Big guns

[The Lone Haranguer]

I would suggest a .45 automatic, but this may disappoint you, as I find the .45 Auto's recoil pretty mild, more of a sharp push than a snap or hard kick. Who wants that?

If the most powerful cartridge you've shot is the .357 Magnum, try a .44 Magnum. In a gun of decent weight, it is exciting but not overly punishing.

 

[JackCrow]

You say you like the Blackhawk, try one in .45LC, I think you will enjoy it!

 

[woad_yurt]

I once shot a repro .75 caliber percussion pistol. That was a huge boom. It was different, though. Less of a "crack," more of a really deep, rumbly boom. Plus, there was that cloud....

 

[Majic]

Unless you have rather large hands forget about the Desert Eagle since you say you shoot one handed. Get a full size 6 inch .44 magnum and start off with a box of .44 spl then move up to the 240 grainers. That is probably all the boom and fun you will want for the first time.

 

[TAB]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZL797pOAZ0


big boom...


you may want to start off small and work up. say 44 mag with ligth loads and work up. big booms= flinch trainers.

 

[MNBud]

Rent the Desert Eagle in 50 caliber and get it out of your system or--------
go out and purchase one shortly after.

 

[gbran]

Go all the way......

 

[Baba Louie]

Not REALLY a big gun

While a .357 mag makes a nice Boom!, and a .44 mag an even nicer BOOM!!, and I likes me a good stout loaded .45Colt in me Ruger Bisley, a Ruger BH in .30 carbine... for the size of that skinny little cartridge... makes a CRAAACKKK!!! that is, well... ya just gotta do it to believe it and even then, for the life of me, I cannot figure out HOW or WHY that particular round creates that size fireball sounding like the Hammer of Thor itself...

But my goodness is it fun

 

[Shieldbreaker]

Love the DE. My sone with the 44




Have the DE 44 and 357...also BDE in 9mm. Need A FIFTY!!!!lol.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

A 45 Colt or 44 Mag is about the largest you want to go one-handed for any extensive shooting.

 

[Quigley]

You have been bitten by the bug!

I shoot a T/C Encore handgun in 45/70, when kept under 2000 FPS with 250 grain Barnes XXX it is a joy to shoot, push it harder than that and it bites you back....

 

[JesseL]

That's one great big ol' pistol, talkin' 50 caliber, made by badd-ass hebrews.

Man, I love that song - reminds me of some of my own family.

 

[boots]

for me personally, i think 44 mag was the limit...however, i was using a superblackhawk with a 4 5/8 barrel with a square triggerguard...this platform was very unconfortable for me...i think i would've had more fun with a bisley or a double action redhawk or super redhawk...


the comfort of the platform you are using has a lot to do with it...for example, i can shoot full house 357 magss all day in a sp101...very comfortable guns...