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Originally Posted by countryboy172
My dad is looking for a handgun to use hunting, i told him a ruger super redhawk would be a perfect gun for the job.
Any opinions on what would be best for hunting?
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Any of those mentioned will do the trick just fine.
You Dad needs to keep in mind, though, that he's going to be walking around all day with it, so he not only needs something that he can shoot accurately, but also something he can carry. Personally, I find a rifle easier to carry than any of the "plus" size hunting handguns. An 8 inch barrel may look cool and give tons of velocity, but once you pop a scope on there, you're going to have to shoot from a rest (which I always thought defeated the purpose of handgun hunting) unless you have arms like popeye.
Personally, my ideal big game hunting handgun would have a 4" or 5" barrel, be double action, weigh in the 40oz. range, and be chambered in .44 Magnum or .45 Colt.
Anything longer/heavier, for me, is just unwieldy and too heavy to be fun to lug around and shoot offhand. Anything bigger in terms of caliber isn't fun to practice with.
I'm much more confidant with a .44 Magnum that I can shoot 50 rounds through once a week than I am with .454, .460, or .500 that I only shoot once or twice a year.
If I were in the market for one, I'd probably go out and buy a S&W 629 Mountain Gun, .44 Mag, 4" barrel. Then I'd slap a nice light weight red dot or holographic sight on top of it, and go clobber anything in North America inside of 50 yards.