My love affair with the .41magnum started over 3 decades ago, purely by accident. When Ruger introduced the Redhawk in 1980, I wanted one so bad that I put my name on a list to get one when they trickled into my LGS and I actually waited over 10 years to get mine. Well it finally showed up and.......wait a minute! The gun was mis-stamped. It showed .41magnum on the barrel??? I asked the owner of the LGS about the mistake and he said it was their mistake not Rugers. I knew nothing about the .41magnum and was going to refuse it, but the owner gave me a book that told the caliber's story. I was intrigued so for a discount price and a box of shells I took it home. It's been with me ever since, topped with a 2x Leopold EER Handgun Scope. I have taken all kinds of game with it but my favorite was a book Fallow Deer at just over 100yards. I always wanted a 4" version of the same gun, but Ruger only offered it in 5.5" and 7.5". After 15 years of looking I found a 5.5" and bought it and the work began. I shortened and re-crowned the barrel to 4", radiused the grip frame corners and the grip panels to match, de-horned and bead blasted the gun, milled a slot in the top rib for a new front sight and a trigger job. It is my "anytime I am in the field gun". I also have another .41magnum that I carry, a Taurus 415 with a ported 2.5" barrel. My latest acquisition is my Henry Big Boy Brass Carbine. If I had to be able to only keep one caliber, it would be my .41's.