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After participating in a "camping gun" thread on KTOG (that included a discussion on bears), I find that I have just purchased the beast depicted below. I now need some advice for a sight/scope for the critter. I was thinking of a red dot sight, but a scope might be more appropriate?
I can't wait to put one of the 400gr Cor-bon loads in this thing! At 1675 fps and 2500 ft/lbs. I wonder if I can take shooting it -- even with the integrated compensator?
What am I going to use this for, you might ask? Well, the next time I go bear hunting in N. Georgia, this will be my hunting arm. In addition, when I make my "adventure" flight up to Alaska this coming summer I'd like to have it in the cockpit in case I make a forced landing. However, I may have to go with the Ruger .44 carbine instead -- not sure what the Canadians would say about the handgun if they discovered it during one of my refueling stops...
Oh, in case you haven't seen one of these before, it is the 500 S&W Magnum.
I can't wait to put one of the 400gr Cor-bon loads in this thing! At 1675 fps and 2500 ft/lbs. I wonder if I can take shooting it -- even with the integrated compensator?
What am I going to use this for, you might ask? Well, the next time I go bear hunting in N. Georgia, this will be my hunting arm. In addition, when I make my "adventure" flight up to Alaska this coming summer I'd like to have it in the cockpit in case I make a forced landing. However, I may have to go with the Ruger .44 carbine instead -- not sure what the Canadians would say about the handgun if they discovered it during one of my refueling stops...
Oh, in case you haven't seen one of these before, it is the 500 S&W Magnum.