They sell because they’re great revolvers. They’re very versatile and they can handle just about anything you feed them. The looks are controversial, but I never bought one for looks, but did buy them for function.
Every animal is a law unto itself. Sometimes you hit them well with big calibers and they run like the aforementioned deer. Other times you hit them with a small caliber and they drop like a sack of potatoes.
Get some Hogue Tamers for it and you will be set. I got my first SRH in .480 in 2001 and killed a truckload of game with a .480 in one iteration or another. It’s a great piece!
If there’s any meaningful recoil, I don’t want a plow handle at all, but that’s just me. I approach this from the standpoint of reacquiring your sights quickly, so I don’t want the revolver to be pointing skyward with each stroke of the trigger.
The jump isn’t significant enough to affect accuracy in my experience. Some of the best groups I’ve squeezed out of my .454 Bisley were produced by hot .45 Colt ammo.
I don’t let it ride. Since I hunt with my revolvers, being able to shoot quick follow-up shots means you need to control the recoil. But this doesn’t work for everyone.
I recently did an article for Gun Digest about this. Might be online by now. I also did a video for Gun Digest about technique when heavy recoil is in the offering that I believe is on their YouTube channel. Hope it helps.
I think this is the video...
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