Author Topic: Whats the largest animal you ever takin with a 357 magnum? (Read 934 times)

Desperado357 · « **on:** June 25, 2003, 11:51:04 AM »

i hear alot more stories wbout th 44 magnum but now id like to hear about the senior magnum

PaulS · « **Reply #1 on:** June 25, 2003, 04:55:04 PM »

Let's see, Ive take ground squirrls, tree squirrels, ground hogs and coyote - I shot a pig once and put it down - That would have been the biggest. it was about 400 lbs on the hoof but it was a domestic (HA!) pig. Darn thing just about took my leg off. It was shot at 35 yards through the head and fell where he was stopped, staring at me.

PaulS

I was gonna try it on a range bull but thought better of it when he wasn't impressed with the noise it made the first time.

Gregory · « **Reply #2 on:** June 25, 2003, 05:28:28 PM »

Small doe taken at about 40 yds with a 170 gr. cast SWC out of a 10" TC Contender. Deer ran off and curled up and died.

TonyRumore · « **Reply #3 on:** June 26, 2003, 02:59:54 AM »

I shot three wild hogs with a 4" Ruger Security Six when I was 14 or 15. Using 11.6gr of Herco behind a 158gr Keith style semiwadcutter, checked.
They all weighed about 150 pounds or so.

malainse · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2003, 03:36:01 AM »

165lb 6pt., Whitetail with a S/W 686 6inch 2x scope...... This deer was 30yrs out then ran right at my ground blind. Let a 125 silvertip go at about 15 feet right in the center of his chest. It went about 10 feet more :grin:

willis5 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 29, 2003, 10:03:47 AM »

history channel had a bit on "Magnums"
They Said that there was a priest in the norht hunting with eskimos and they killed a 2000# walrus with one. No idea about shot placement, but they did say oneshot. I don't know how touh they are, but I would opt for something a lot larger.