.44 Alaskan

[CLMA60]

Own a Ruger .44 Alaskan with 2.5 inch barrel for hiking and carry in the truck and general rural out doors. Great gun and fun to shoot. Plus I'm getting accurate with it.

I don't shoot the .44 Alaskan very often, but when I do, it's a handful.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

I like the Alaskan a LOT. Don't have one in 44 but I have the other two. The grip has the kind of angle that makes them easy to control. Now all you need is a good holster.

 

[JFB]

Congradulations, especially in becoming accurate. I want to shoot mine purely DA. So far I can't hit a barn door. However I have only fired it less than 20 rounds. (for some reason, when I put ammo in it, I devolpe a very bad flinch)

For holster, I got a Galco DAO, but finding it is a lot of gun for a belt

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

Spend time with Dry firing. Even when you go to the range spend 10-15 minutes dry firing, then put one or two rounds in it with the rest being blanks or empty cylinder. Try shooting 44 specials. They are eminently shootable. Having said all that, IMO the "Alaskan is easier to shoot than the longer barrels. The torque as the bullet goes the full length of a longer barrel gets built up. Not much time for that with the short barrel.

 

[JFB]

I have dry fired this revolver more than all the other guns in my 50 years!

at the range, I can dry fire a few minutes, holding steady. put one round in, index it so there are several empty chambers prior and low and behold I start to flinch (or slow stage the trigger).

 

[Silent Sam]

double up your hearing protection and use a glove.

 

[JFB]

it is not the ears, but what is between them that is my problem.

actually, like Bear Paw Jack stated, the recoil is more managble that with my 7" SBH. It is just a mental thing with double action "44 MAGNUM" that I need to get over. Once I do, it should be a sweet shooter