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Offline Turk

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What Gun, Caliber and Game
« on: February 28, 2003, 04:03:08 AM »
Hand gun hunters.

What handgun do you use
What barrel length
What Caliber
Scoped
Red Dot
Load/Bullett shooting
What game have you killed.

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« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2003, 04:48:21 AM »
44 ruger deer ,ground hog
 xp100 7 br deer ground hog prairee dog
  Whichita 7IHMSA deer ground hog, prairee dog
T/C contender 7 tc/u 6.5 jdj 30-30win 35 rem 358jdj 45-70 223 22lr every thing from squirrel to bear deer  prairee dog ground hog
  barrel lengths from 10" to 21"
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Offline Matt in AK

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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2003, 06:03:14 PM »
Only game I've killed thus far with a handgun:

3 x wild boar (1 in SC and 2 in GA)
1 with S&W M29
2 with Ruger SBH
230 gr JSP
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Hunting handguns
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2003, 10:17:21 PM »
Ruger .22/45 SS Target model with Leupold Red dot--rabbit, rats, squirrel,
        prairie dogs, gophers, possums, skunks, spruce grouse, etc.

Various .41Magnums with iron sights and various optics--armadillos,
        coyote, antelope, mule and whitetail deer, black bear, bobcat, turkey,
        elk, duiker, wart hog, wild boar, blue wildebeeste, impala, blesbock,
        red hartebeeste, bushbuck, and a couple old nasty range cows.

T/C Encore in '06 with Burris 3-9X EER scope-- wart hog, blesbock, kudu,
         and an oryx

Contender in 7mmJDJ with Burris 2-7x EER scope-- prairie dogs, coyote,
         antelope, mule and whitetail deer, and a raccoon.

Contender in .309JDJ with Leupold 4x EER scope--antelope, coyote, elk

Contender in .223Rem. with 3-9X Burris EER scope--rats, prairie dogs,
          gophers, crows, coyote, and a feral cat

I'll let it go at that for now. I'm planning a three week hunting vacation in Alaska in two years and may check out the .500 S&W Magnum in an SSK Encore barrel for moose and black bear. RKBA!  :D
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Offline wyote

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What Gun, Caliber and Game
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2003, 04:51:41 AM »
Antelope: RBH 44mag & 45 colt, FA 454, Sav Striker 260, XP 100 7-08

Deer: RBH 44mag & 45 colt, FA 454, Contender 375 win, XP100 7-08, Striker 260, Encore 30-06

Elk: XP 100 7-08, Encore 30-06

Bear: RBH 44 mag & 45 colt, 45 grizzly win mag, Contender 375 win mag, XP 100 7-08

Moose: FA 454
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Offline Mikey

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What caliber what game
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2003, 05:09:04 AM »
22 lr - small game up to 50 pounds or so, empty cans, plastic bottles, bowling pins, clay pigeons.

357 - small game or big game up to 150 pounds or so, empty cans, plastic bottles, etc.

44 Mag - big game up to 3-400 pounds or so.  

Anything between a 22 lr and 357 - small game.

Anything between 357 and 44 mag - up to 150-200 pounds or so.

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« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2003, 11:12:49 AM »
22 rimfire...S&W medium frame, Ruger Mark II, and Contender Rabbits and squirrels

7-30 Waters 13" VVCG Contender...3 whitetails with three shots this past season

Signed...dude with comparitively limited handgun experience versus most of you!
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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2003, 12:44:38 PM »
Thompson Center Contender 10"
44 Mag  two deer, Sierra 180 JHP & Nosler 200 JHP
357 Mag one deer, Lyman Cast 170 gr.
22LR Squirrel
Scoped (Leupold and Nikon 2X, Burris 1-4X)
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Offline Paul H

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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2003, 01:28:12 PM »
Ruger Super Redhawk 480 7 1/2" tube w/ factory sights.  The only game I've had walk in front of it during hunting season was a few spruce hens, they were very effectively taken with my plinker load, which consists of a 310 gr LFN over a small dose of red dot for 700 fps.

My big game load is currently a 460 gr WFN @ 1050 fps.  Now if I can just get a legal moose to walk in front of it this fall  :lol:
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Offline mrcasull

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many calibers
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2003, 01:00:36 AM »
Whitetails & woodchucks 6 TCU, 25 Souper, 7 JDJ, 30/30, 300 Savage, 30-06, 35 Rem, 358 JDJ, 338 VVC#1, 338 VVC#2, 357 Maximum, 357 Mag, 44 Mag, 45 Colt, 454 Casull, 35 Whelen, 7-08, 6.5 CLB, 6.5 TCU, 270 Ren.
Squirels,Grouse,Rabbits 44 Mag 22Lr&mag, 22-250 Imp, 17 Mach 1V, 10 MM, 45 acp, 357 Mag.
Angora goat 338 VVC#1
I'm sure that I've missed a few however these are some of the calibers and critters for me. As I've said in Sixgunner Mag. my goal is to take a deer with a different caliber or different bullet each year.
Short barrels long range!!
Rich
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A new caliber for deer every year...what a way to play!
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