Sidearm choice

[cowboy]

Have always favored a wheel gun but just recently converted to a 460 Rowland. It basically gives you 44 mag energy out of a 10 round auto.

I spend a lot of time in the densest grizzly population in the lower 48. Bear spray is #1 but it is only effective 50% of the time with the wind.

 

[Cav1]

At the moment still hanging on to my old Dirty Harry 6-inch Model 29 with 300-grain hardcast WFNs loaded to 1,200 fps. But I've never gotten what I consider to be really good with fast double-action revolver shooting while the old Colt 1911A1 has always fit me like a glove. Recently got an R-1 and did the full .45 Super conversion and am very happy with it. Still, I want a little more oomph than a 250-grain RNFP at 1,100 so I'm going to send it in for the .460 Rowland conversion and work with that a bit before I switch over completely from wheel gun to auto.

I also carry pepper spray for use if the situation permitted.