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anybody here ever shot a 44 mag one handed?

I seen some Dirty harry preview on amovie I was watchin tonight,hes got more nerve than I do.My Taurus is pretty heavy and the recoil aint especially bad,but I think if I ever shoot it one handed I will need plastic surgery

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by the way,all Clint Eastwood movies are actually real life events that just so happened to get caught on tape

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Newell,I thought I had you blocked.Just keep your personal life to yourself,some of your answers are actually pretty decent

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Newell,I thought I had you blocked.Just keep your personal life to yourself,some of your answers are actually pretty decent

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You have to know what you are doing to fire a .44 Mag with one hand, that's for sure. It hits pretty hard, especially with good ol' Buffalo Bore hard cast loads in there. The lower grains are not bad at all, more or less like hot .357s, and the heavier weights are not fun. From what I recall from Dirty Harry, those loads looked pretty light, but it's been a while. Try it out with 210 grain loads, they are pretty light. If you aren't comfortable with those, there's no reason to move up. Most people, me included, are not that accurate one handed with revolvers.

    Source(s): I'm waiting until I see the tacticool kid who tries to fire a .500 S&W snubby with one hand. I can hardly fire the beast with two.
  • 1 decade ago

    I've never met anyone who couldn't, including the neighbor kids 17 year old 105lb girl friend who came over when we were shooting air holes in a new burn barrel.

    no one told her a 44 mag was supposed to be hard to shoot so she just picked it up one handed & put 4 out of 6 shots through a beer can @ around 25yds and asked the neighbor kid to show her how to load it so she could shoot some more.

    picture 4 grown men standing around with their fingers in their ears & their jaws dropping while this little bitty farm girl with no hearing protection bounces a beer can around the back yard with a 44 mag black hawk & asks for more bullets.

    Source(s): true story
  • 1 decade ago

    I LOVE to shoot my 44 mags one handed! Its fun and I think it’s a good idea to be able to do so. What if you injured one hand or for some reason cant use it and your being attacked? I set cans up and shoot them with my handloads that are hot 240gr XTP loads and 320 hard cast lead loads, with one hand. No big deal except those hot 320gr bear loads will leave my palm sore after a few boxes of ammo.

    Never go by Hollywood bull...........

  • 1 decade ago

    Smith model 29 and ruger super blackhawk quite often. Bob you can do it! All night long! Shoot the .44 mag one handed. Not other stuff.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Of course. No big deal. Also, if you pay attention to the Dirty Harry movies, he uses 44 Special loads, and that's a pussycat in a heavy revolver.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Yep, a Dan Wesson 19, 8 inch magna ported barrel and a Ruger Redhawk 8 inch barrel as well.

    Source(s): It's all in the balance and squeeze. lol
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes and I have shot about the heaviest one one handed, a Desert eagle .44 magnum. I have also rapid fired the 50AE desert eagle one handed, but I am a big guy and hard to push around.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, but the thing was hard enough to re-center that I was lucky to hit the serious sam with 4 of my 6 shots.

    If I fire high-caliber, I use both hands, but maybe I'm a *****.

    Source(s): Model 29 S&W
  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Ive shot my redhawk one handed, but it was after i had already shot it around 30 times and went through about 70 rounds of .45acp. Felt like it was gonna dislocate my arm...

    You should try it at least once,not as bad as youd think

  • 1 decade ago

    Bob, are you a little kid ???

    back in the day I always shot my 629 one handed with 300 grain bear loads....what ?

    I never shot two handed till I started working armed for this security company 4 years ago...

    I even hit a rabbit at like sixty feet left handed out the door of my van and I hit him in the neck with my 44........bet I couldn't do that again in a million yearsLOLOLOL!

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