New Purchase...It's a Chunk!

Here's the newest addition to the lineup. I needed a good pistol for hog hunting. I don't know abou the scope though. I had an extra laying around and thought I may as well give it a try. The gun definitely looks better without the scope. It was a gun show find that was price too good to pass up. It's been too cold and rainy to try to sight it though. Maybe next weekend. Whaddaya think?

$800 cash out the door with the box and all. The base, rings, and scope weren't included.

Yes, it is a .44 mag. As to how much it weighs, I'm almost afraid to find out. I don't have any kind of scales to check. One thing about it though, it's not all that muzzle-heavy. It's fairly well balanced...just heavy all around. I've already got a hip holster for it that has a notch in the top for the scope to stick out of. I'll have to wear a seperate belt though. I don't want to hook this rig up to the belt that holds up my pants!

I took the beast to an indoor range and sighted in the scope. The farthest I could take it out to was 25 yards. It shoots pretty dang good. I think my eyes were bigger than my nerves with this gun though. If I could take this gun out and shoot only two shots at one outing, I can do pretty good, about 1 1/4 groups. Any more than two shots and I develop a bit of a flinch.

The gun doesn't really kick so much, but what it does do is what I call buck! The spring is so stiff that it really slings the gun around when the slide cycles. I think I can probably shoot 4 inch groups out to 50 yards with it. I'm glad I didn't get the .50. This dude makes a nice little fireball too.

No, the scope is mounted directly on top of the barrel and the barrel does not move. The piece beneath the barrel that goes back is the slide. The gun is similar to the way a Smith and Wesson Model 41 works. The back half and lower portion are the slide and that is the part that cycles. It hard for me to try to explain it. If you've seen how a Smith 41 works, then imagine that same basic design on a much larger pistol.

Well the scope is only a 3x, so I was hoping that it wouldn't be hard to pick the hairs quickly. I guess some actual field time well determine how easy it is. I haven't been in a situation where I needed to get sighted on a hog quickly. I guess all of my shots in the past have been from about 25 to 35 yards and the hogs ever saw me coming. I'm not the most graceful or silent with the spot and stalk method so I spend half of time in a tree over some bait.

Kanook, how positive are that the gun is 1987 model? I wasn't real sure how old it was and the seller couldn't remember either. I also wasn't aware that this particular model was any less common that another. I've always like two-tone pistols and this was a deal I couldn't let get away.

The only thing that would make that gold gun better would be a set of pearl grips! LOL

And am I the only person thinking about James Bond when I see that...