This post rings a bell with me as its near to what I carry when back country skiing, snow machine riding, moose hunting, boating and berry picking. I have a S&W .44 Mt. Gun I carry in a chest holster by D. Johnston. I reload so I tailor my loads with power, a lite magnum, and shootability. I can put a cylinder full on target without stopping, instead of shooting a couple of rounds and stopping to see what happened, like with commercial bear loads.
I use Cast Performance 260 gr. gas check, Keith style, hard cast with 20.5 gr. of H4227, almost pleasant, pleasant is a .44 Special. I was targeting up river on a sloped clay bank and looked behind the target where the bullets went into the bank. I dug ten feet into the bank and never found the bullet, good penatration.
Its berry picking season now, a banner raspberry season and blue berries. I'm carrying my 44 and my two teenaged sons are packing my 1911 and Glock 36 .45's, no worries on the lower Yukon R.
