and why ? Please stick with centerfire cartridges.
Somebody has to feed the big bears once in awhile.Currently carrying a 455 Webley in a Mark VI revolver. Mostly because I want to, and it is more than sufficient for my use in the woods.
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Very nice looking your M25 45, but does S&W make a M625 45LC in 83/8" barrel, I really like the full underlug barrel.Quite honestly, it depends on “the woods” or I should say, location of the woods.
My overall favorite for carrying in the woods is my S&W 327 Night Guard if the woods may harbor 2 legged varmints, mountain lions or rabid chipmunks and squirrels.
The revolver I used to turn to if feisty bruins might be encountered (see what I did there?) was my trusty Ruger original Vaquero 7.5” in .45 Colt.
Now I am sure my Ruger has been replaced by my S&W 25-15, but I need a nice holster / rig for this one.
My 327 NG with my G45 (I really need to take more photos of my guns)
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My Vaquero
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My S&W 25-15 .45 Colt
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It sounds like a place where the hoot owls .... the chickens. Woodsman is a fine piece Just a guess but are you anywhere close to Mt. Judea?I've lived in the woods for more than 20 years. I live so deep in the Ozarks that Monday doesn't get here until Thursday. We have Black bears -- I've had them come in the yard. I've seen one Mountain Lion in all the time I've lived here. And a couple of years back a nice 6X6 elk was killed in this county (yes, we have elk in Arkansas.) We're up to our hips in white tail deer, turkey, rabbits, squirrels, coyotes and so on. And we have wood ducks nesting along the creek.
I have 160 acres, a quarter mile wide by a mile deep, with a creek flowing right down the middle.
I have two woods guns -- A Colt Woodsman made in 1938 (the most accurate handgun I've ever owned) and a Colt New Service -- with adjustable sights and Herrett Shooting Master grips.
Not all that far. I'm in Stone County, east of there Mount Judea is in Newton County.It sounds like a place where the hoot owls .... the chickens. Woodsman is a fine piece Just a guess but are you anywhere close to Mt. Judea?
Very nice looking your M25 45, but does S&W make a M625 45LC in 83/8" barrel, I really like the full underlug barrel.