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Tough question because for me, .38 Special and .45 Colt are both right up there, but I have a lot more revolvers in .38 (only 1 in .45 Colt), so voted .38 Special.
I looked at M2's last week. Awfully tempting!.....and the next-nearest firearm is a Benelli M2 shotgun.
I agree!WHOA! Craig, what you have to say is so far overshadowed by your beauts of fine revolvers and your fine photography that I often miss what it is you have said!
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That's true if we're talking about medium game. If it gets bigger than elk, the .44's capacity is significantly greater, as is its ability to go way over SAAMI pressure standards. The .41 can't compete with a 355gr at 1350fps.Next up, the .41 mag. This cartridge is often overlooked. The .41 mag can do what the .44 mag. can do ... and more efficiently so. Save powder. Save lead. What the .44 mag. can kill, so too will the .41 mag. ... using less powder and less bullet lead. Just can. Look it up.
Henry Arms makes a lever-action rifle in .41 mag.
Y'wanna go larger, then go for the cartridges designed for Alaska situations ... brown bear and whatnot. Alaska handgun cartridges have much higher energy ratings than the .41 mag., more than the .44 mag.. Need that sort of power? Do it! If you must, then for heaven's sake, go BIG! Brown bears and polar bears are monsters!!! Monster loads are needed if you don't want to die a horrible death. When a cannon is required ... well then, get yourself a cannon. The .44 is "big medicine"; however, it is not a cannon. Handgun cannon revolvers and their cartridges are very available. Were I living in Alaska or the Yukon, then by-golly, I'd buy me a cannon revolver/chambering; probably would learn to reload for it, also. Gotta do what'cha gotta do.
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.44 Magnum. I have plenty of self defense guns chambered in 9mm, so a revolver is a wood and range gun for me. The .44 is just plain fun, and that's what I bought it for.
Can a Colt .45 compete with either of these?Tough call, but I voted .357 Magnum. If I could only own one handgun, it would be a 4-inch .357 Mag revolver. Great versatility loading the cartridge from mild to wild. I'm pretty partial to the .44 Magnum, too. While I like the .44 Special, the power range of the .44 Mag is greater.
With Ruger only loads the 45 colt can compete with the 44mag. The standard 45 is similar to 44 special. As far as 357 & 45 they differ in how there energy is generated. Bullet mass versus velocity....Can a Colt .45 compete with either of these?
Yup. In a Ruger Blackhawk (and a couple more makes of guns) you can load the Colt .45 to 32,000 PSI (SAAMI limits factory ammo to 14,000 PSI). At that pressure, the .45 Colt will do anything the .44 Magnum will do -- and makes a bigger hole while it does it.Can a Colt .45 compete with either of these?