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Offline HappyHunter

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« on: November 16, 2004, 01:31:20 AM »
Got my first deer with my new 657 Smith and Wesson.  It was a doe at 85 yards, dropped in it tracks!  My companions asked if I was using a heat seeking missile.

For ammunition I hand rolled a 255gr wfngc over 296 with cci 350 primer.  Fount this to be extremely accurate and evidently potent as well.

Doubt that I will ever use my 44 again as a primary hunt gun.

Fred,  a.k.a. HappyHunter
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2004, 01:54:04 AM »
Congrats Happy Hunter!!!

I've been looking for a new deer handgun round, and some of the guys on here have been very adamant about the .41 Rem Mag. Looking better all the time :wink:

Just one question, how big was the doe, just a rough guess?

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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2004, 02:10:18 AM »
Sswweeeeeet!  My first .41 mag deer was a nice 8 point buck, which also dropped in it tracks, but from a neck shot with a 210 XTP.  I like the .41 mag so much that I sold my .480 to get another hunting gun in .41 mag.
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2004, 04:24:44 PM »
Isn’t it amazing how those deer die when shot with that .41RemMag. I thought you could only kill deer with a .44RemMag.  :wink:   Guess the deer don't know that either. All joking aside WAY TO GO!!!  :)
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2004, 04:40:38 PM »
Congratulations!

I killed a nice doe with my 7-30 Contender the other day and now I will be carrying a .41 Mag Redhawk. I have killed deer with a .41 mag Contender and a Ruger Blackhawk but not the Redhawk as I just picked it up late last season. I am looking forward to it.

I am a big .41 mag fan but recently bought a 4" S&W 29 just because I wanted an N frame. I have never owned a .44 before and looked for two years for a S&W in .41 Mag but the prices were unreal, so I settled for the 29 and got a deal on it.
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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2004, 04:43:27 PM »
HappyHunter;

Congrats on that first deer with a 41 Magnum.  :grin:
Dang...I love this caliber!
Like Raging480, I killed my first deer with a 41 through the neck. I was in my stand, waiting for movement, that never came. Just shot fired, then plopped over dead, no jerking or anything.  :shock:
Again nice work HH,
Dennis  :D
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2004, 04:52:50 PM »
Congrat's  :grin:  :grin:
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« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2004, 04:52:14 AM »
Congrats on the deer!!!  I'll be toting my 41 for the first time this weekend when season opens.  I've been loading a 265 WLN over a charge of 296.  But, I have some platinum tip bullets that I think I will try out this weekend.  Shot a 2" group @ 100 yards this morning so I'm pretty excited about trying out this new gun.  Will be my first deer with a 41 if things turn out right.  I'll post if all goes well.  GS
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« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2004, 08:38:48 AM »
IATRKHNTR,

Doe was a small one, a little over 100#.  I have processed the deer and realized that the bullet traveled close to spine and the shockwave must have done in the critter.


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