I spent some time over the winter shooting and developing loads for my two ruger super blackhawks (41 and 44 mag)--what an eye-opening experience that was!

If you think getting good groups with a rifle is a challenge--or you've reached a point where you feel it no longer is; you should try a revolver some time. MUCH more challenging than a rifle!

It has also opened my eyes to the fact that there is more to a good cartridge than propelling a sleek high BC jacketed bullet at as high a velocity as possible. Bullets such as all-lead semi wadcutters with wide meplats can achieve devastating results with impact forces typically much lower than what is considered acceptable for ogive/secant nose bullets (within reasonable handgun distances, of course). It's actually fired up my interest in lever-action rifles to piggyback off my revolver loads.