I learned an expensive lesson with my first Alpine conversion, which includes a round butt mod -- the round butt ruins your ability to control heavy loads. My second Alpine was square butt which is mo much better.
Don't understand shorter than four inch .44/.45 revolvers, with the possible exception of one used as a fanny pack gun.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
^ ^ I don't quite get the short 44's either. I'd rather have a lighter 5" barrel, than a shorter than 4" barrel as far as a carry gun for the hills is concerned.
LOTSA muzzle blast doesn't sound like much fun or a help to shooting well.
Thanks everyone; some great information here.
Ken
Those wood grips make the gun.
Well for pure close range AK bear defense, we're talking pretty close range. If a heavy cast bullet can be thrown 1000 - 1100 FPS it'll penetrate. We know 3" barreled revolvers can be shot very well at those defense ranges. I dunno, doesn't seem all bad.
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Excepting in a fanny pack, all the ways I carry a revolver -- shoulder rig, chest rig, OWB, IWB, Hill People, carry a 2.75, 3 and 4 inch revolver with similar comfort, so why give up the sight radius, velocity and better recoil control of the longer barrel, while accepting the greater blast of the short barrel?
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.