500 Smith & Wesson Magnum?

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I like to hunt with big bore handguns also. My favorite is the super redhawk .454 casull. I practice at 200 yards. After i shoot more than 20 or so rounds though, my groups start to go away, and i have to take a break for a while. Off a rest, i can hit a deer sized target ALMOST everytime. That is with a scope. Which means that shooting at deer at that range is not something i would do, to much of a chance of wounding it. But if it was already hurt, i`d like to think i could make the shot if i had to. To use the extra range the big boomers allow for, you really need a scope. Where in lies the next problem, no scope i ever owned, leopold, and burris included, could take more than 2 or 300 rounds before it or the mounts decide to lay down, i have never had that problem with the .44 mag. So, that being said, Bring the target back to 100 yards and every round strikes about where i want it to. Now, i know there are guys out there who can shoot 200 yards with a revolver stoked with full house .454 loads and hit it everytime, but i ain`t ever met him. So, limiting one`s self to 100 yards, a bullet from a .357 mag in the deer`s rib cage will kill it, no problem. I hunt with the .454, because i like it, and feel as if i shoot it well. Is there a need for anything more than the .44 mag? In my opinion no, not in the deer woods. Is there a place for the big bores? Sure, if the one pulling the trigger is competent with it, more power don`t hurt.