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I’ve owned Lugers and Rugers.
Lugers are wonderful to behold with their archaic articulated engineering, but the caliber can best be described as puny and they spend their time in the safe and get trotted out once a year or so to display to someone who may never have seen one.
Rugers on the other hand, operate in the real world where the rubber and the road intersect. I have shared the same woods, and at times the same camp, with half-ton predators. Bill Ruger (God rest his soul) has provided me a measure of comfort that Georg Luger could only dream about.
The Luger is gone, but you can bet there is a Ruger or two occupying the same space.
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As much as I love the 45 autos the Anaconda has to be one of my favorites. I am still a die hard wheel gun fan. I had hoped for sometime that Winchester would put the maximum in a lever gun just for poops and gigles, I see that Wild West Guns is now doing a Casull in a lever gun...YEEE HA !!
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Blue Book says $500 in 100% condition. Those accurate and impressive pistols I have fired are the IMI Desert Eagles. Smooth bore with a rifling twist from the twist of the octagon shaped smooth bore. No kick at all. Good consistent shot groups. Only thing is that they require extremely hot 44 mag. ammo to properly cycle the actions.
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I used to have a neighbor who was a retired navy seal and police officer who was a real Dessert Eagle fan. But he had more hand guns than I could count. I think he used the cor-bons in the 44 mag. Kimber is my top pick at the moment but I have to admit my choices change with the season. I recently picked up a Custom shop Ultra CDP carry. I am still waiting for the Milt sparks holster. I expect to loose this one to my wifes every day carry weapon.
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This is a great thread. I shoot the .357 Max in a TC Contender. Very, very accurate.
I also have the .44 Desert Eagle, but mine shoots what I feed it. Maybe all of my loads are hot.  I think that it is adjustable, but that could be the AutoMag or both. You definitely do not need +P ammo for it. I have one of the old Ruger .44 Carbine rifles and it is very particular about ammo and will only cycle with my highest pressure rounds.
I think that I am being affected by recoil, because I can't remember why, but I bought a heavier barrel for my TC Contender a few years ago chambered in .445 Supermag. I can use .44 Mag for light loads. The Supermag is like a .44 Mag, only the case is quite a bit longer. The recoil is significant. Dan Wesson makes a wheel gun that shoots .445 Supermag for those who like big heavy hard hitting revolvers. The weight makes the recoil better than with the Contender.
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I know a bunch of people who couldn't tolerate the recoil of a 444 Marlin from a rifle and you are basically shooting the same thing from a handgun. No wonder you are getting a little recoil sensitive.
Those calibers are a little too much "fun" for me.
My limit is warm 44 Magnum or hot 45 Colt loads. With the right bullet either will penetrate a large critter from his lips to to his teakettle and I kinda like the idea of getting more than one shot off.
I knew a lot of folks in Alaska who packed around a 454 Casull, but there wasn't one of them who didn't end up with the gun rocked back in their hand and the whole assembly up over their head with the first shot.
Not a very good fighting stance if you missed the first shot or even if you hit him and Yogi doesn't know he is dead yet.
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Speaking of recoil...... I have a Sako Finbar Deluxe in 375 H&H Magnum that is like taking a shot from Mike Tyson with the 300 grain slugs. I would not be interested in shooting larger without a muzzle break and great recoil pad.
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Speaking of guns (again). I like big pistols, since I have a Colt Anaconda in 44mag and King Cobra, Smith & Wesson 629 Classic and the above mentioned Ruger 357 Maximum. But to tell you the truth I like shooting my Ruger Mark II Target better than any gun I have. It's easy on the ears and the pocket book.
If any of you ever get the chance to pick up one of those old Czech CZ-52, it's a good shoootin gun. It fires the little powerful 7.62x25. Another good one is the East German Makarov. There's lots of good buys on old army surplus handguns.
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I like my Glock 21 45cal. with two ten round clips which I don't think are made anymore. It's lightweight and I can hammer nails all day without getting fatigued. Only goes with me to the range and to the city anymore. I got about 4 boxes of those black talons too which I don't think are around anymore. The wife likes her taurus .38 (hammerless) for the purse. Keeps teflon hollow points in it for her travels.
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I would not say that I am recoil sensitive, but recoil tolerance is certainly a learned behavior that does not come naturally.
The .445 SuperMag is intended to knock over steel targets at ranges exceeding 200 meters. But it is useful for other things as well. 
I don't shoot a .375 HH, but I do have a .338 Win Mag which is its somewhat smaller sibling. Either one can beat you up on a shooting bench. But, when I shoot it in the field, I don't even notice the recoil.
I select the proper caliber for the proper situation and game. My favorite gun is kind of a toss-up between a Model 27 SW in .357 Mag and a Glock 20 in 10MM. For CCW, I like the Glock 27 in .40 SW or Glock 29 in 10MM. These are matters of personal preference only. I have Berettas, Sigs, Colts and others, and they are all good guns, but sometimes it just comes down to what feels best to you.
Recoil or not, the first and most important rule is to hit what you are shooting at. It is better to hit with a .22 than to miss with a big bore hand cannon.
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