I am a new poster here but have been visiting this website for a long time, it is great.
I notice that there are those hunters here that lean toward single shots and those that seem to prefer revolvers. And there are also some that seem to be 50-50 so to speak, they use both.

It would be interesting to find out how this "split" goes... Let's hear from you: which do you prefer: Single shot? Or revolver?

Or 50-50? Or???? Total equals 100.

I am a 65 single shot and 35 revolver hunter.

Single Shot. Closed Breech equals more fun. Just my opinion.

 Originally Posted By: shortrange

Let's hear from you: which do you prefer: Single shot? Or revolver?

Yes!!!

Before I began handgun hunting I tried T/C in a .243 and a .357 mag revolver from a friend. I shot a lot thru each and ended up a
revolver guy. 460 S&W XVR to be exact. Really is a preference. The real goal needs to stay shot placement. 100% revolver

SS the majority of the time and revolver every once in a while for hunting.

Revolvers 99.5% of the time, every spring I break out the XP100 & make life miserable for the many rock chucks in the area. I take quite a few of them with the revolver also but when shooting 200-500 yds & beyond the revolver just won't cut the mustard.
The accuracy of a good single shot in the hands of an experienced shooter is almost hard to imagine if you haven't seen it before. Using a good backpack, shooting sticks or, like me, the back of my 4 wheeler is a deadly combination.

Dick

100% single shot

i dearly love the single shot handguns, and my favorite is the contender. i like a revolver really well also, but the single shot gives me so many advantages and versatility for my uses.

50%++ of my interests are in accurate shooting and reloading. a TC is a reloaders dream come true. easy barrel changes put you in another cartridge to shoot/reload/hunt with in minutes. if extreme accuracy for a bench gun is the goal, a nice xp 100 would be hard to beat

depending on the "spot" i choose to hunt, a revolver could be great also, and i'd like to have a couple more. but there are just too many "open areas" not to take advantage of with extended range capability of ss pistols over revolvers. yeah....i can get closer. i used to bow hunt also. but if i can watch for and see more deer crossing 200yrd openings, i will, and a revolver is not the best choice.

i WON'T say a revolver or straightwall cartridge is boring....but there is nothing much a guy can't do with one, that he couldn't do with another on deer size game. i guess what i'm trying to say is....(for example)....if you have a 7 1/2" 44mag....you can use it for any deer hunting at short range. dead is dead. i don't "need" anything else revolverwise.

i sure can think of 2 or 3 more i'd like to have though!

i don't do big travels and hunt afar. my main hunting use is for deer and varmints of limited opportunity around home.

also....don't forget the autos! a ruger mkII or III is a great squirrel rig.

All revolver. I like to hunt and shoot close. Just more of a challenge to me. Its not about the kill as much as how I do it.

90-10 in favor of the revolver. I do like the capability of singles but the fun has always been in a wheel gun for me. They feel good in the hand carry easy on the hip and theirs just so much thats american tied to revolvers.