|
rule of thumbo..........if yer gonna reload and reload HOT...............buy a ruger wheel gun hands down, thicker backstraps.
if yer just gonna plink a dink and shoot box ammo..............buy the smith.
now after doing tool paths and xyz coordinates and tooling for gazzillions of ruger cast frames in my past life...........i can tell you this. ruger makes a damn fine firearm that has more QC involved than many other mfgs. do in place.
yes some of their semi-autos look kind of clunky, but their rifles/shotguns/revolvers/and the entire .22 and its kin the .17 are all very fine quality built weapons. all my experiences with them on a biz basis or on me being the customer have always bean numero uno.(#1).
each and every mfg. has its stars and its duds.
i have seen in my hands(the pieces) of both a ruger and a smith blown apart from reloading hot. the ruger was blown apart by a double powder charge. the cylinder was not even a cylinder anymore. there was a resemblance of a very bent backstrap that did do its job. on the smith the backstrap was broken in two as was the cylinder in itty bitty pieces.
ya gots to be smart when reloading.
as evidenced by my suggestion earlier to view youtube at some of these clowns planting stainless and blue steel in their foreheads. it aint a joke. and if ya think loading hot is gonna solve the bear problem it isnt! that first shot may be all ya get and i want it to go where i aim at, regardless of what position my body or arm is in when i light it off. your second shot may need to be just as accurate if not more accurate if da bear hasnt dropped.
these big guns are fine and dandy at the range when your in a solid stance. but just picture your most vulnerable moment out in the woods. taking a crap,cooking,sleeping on cot,sleeping in zipped up fart bag, sleeping in trailer/camper/half lit from a fun night of a 1000 beers and trapper dan stories..........and all of a sudden the SHTF and you gotta shoot now and shoot with a damn good resemblance OF CONTROL! or risk being bear poo down the trail...............
have heard TOO MANY ALASKAN BEAR STORIES from alaskans at this aeropuerto who roost here during the winter. a couple funny...............but most very very tragic endings.
garrettcartridges does some very nice anti brown bear loads that dispel the myth that .44 mags are worthless against brown bears and ya need to file the front sight off so it doesnt hurt when the bear shoves the .44 up yer KEESTER!
me ........i like the ruger alaskan. i like .460 and .480's after that well your asking for problems. rugers are inexpensive in the big picture comparison and they do the job when called upon to the letter. scottsdale gun club here pulled their smith and wesson rental .500 off the line because it was the big draw for renting. too many injuries and after a "UNKNOWN" amount of rounds was "having some problems" that their gunsmiths had to look at. hmmmmmmmmmmmm??????
think about these damn big calibers for a minute.............how many rounds are you ever going to shoot thru them? in your life??
and practicing with them is kind of a masochistic way of going about things. IMHO!
|