The 4.2" barrel revolvers are legal in Canada. (That's why Ruger makes a 4.2" barrel - it works out to 106 mm or whatever the Canadian minimum barrel length is.) A US citizen can (must) declare a firearm when entering Canada, and can get a temporary firearm license (for a gun legal to own in Canada; don't bring your AR15) right at the borer crossing. Americans go on guided hunt trips in the Yukon Territory, Northern Ontario, etc, all the time.The Yukon is in Canada. Canada doesn't like Yanks with handguns.
Frankly I'm amazed that Canada even lets Canadians have handguns.
Whatever is the smallest caliber proven to be a Grizzly and Moose stopper.
I think DB Cooper's response was excellent because it's exactly what I am thinking in that "It's a trade off between enough stopping power and light enough recoil to shoot effectively" and "The only other debate is whether to carry the heavy Rugers or the lighter (much lighter) scandium Smiths."
I'm very much a minimalist type and am going to try to find the lightest revolver that can do the job, but I also want fast follow up shots. If it's an unknown if I'm going to run into a big animal, I'll probably go for a 5 shot .44 Mag, but if I KNOW it's a guarantee I'm going to encounter such animals, I'm bringing the biggest revolver I can get, probably the 10 inch BFR in whatever hits hardest.
I wouldn't bother with the .500 S&W, too big and heavy and expensive to feed.
4.2 barrels are legal for Canadians.The 4.2" barrel revolvers are legal in Canada. (That's why Ruger makes a 4.2" barrel - it works out to 106 mm or whatever the Canadian minimum barrel length is.) A US citizen can (must) declare a firearm when entering Canada, and can get a temporary firearm license (for a gun legal to own in Canada; don't bring your AR15) right at the borer crossing. Americans go on guided hunt trips in the Yukon Territory, Northern Ontario, etc, all the time.
But I'm not trying to start a Canadian gun law debate.
I think yo might be right. Actually, you are right.4.2 barrels are legal for Canadians.
Hunting rifles and shotguns are easy enough to declare at the border, but not handguns.
Target pistol shooters competing in Canada need to obtain special permission in advance from whichever bureaucracy is in charge of such things.
Also hollow point rifle rounds aren't allowed across the border.
What I'm saying is first hand circa 1985 from the Penticton, BC Customs personnel and may have changed.
Those things cost too much to carry into the field. Can you imagine dropping one on a rock? Might as well carry a Colt Anaconda.Can't help but notice a trend that does not include any of the NAA revolvers.....
Denis
An 8 shot 44 mag X frame would be a neat gun.You guys and these 5 shot guns...you're going to miss at least the first shot and maybe at least one other. If they made an 8 shot 44 mag, I'd own it. (It would be so big I'd need a sling to carry it, but...)
An 8 shot 44 mag X frame would be a neat gun.
You guys and these 5 shot guns...you're going to miss at least the first shot and maybe at least one other. If they made an 8 shot 44 mag, I'd own it. (It would be so big I'd need a sling to carry it, but...)