Hi, my name is Brian. I have been hunting with a handgun since the early 90's. I have two Contender frames with 9 barrels. I shoot a 7-30 Waters and a 30 Herrett, plus I have a Magnum Research SSP in 7BR. For Elk I use a 44 mag barrel also scoped shooting a 300 gr. hard cast bullet over 22 grs. of 296, does the job. All are scoped because I'am blind as a bat with out my glasses. Hunting in the great Northwest is a real test of skill where most of the time you have to fall down just to make a trail to walk on because the brush is so thick.