PN> VH> No one hunts with a .44 Magnum.") he said "I didn't know that."
 PN> Uh, I realize I'm picking at nits...but some folks do hunt with .44's.
Oh, yeah, there's a few of us old reprobates out here.
 VH> Something got scrambled here -- the minister said "No one hunts with a
 VH> .38 Special.  No one hunts with a .44 Magnum."
 VH> **I** hunt with a .38 Special (although my gun is a .357, and I use .38
 VH> Special wadcutters for hunting) and the .44 Mag was DESIGNED for hunting
 VH> -- it's Elmer Keith's brainchild, based on his hunting with the .44
 VH> Special.  He agitated for it for years until S&W and Remington finally
 VH> caved in.
Old Elmer was quite a character.  I never had the honor of meeting him in 
person but I understand he was a true "good ole boy".  From published 
accounts I've read, he must have bent up or busted a bunch of .44 S&W frames 
while he was working up the .44 Magnum.
Regards.  Cloyce.
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