Well the thing is I live in southern Maryland where rifles are not allowed for deer season and I thought it would be a great alternive for the general firearm season. I love and shoot compeditively with pistols (action pistol) not bullseye and truely would love to use a pistol for deer. Ammo doesn't matter because reloading is a passion almost as much as shooting itself. I'm thinking the S&W 460 XVR 8 and 3/8 barrel, it has a removable compinsator. Another problem we in Maryland have is for deer hunting the barrel must be 6 inches or longer. The 629 in the 8 3/8 44 mag also interisted me but wasn't as sexy. The 9 1/2 Super Redhawk looks good also but is only available in the dull grey in the 480.