BKLooney
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I don't own one myself but was shooting at my neighbor's house across the road the other day and one of his friends shows up with one, 2 1/2" Alaskan .454 Casull. I was shooting a .45 auto and my neighbor was shooting a Ruger Redhawk .44 magnum.
The Alaskan was a massive snub nose revolver, weighed in at 44 ounces. The recoil of that .454 out of that revolver was painful! I've shot three .500 S&W's, one 10 1/2" Hunter and the other two were the 7 1/2" barrels, that .454 out of that short barrel had more felt recoil.
My opinion of it is this, will it stop anything with a heartbeat in North America, yep...but you're only getting one shot off as recovery after that shot is going to take time. I will stick with the 10MM and hard cast ammo pushing out at around 1,350 FPS as I can get back on target pretty quick.
A Grizzly can run just under 40 mph if I remember correctly, bears can be very quiet stalking you, think of a car travelling at 40 MPH that you don't hear until it's about 50 or 60' from you...surprise! Yeah, not much time for anything...
Any of you guys ever shot one of these, or a BFR in .454?
The Alaskan was a massive snub nose revolver, weighed in at 44 ounces. The recoil of that .454 out of that revolver was painful! I've shot three .500 S&W's, one 10 1/2" Hunter and the other two were the 7 1/2" barrels, that .454 out of that short barrel had more felt recoil.
My opinion of it is this, will it stop anything with a heartbeat in North America, yep...but you're only getting one shot off as recovery after that shot is going to take time. I will stick with the 10MM and hard cast ammo pushing out at around 1,350 FPS as I can get back on target pretty quick.
A Grizzly can run just under 40 mph if I remember correctly, bears can be very quiet stalking you, think of a car travelling at 40 MPH that you don't hear until it's about 50 or 60' from you...surprise! Yeah, not much time for anything...
Any of you guys ever shot one of these, or a BFR in .454?
