Im in a pinch on gun/caliber for hunting. Ive found articles saying that a 4.5 inch barreled 41 magnum is fine for deerhunting out to 100-130 yards if you can sight in correctly. But I just have to ask, what real differences do 357 mag, 41 mag, 44 spl, 44 mag, and 45 colt and even 45 acp have between themselves other then muzzle energy, recoil, and bullet weight and diameter?
And just what makes a good hunting load for a revolver? Is it merely good energy, expansion, accuracy and weight. Or do i have to get a complicated mathematical formula based on balistic coefficients, velocity, energy and the like?
I have to ask because from my reading of Keiths biography, he used just about all of these calibers to hunt with and defend himself with, and i want the scoop that doesnt come from a gunwriter depending on cash from ammo companies to fill the family bean pot.
Those calibers are my main question, but I have some questions on the following guns from Taurus. Can they be good deer killers, coyote killers, and self defense weapons?
416SS6
416SS8
4410TrackerSS
444B6
44TRACKER4B
627SH4C
454SS5M
And just what makes a good hunting load for a revolver? Is it merely good energy, expansion, accuracy and weight. Or do i have to get a complicated mathematical formula based on balistic coefficients, velocity, energy and the like?
I have to ask because from my reading of Keiths biography, he used just about all of these calibers to hunt with and defend himself with, and i want the scoop that doesnt come from a gunwriter depending on cash from ammo companies to fill the family bean pot.
Those calibers are my main question, but I have some questions on the following guns from Taurus. Can they be good deer killers, coyote killers, and self defense weapons?
416SS6
416SS8
4410TrackerSS
444B6
44TRACKER4B
627SH4C
454SS5M