Saw a 5 shot taurus tracker in .45 colt. It is a steel type model 460 with 4" barrel. Anyone shoot one of these in 4 or 6" gun? How accurate is it with what ammo? Has anyone shot theirs alot/long time? Would you say the recoil is bad or does the barel venting help? The woman can not work the slides on little autos. +p loads? Hog gun? Any help is thanked for in advance.
taurus tracker in 45 colt
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MCgunner
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NO Ruger only in the gun ("+P"). Shoot standard SAAMI pressure only. I don't particularly like vented barrels and with standard pressure loads, i doubt the vents would work that well anyway. If I got a Tracker, i think it'd be a .41 mag. I have a 4 5/8" Ruger Blackhawk. THAT one will eat the +P stuff all day and it's deadly accurate.
You could hunt hogs with the Tracker to probably 30 or 50 yards with proper placement using a 255 cast flat nose over 8.3 grains Unique (950 fps out of my Ruger), but they also make the gun in .357, .41, and .44 magnum, more appropriate for hog hunting, especially the ones that start with a 4. I've shot trapped hogs with the mentioned standard pressure .45 Colt. .357 performed better on trapped hogs. I've shot hogs, one at 60 yards, with hot .357 handloads from a 6.5" Blackhawk. I'd pick it over the standard .45 from experience, not conjecture. That Blackhawk can push a 180 grain XTP to 1400 fps from its 6.5" barrel. It's got some serious hog stopping power to it. .41 and .44 mag and .45 Colt +P have more, of course, but I'll pick .357 over standard pressure .45 Colt in MY experience.
You could hunt hogs with the Tracker to probably 30 or 50 yards with proper placement using a 255 cast flat nose over 8.3 grains Unique (950 fps out of my Ruger), but they also make the gun in .357, .41, and .44 magnum, more appropriate for hog hunting, especially the ones that start with a 4. I've shot trapped hogs with the mentioned standard pressure .45 Colt. .357 performed better on trapped hogs. I've shot hogs, one at 60 yards, with hot .357 handloads from a 6.5" Blackhawk. I'd pick it over the standard .45 from experience, not conjecture. That Blackhawk can push a 180 grain XTP to 1400 fps from its 6.5" barrel. It's got some serious hog stopping power to it. .41 and .44 mag and .45 Colt +P have more, of course, but I'll pick .357 over standard pressure .45 Colt in MY experience.
shootniron
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What he said...
Good advice and info...
Brian Williams
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I had a 4" one and regret selling it, it shot 255gr LSWCs into a 8" pie plate at 25 all day long. The porting is there, it does hold down the upper flip a bit but that causes it to come straighter back into your palm. I should have kept it because it was a great gun and the trigger was very nice after shooting and dryfiring.
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