driftrider, I hope I can keep this short Because this has quickly became my passion. I do love bowhunting but handgun hunting is just possessing me right now.

Well here we go!!!! Your choice of caliber is a great one. The 44mag HAS taken every big game animal in the world. With the right bullet up the snout you will never be undergunned especially for whitetails.

Now for revolvers you have selected some good ones. Ruger is just plain solid strong and you can just about hammer nails with them. Ruger super red hawk is very strong gun that will digest all the heavy loads you want and still be asking for more. The taurus is a good gun depending on who you talk to. I have no knowledge of then as I have never owned one. But from others some like them some don' t. I will just have to leave this part to others who actually have knowledge of them. These are some of the double actions that are available to you but I would put the ruger super red hawk ahead of most out there.

I can' t give advice on single action because I never had one.

Now for me I am going to also recommend to you my favorite DA and its a Dan Wesson. You can change barrels any time you want. From a 4 incher to a 10 incher if you want. Its the most versital handgun out there. Now the Dan Wesson is more expensive than the others but you get a better gun. Non of the others and I mean non will shoot with a Dan Wesson and if it does you are a BLESSED man.

So there is the short version for you. The 44 mag is an awesome cal. and ruger or a Dan Wesson is just about awesome.

Oh one word of caution, this is very addicting and may just about consume you as it did me.


Good luck

Brian