before I committed, I was continually second guessing which gun would be the most effective- I have a guide gun and some no 1's in various calibers, but I did lots of IHMSA shooting that made me comfortable with using a handgun at ranges that exceeded what was the norm for my hunting situations, I had second thoughts and all of my partners thought I was nuts for committing to using a handgun, but after the first buck, it's been twelve years of making the decision between a single shot pistol or a wheel gun.