Hello buddy, how are things in the real south? Didn't it used to be hard hitting 454? ;-)
Funny, my new book is coming along and Roy is back, still packin' his Ruger 454. He also picks up a Ruger 270 for shooting some big strange game. His sidekick is an expert in MA . . . right down your alley. Course they run into some psycho in the giant Redwoods.
What kind of MA did/do you study? i tried Tai Kwan Do (sp) for several months, till the new blackbelt of our class ran off with all our newly paid monthly dues and also the cutest girl in the class. We never saw him again. i bought a S&W 44 magnum after that.