It can be done with a contender. Not your normal pistol though ,longer and a bolt action single shot. I have heard such a shot can be made on a dese3rt eagle also but have never had my fingers on one.
You can do it with a big bore revolver with a decent barrel length (7.5" or better) and a solid rest. But you better be good with the gun.
Contenders are cheap and I have made that shot many times with one when I was young. Desert eagles not so cheap never owned one. I would have to wear my glasses to make that shot today.
Contenders are amazingly accurate. And they have great sight. I love iron sights, but my old eyes have trouble switching distances. I haven't had the chance to shoot a Thompson-Center Encore. But I hear they are even better.
Aging sucks don't it! Eyes, ears, and nose just not what they use to be any more. Guns, basketballs and footballs do not get the same kinda use they use to get. Now the old golf clubs and fishing poles are what I am grabbing from the closet these days. I think I pulled my 45 out one in the past year for target practice. If I grab a gun today it is typically my 12 gauge and typically during turkey season. I use that Saint croy legend about every day though.