When you hunt do you take an autoloader or a revolver backup?

[Girodin]

Depends on what and where I am hunting.

 

[MountainBear]

Usually both. A 1911 on my hip and a j-frame in my pack...

 

[ms6852]

686 SW .357 or taurus 44mag or my 1911 Springfield. Plus my 14 brothers and cousins.

 

[Big Bill]

Plus my 14 brothers and cousins.

By any chance, is your name Billy Bob?

 

[Erik M]

My Taurus .38 loaded with +p's. Ive packed my 9mm loaded with a 32 round mag when I was scouting one time. It was on fenced private acreage though so no worries.

 

[jsg]

I hunt with a Contender for everything but birds. While hunting, it is all I carry. At camp and on the way back and forth, I carry my normal concealed carry gun. When I used to hunt with a rifle, I carried my SuperBlackhawk in 44 mag as well.

 

[MCgunner]

I moved from .357 and .45ACP with hot +P handloads on up to .45 Colt Ruger Blackhawk when I had to put down a charging, wounded hog once with the .357. A head shot DID do the trick, however. The Blackhawk is comforting and there are no autos capable of that kind of power with that big a bullet that are as light and fast into action.

A .454 Casull in a Freedom Arms maybe, someday, but the Blackhawk gits 'er dun pretty well. Revolvers are in a class by themselves for power level as repeating handguns go. Single shots can get MUCH more powerful and I have a Contender, but as an also gun while hog hunting, the Blackhawk packs lighter, especially if chasing dogs. And, this particular gun will shoot 1" groups at 25 yards off the bench no problem. Few, if any, autos can combine that sort of power with that sort of accuracy without resembling a carbine in weight and size (Desert Eagle). Besides, a single action is one hell of a lot easier to look at and I just love single actions, was raised on one and am natural with one.

 

[SteveCase]

A Bow and some arrows in the quiver. Dont really need to worry about anyting besides maybe a coyote maybe a black bear but they dont get that big in MA here or CT

 

[Kurt S.]

I'm like 444, I've used 'hunting sidearm' as an excuse to buy several of the handguns I now have. (also concealed carry is a good excuse)

I carry mostly revolvers as backup but I have carried a 1911 maybe a few times.

I have carried a S&W 629 6-1/2", a S&W 29 Classic 5", or Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt. There are certain conditions in Texas under which you cannot OC while hunting, and then I pack a Charter Bulldog Pug .44 Spl, or a S&W .357 M60. And yes, I know that there are people that can CCW a big S&W or Ruger wheelgun but I'm not one of them.

 

[tactikel]

.357 mag S&W Mod 28, 158 gr SWC loaded max.