Fellin’

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1. Cargosquid says:

   March 10, 2013 at 1:22 pm

   Years ago, probably just after gun power was invented, I was out shooting with some friends out in the swamp. He brought a 12 gauge…I had never fired 3 inch magnum slugs out of shotgun before.

   So I took aim a very threatening dead tree stump, about 12 feet tall. Fired.
   Ouch.

   And then watched with amazement as the tree fell over.

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   • Weerd Beard says:

     March 10, 2013 at 2:45 pm

     Must have been slugs!

     As you know I’m a bit of a size-queen when it comes to guns. Both my carry guns are loaded with 230 Gr +P .45 ACP, I’d like to get both one of those micro lightweight .357 Magnum revolvers, like Jay’s “Snubbie From Hell” which I shoot every chance I get. (I’m thinking an LCR .357 might be the ticket) and I have a SEVERE case of the wantsies for an M&P45 converted to .460 Rowland, and a Ruger Alaskan in .454 Casull, both I’d have full intents on carrying for camping and hiking.

     Still when I bought a box of 3″ #00 buckshot for a blog shoot, I was AMAZED at the specs, both the number of pellets, and the advertised velocity. Still after the first tube of those shells, I decided the conventional 2.75″ shells would be more than enough for social ammo when it came to feeding my shotguns.

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2. Cargosquid says:

   March 11, 2013 at 11:08 pm

   .460 Rowland? Ok, I’ll be right back………

   Holy cow! That should go “boom” nicely.

   Have you looked at the .50 GI?

   .454 Casull. I was just talking to someone with one and a .500 S&W.

   He said that the Casull hit harder and kicked harder. But as he said, that was his opinion.

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   • Weerd Beard says:

     March 12, 2013 at 4:39 am

     I’ve shot both the Ruger Alaskan and several .500 Magnums, and while I haven’t measured the two guns, but the Ruger is a BIG revolver, but it feels like its HALF the size of the S&W X-frame, it holds 6 vs. 5, and I think the .500 Still kicks harder. For monster magnums its best to keep your daily round count down to a low number lest you wake up with a gnarled claw for a shooting hand the next morning. (Maybe its me, but I can shoot monster guns all day, and the abuse doesn’t come back to haunt me until the next day) But I haven’t really found a magnum so powerful as to classify it as “unreasonable” in a practical shooting sense.

     As for .50 GI, its a neat round that is just as niche as the .460 Rowland. Both rounds you’re going to need to handload for, and convert and existing gun (I’m not spending $3,000 for the Guncrafter Industries .50 1911!), it just so happens that .460 Rowland you can convert a S&W M&P45, which is a gun on my want list, and you can reload the cartridge simply by adjusting your .45 ACP dies, just like how you can reload .38 Special with a .357 Die.

     Last, I’d want either the .454 or .460 Rowland for the event I encountered a bull moose, or a bear while out in the woods, and the .50 GI is really just a heavily improved .45 ACP, the .460 Rowland is a full-on “Magnum” caliber comparable to factory-loaded .44 Mag.

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3. Cargosquid says:

   March 11, 2013 at 11:14 pm

   While surfing for .460 Rowland, I came across this:

   .460 XVR

   and this thread.

   http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=443923

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