OK I will drive over and smack him for all of us.

He really is an OK guy...he reloads .44 magnum for me on my Dillon Square Deal B press that I loaned him!!! And he casts me bullets...
with some of the stuff I loaned him. LOL

Fowler, you are OK! (I won't tell anybody but he actually said that he would use my Encore to smack an elk while I filmed it for my next video "if he couldn't get close enough for the revolver")!!!

So busted...

Fowler, I understand what your talking about

Till the really big boys, 454 to 500s&w, 44mag was our big round. When I got into handgun hunting seriously I was stationed in Fairbanks AK, and the 44mag made me nervous when facing Moose. Hence the 375JDJ with the 44m back up

I carry and use both. I have some Ruger Bisleys tuned and customized by some great 'smiths (Stroh, Bowen and Clements and gripped by Kolar and Fishpaw) and 2 T/C's by Bellm and Shot's (ok ok, end of unsolicited endorsement and commercial). They are just toooo cool not to hunt with.
Now for pot-stirring time: since I started handgun hunting, I kinda look at rifles as "deer sniping", too. I have my first few with rifles, but think that I have progressed to the next level. Not chumping anyone who rifle-hunts...at least they are in the woods, so they have just as much of a voice. Besides, pistol hunters are still looked at as the "lunatic fringe" when it comes to big game hunting. I, for one, am damn glad to be numbered in these ranks!!! It is just a different skill set.
Besides, I relish the looks that I get from the guys in my club when I drag in a deer shot with my short gun...

I have not gone away but jsut been lerking and watching and not posting: Thank you all for over 50 responses and I belive all have learned from the others here ...it is a Real Good Mix of people here!

I'm still experimenting. I have had several wheel guns and one other bolt gun and am working on another bolt gun. One of these days I will decide that I need them all and will hunt with any of them.