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Falcon642 · November 2, 2012, 08:33 PM

So I'm in the market for a woods gun. In my area I can get a new GP-100, 6 inch barrel, .357 mag for $550. Depending on the auction, I can get a used Ruger Redhawk .44 mag for roughly the same price.

I'm pretty set on double action Ruger, not a Taurus fan, and Smith and Wesson is just out of the price range.

So what would you get? I'm not recoil sensitive so the extra oomph of the .44 mag doesn't bother me. For where I live, Washington State, with tiny black bears the .357 makes alot of sense. But we visit either Glacier or Yellowstone every year so grizzlies are an occasional concern.

Thanks for being a sounding board guys.

November 2, 2012, 08:33 PM	#1
Falcon642 Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 2010 Posts: 316	New GP-100 or Used Redhawk? So I'm in the market for a woods gun. In my area I can get a new GP-100, 6 inch barrel, .357 mag for $550. Depending on the auction, I can get a used Ruger Redhawk .44 mag for roughly the same price. I'm pretty set on double action Ruger, not a Taurus fan, and Smith and Wesson is just out of the price range. So what would you get? I'm not recoil sensitive so the extra oomph of the .44 mag doesn't bother me. For where I live, Washington State, with tiny black bears the .357 makes alot of sense. But we visit either Glacier or Yellowstone every year so grizzlies are an occasional concern. Thanks for being a sounding board guys.