New T/C Barrel

Sounds great.  i like the shorter barrels.  What grip you got?  I hunt mine adn usually carry it all day, seldom putting it in my shoulder holster.  I have a set of very large walnut finger grooved grips, makes shooting and carrying it very comfortable (even after 10 hours),

I shoot one frame that has a set of the Packmeyer recoil black rubber grips.  Eats up lots of recoil.

I shoot the .308 SS bullets in 130 grain.  Use them on deer and varmints, get 2 inch groups at 100 yds from a rest.

Good luck with the AI, you will like it.

BEAR

Good luck on the buck, Rick.  I always carry a sand bag filled with walnut media and some sand (cuts the weight down from all sand).  I hunt either tree stands or ground blinds, and always try to have a gun rail (PCV 1 /1/2 inch pipe).

I did take a pure off hand shot (no tree around) and made a heart shot on a whitetail in heavy snow, 105 yards.  Probably my best handgun kill (using the 375).

Lots of fun to hunt and play with those Contenders.

BEAR

You are right DD.  Funny how people compare "killing range of cartridges".  I see lots of recommendations on the 44 handgun to 150 yards.  I've killed deer with the 44 mag out to about 135 yards.  But if you look at the bullet weight, velocity, energies at that range you will see the 30-30 is WAY more powerful.  The game doesn't know the range (although it is an accuracy limit to the shooter), but it the energy is still there it is a killer.

Same with the 357 mag, often touted as a worthless hunting cartridge as it is too big for small game and too light for deer.  Out of the closed breech system of the T/C it is a good comparison with the 44 mag out of a wheel gun.  I've not run the range chart recently but I think the smaller diameter with the 170grain out of the t/c actually over comes the 44 at some range.

Considering my standard opinion that deer are really very easy to kill (if hit properly) the 30-30 and many others (25-35) etc..., care really very decent to hunt deer with.

BEAR