My first handgun was a Contender and I had success with it hunting so I was hooked on single shots. I bought a .357 mag revolver but it did not float my boat. I then got into .44 mag revolvers but the single shots still prevailed. Things began to change once I got my Raging Bull .454. I still hunted with the single shots that I had. They gave me a better chance to have hunting success here in Colorado. Actually my first deer with a handgun was a 246 yard kill with my .375 JDJ Contender. I really do not see any advantage that a rifle has over a single shot specialty pistol. I still have a hard time thinking of a single shot as a handgun. They do not feel as good in the hand as a revolver. I do think that revolvers are more of a challenge. I used my .500 S&W when I got my bison. I asked myself before the hunt which type of weapon would give me more satisfaction. The revolver won hands down. My back-up weapon was my .375-06 JDJ Encore. I had that because I really wanted to get a bison and if I could not get close enough for my Smith I knew that the single shot would reach out and get the job done. I guess right now at this moment I'm more of a revolver man but that could change.

Recoil

I carry both here in the North woods of Pa. when walking the old logging roads I can go from a 20 yard shot to a 200 yard shot in a pretty short time period. It's nice to be able to cover both. I'm a walk a little, sit a little kind of hunter so I cover a fair amount of area in a normal hunting day. I'd say I'm 50 - 50 revolver to Single shot hunter. Single shot on a sling and revolver on the hip every time I go out, that's what works for me.

Randy, The Birddog.

Iv converted all to SS's. Sold all my wheel guns. Got lone eagles, Contenders and a Custom XP on the way. Take that back IV got a 22 in a wheel gun.

i love my wheel guns, maybe I have an old spirit but it works for me

I am a revolver guy. Nothing against Encores and the like they just don't float my boat.

I like the challenge of getting close to game and really HUNTING instead of sniping game at long range. I have hunted without a rifle for 5 seasons now and have taken a lot of small game and varmints but so far I have failed to kill any big game animals. I missed a big bull elk this fall with a iron sighted 475 Linebaugh at 90 yards or so. To have failed on my terms was fine, to have killed that bull with a rifle to me now would have been a failure.

If you understand great, if you don't I can't explain it to you...

Thats why they make different ones. Im sure glad they do so I can spend all this money.:)

Quote from Fowler: "I like the challenge of getting close to game and really HUNTING instead of sniping game at long range."

OOOhh that really is a loaded statement, good buddy.

As has been said previous, everybody has their "own boat to float" so I don't know that you should refer to Single Shot Pistol hunters as (not) "really hunting."

just my humble opinion.

 Originally Posted By: Fowler

Nothing against Encores and the like they just don't float my boat.

I like the challenge of getting close to game and really HUNTING instead of sniping game at long range....

Here we go again.

Just cuz single shots don't float your boat does not mean you get to take cheap jabs at folks that DO enjoy hunting with them and extending their effective range.



Good call...and thanks for recognizing that not everyone HAS to hunt the same way to be friends.

I think they both have their advantages... When hunting game at longer distances you usually will see more game. IMHO, your hunting skills have to be honed differently for close range hunting. Not better or worse. In short, I think they both have their challenges.

 Originally Posted By: TCMan

IMHO, your hunting skills have to be honed differently....

EXACTLY!!