A challenge for you defensive handgunners...

I had a good time hunting 'chucks with my 8" Dan Wesson .357 Mag back in the day. I don't have any pictures, but let's just say a 125 grain Hornady XTP is not fur-friendly.
 
I had a 6" Dan Wesson .357 a long time ago. It was a fine revolver. I had just started reloading and had an early Dillon progressive press. I cast my own 158 gr. SWC bullets. I shot that revolver so loose it practically rattled when it was shot.
 
This DW was the first handgun I bought back in college. Since we were poor college students, I bought a RCBS Rock Chucker kit from Gander Mountain on their payment plan. I'd go to the local range and sift the pistol berm for spent bullets, then melt those down to cast my own 140 grain SWCs. Coupled with .38 Special range pickup brass, cheap primers (at the time), and something like 4.5 grains of Blue Dot (I think), and I could shoot that pistol for something ridiculous like 3 cents per round. Good times.
 
I've got an old 6-1/2" Blackhawk in .357. With the irons, I'd be very hard pressed to hit a varmint at anymore than muzzle blast range. Next spring I intend to try and get a 'chuck or two with it anyway though.

- DAA
 


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