Well, I tried it.. I believe "violent" is the correct word for it, no doubt.. Gunwise, I have never been part of the monster pistol crowd. Never really saw the point to them unless you a going undercover, among a bunch of those gangbangin polar bears... I wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't for the buddy needs cash deal, even for 400 smackers.. Just not my kind of thing..
The guy said he had only fired it 3 times, and two chambers in the cyl had no burn marks at mouth, and the box of ammo had only 3 spent cases, so his statement rang true.. I'm in it right, will sell it eventually, but will hold on to it for awhile, kinda as a gag deal... My kids want to try it.. And you know how, there are guys ya meet, who yap about how they love shootin them "Big Guns", but when ya talk to em about it in detail, they really don't know doodleysquat? Well, I'll pull this out of my saddlebag, slap it in his hand, and say, "OK, give this a go bigmouth!", it's put up, or shut up time! It's the perfect unit for that purpose!
It was a warm sunshine day today, so saddled up Little Bill for a ride.. Little Bill, is an 8yr old stud, has taken me on many an elkhunt, he doesn't run as fast as some of my other horses, but he'll run all day.. He is my buddy, loves me, rock steady. Definately not gunshy anymore, but he don't like this one very much.. This gun has a massive muzzle flash/blast, even in daylight.. It gives the full body smack from the concussion, like standing near a 155 howitzer when it goes off, BA-WOOM.. Bill don't like that too much..
The gun is brandnew S&W all the way, shoots great. Fired 10 shots total, first shot was right in the X ring.. The rest were scattered all over a standard pistol bullseye target at 20 paces.. But, thats my fault, not the pistol.. Pretty typical for one of these things, lol! Overall, Its not as bad as my mind conjured up.. But I'm a big guy, with a lifetime of exp at this gun stuff.. I could get used to it, shoot it much better, but would never use it as a saddle pistol, too hard to fire one handed, (yes I tried).. it has a good grip, but hurts the thumbweb anyway.. Not as bad as onehanded shootin both barrels of 12ga coachgun, with 3in magnum heavy buckshot loads. It is WAY more felt recoil than a .50AE Desert eagle tho, not even close!
LOL, around here we have the black bears, midnight campground raiders, nothing to worry about, if you aren't foolish.. But the thing to worry about are the cougars, and mountain lions, we have both! Odds are, they will see you, way before you see them, and they won't back off from a accidental confrontation with a mounted rider either.. Pay attn to your horse, he'll sense them long before you do.. They follow the elk herds, the same way I do.. I've run into them many times on a herds backtrail, eyes locked together for several minutes, 20/30 feet away, saying "I DARE YA!" Both waiting for the other to flinch or look away.. Ya don't look away, until they walk away! If ya do, they might very well make a move on ya! It's definately one of the thrills of living around here! I carry a 629 mountain gun for that situation, because I can shoot it one handed.. A .45LC or .357 would work for that too tho.
I don't know what ammo costs, came with 2 boxes of shells..
Next time I'll have the wifey go with me, see if she can get a pic of the 5 foot wide muzzle blast, lol!
RC
