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    TAMING THE BEAST

    Jul 28, 2020 6 minutes
    BY MAX PRASAC
    PHOTOS BY V. RICARDEL AND THE AUTHOR

    This is a topic that just won’t go away, particularly because of the rising popularity of handgun hunting in big-bore revolver shooting, as well as figuring out the best way to handle the heavy recoil associated with the more-powerful handgun cartridges. Let me put this up front: Shooting a handgun accurately is much more diffi cult than is a rifle. Shooting a handgun with outsized recoil is even more diffi cult and very challenging ... to put it mildly. What isn’t difficult is developing a debilitating flinch from shooting these heavy recoil-generating hog-legs. You won’t have the luxury of using your body to stabilize the firearm by bracing the buttstock firmly into your shoulder. But this is obvious.

    There are many contributing factors to recoil:

    • Weight of the revolver

    • Grip type/shape

    • Bullet weight

    • Bullet velocity

    PLATFORM OPTIONS

    Many manufacturers offer double- and single-action big-bore revolvers. Smith & Wesson, Taurus and Ruger all produce

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