Author Topic: HANDI success stories (Read 18804 times)

rugerfan.64 · « **Reply #180 on:** November 29, 2011, 04:45:00 PM »

Always nice to see the younguns getting into it! Congrats gr8ful! Thats an event neither of you will ever forget!

Jimbo47 · « **Reply #181 on:** November 30, 2011, 11:00:03 AM »

Add one for the 20 gauge Handi Pardner, pieced together from the classifieds!
My neighbor borrowed my shotgun for this season, and is using Remington Sluggers and he got a nice 8 pt. buck this morning at 50 yards.

c1skout · « **Reply #182 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:37:51 PM »

My sister in law got a nice 10pt monday with her 223 Handi-rifle.

DaGris · « **Reply #183 on:** November 30, 2011, 04:04:07 PM »

no pics but I love hunting with my Handi in .243...got a awesome 6x18x50 scpe on it, dressed out with a Handi Grip...love that gun!

kill a few deer with it every year...took a doe a few weeks ago.

streak · « **Reply #184 on:** November 30, 2011, 04:31:35 PM »

No pictures, but oldest son took two deer last week with the first two shots from his new .308 Handi, the first deer, I witnessed the shot. and it was a one shot bang flop at 120 yards( Rangefinder) with his own handloads of Hornady 150 gr. Shot was made from a sitting position with no rest.

thejanitor · « **Reply #185 on:** November 30, 2011, 04:44:27 PM »

New tally
45-70 5,
.357 Max 12,
.280 1,
7mm08 5,
30-30 9,
.22 hornet 4,
Huntsman .50 5
35 Remington 2,
44 mag 10,
357 mag 6,
.500 3
444 Marlin 2
454 Casull 1
.243 Win 5
45 LC 2
.308 Win 3
USH 20 4
30-06 1
25 Remington re-bore 1
Tracker II 20 4
Tracker II 12 1
.223 Rem 4
20 ga pardner 2

thejanitor

Backwoods7 · « **Reply #186 on:** November 30, 2011, 07:35:14 PM »

I bought a used handi in 444marlin a little over a month ago. Han a cheapo tasco on it.decided to see how she shot before buying a nikon scope and was supprised by the 100yd accuracy fast forward to this past tuesday me and the ol 444 are leaned up against a tree where id found some bucksign for two years in a row. Saw movement to my left was a buck checking a scrape. Threw up the gun and shothim. Went 30yds and piled up. He was a 3+yr old 6pt.

cattleskinner · « **Reply #187 on:** November 30, 2011, 07:51:42 PM »

Chalk another one up for the smoothbore 20 gauge. Just have to know how to lob them in, this was a clean pass through with one of the old Brenneke Rottweil slugs at a bit over 125 yds.

thejanitor · « **Reply #188 on:** December 01, 2011, 02:02:55 AM »

New tally
45-70 5,
.357 Max 12,
.280 1,
7mm08 5,
30-30 9,
.22 hornet 4,
Huntsman .50 5
35 Remington 2,
44 mag 10,
357 mag 6,
.500 3
444 Marlin 3
454 Casull 1
.243 Win 5
45 LC 2
.308 Win 3
USH 20 4
30-06 1
25 Remington re-bore 1
Tracker II 20 4
Tracker II 12 1
.223 Rem 4
20 ga pardner/smooth bore 3

thejanitor

spikehorn · « **Reply #189 on:** December 01, 2011, 03:18:36 AM »

Quote from: cattleskinner on November 30, 2011, 07:51:42 PM

Chalk another one up for the smoothbore 20 gauge. Just have to know how to lob them in, this was a clean pass through with one of the old Brenneke Rottweil slugs at a bit over 125 yds.

Nice shooting with that smoothie!

spikehorn · « **Reply #190 on:** December 01, 2011, 02:51:05 PM »

Quote from: Lon371 on November 25, 2011, 04:40:05 AM

Congrats to you both Spikehorn and Jr. Spikehorn What did that brute weigh?

Lonny

Lonny I got the venison back from the processor today. He said he threw my deer up on his scales which go to 210 lbs and it topped his scales out.

cattleskinner · « **Reply #191 on:** December 01, 2011, 06:07:39 PM »

Well it wasn't as spectacular a shot as you would think. I got the deer at my parent's place where I grew up at. During my early years, I shot a ton across the 100 yds shooting range set up in the pasture where the deer was shot at. When pulling into their driveway to hunt yesterday, I noticed a head sticking out of the pasture field which is now overgrown. I threw on my orange coat and loaded the gun and used the back of my truck as a rest. While practicing with the shotgun, I knew it hit 6 inches low at 100 yds, so I held a bit higher than that. Not much different than target practice, but the tenderloins sure tasted good.

Joe S. · « **Reply #192 on:** December 03, 2011, 09:05:40 AM »

Took another one with the 35 remington this morning. Likin this rifle!

thejanitor · « **Reply #193 on:** December 03, 2011, 11:06:59 AM »

New tally
45-70 5,
.357 Max 12,
.280 1,
7mm08 5,
30-30 9,
.22 hornet 4,
Huntsman .50 5
35 Remington 3,
44 mag 10,
357 mag 6,
.500 3
444 Marlin 3
454 Casull 1
.243 Win 5
45 LC 2
.308 Win 3
USH 20 4
30-06 1
25 Remington re-bore 1
Tracker II 20 4
Tracker II 12 1
.223 Rem 4
20 ga pardner/smoothbore 3

thejanitor

Lon371 · « **Reply #194 on:** December 03, 2011, 12:16:27 PM »

Quote from: spikehorn on December 01, 2011, 02:51:05 PM

Quote from: Lon371 on November 25, 2011, 04:40:05 AM
Congrats to you both Spikehorn and Jr. Spikehorn What did that brute weigh?

Lonny

Lonny I got the venison back from the processor today. He said he threw my deer up on his scales which go to 210 lbs and it topped his scales out.

Congrats. I knew it was a brute. Mine was over 185, yours was bigger. Nice job.

Lonny

streak · « **Reply #195 on:** December 03, 2011, 04:30:01 PM »

Quote from: Joe S. on December 03, 2011, 09:05:40 AM

Took another one with the 35 remington this morning. Likin this rifle!

Joe S.
What load are you using?

Joe S. · « **Reply #196 on:** December 03, 2011, 04:34:43 PM »

Factory 200 gr remington core lokts for now. 1" groups at 100 yds so I'm good with that

Bull Nutria · « **Reply #197 on:** December 04, 2011, 11:07:08 AM »

UPDATE Devil rifle is a 44mag SB1 handi, developed oversize cast bullets for it and my friend's wife took a 135 spike with my rifle!! She thought it was doe! She was hunting in a thicket. The shot was at 15 yards high thru both shoulders. the spike was dispatched with a head shot by her son with a 45-70 as it was mortally wounded but had not expired when they found it in the flooded thicket.

Bull

Rifleman1000 · « **Reply #198 on:** December 04, 2011, 03:46:53 PM »

OK add 2 more kills for 20 gauge USH , Shot a coyote on Monday and a 8 pointer on Thursday . Massachusetts shotgun season. Ill post some pice when i get home from work if i can.

thejanitor · « **Reply #199 on:** December 04, 2011, 04:07:08 PM »

Good news on that Devil Rifle! And the number of slug guns is impressing me.
New tally
45-70 5,
.357 Max 12,
.280 1,
7mm08 5,
30-30 9,
.22 hornet 4,
Huntsman .50 5
35 Remington 3,
44 mag 11,
357 mag 6,
.500 3
444 Marlin 3
454 Casull 1
.243 Win 5
45 LC 2
.308 Win 3
USH 20 6
30-06 1
25 Remington re-bore 1
Tracker II 20 4
Tracker II 12 1
.223 Rem 4
20 ga pardner/smoothbore 3

thejanitor

Jimbo47 · « **Reply #200 on:** December 08, 2011, 08:59:05 AM »

Mark one down for the 45-70!
8 points 24" outside spread.

This was with my new to me Handi I recently built from scratch. Purchased the barrel, then the receiver, and then traded a synthetic stock set for a clean pallet wood set. Good way to break it in!

Went out this morning and it's been the third morning in a row of freezing temperatures, but with the rut in full swing it really had the deer moving here in South Texas for the last few days.
My nephew took a really nice 8 pt. day before yesterday, and then this morning this wide 8 pt. stopped long enough from chasing a doe at 75 paces to get introduced to a 400 grain Speer JSP, over my load of IMR4198. He only went about 50 yards as I watched him pile up.

thejanitor · « **Reply #201 on:** December 08, 2011, 12:23:13 PM »

Wow nice buck there!
New tally
45-70 6,
.357 Max 12,
.280 1,
7mm08 5,
30-30 9,
.22 hornet 4,
Huntsman .50 5
35 Remington 3,
44 mag 11,
357 mag 6,
.500 3
444 Marlin 3
454 Casull 1
.243 Win 5
45 LC 2
.308 Win 3
USH 20 6
30-06 1
25 Remington re-bore 1
Tracker II 20 4
Tracker II 12 1
.223 Rem 4
20 ga pardner/smoothbore 3

thejanitor

tacklebury · « **Reply #202 on:** December 08, 2011, 03:09:02 PM »

Wow, that's a beaut Jimbo47.

Jimbo47 · « **Reply #203 on:** December 08, 2011, 03:28:44 PM »

Thanks guys, I had spotted him on the opening day back on Nov. 5 but he was far back in the brush and I only caught a glimpse of him feeding on acorns, and through the brush I could make out a crabclaw antler and his beam width is also all that I noticed, but really didn't get a good look at him, but I knew he was a good deer from just the little I saw of him.

I nicknamed him the crabclaw buck, and didn't see him again until this morning, but he was worth the wait!

streak · « **Reply #204 on:** December 08, 2011, 04:52:54 PM »

Nice buck Jimbo!
Are you going to have that one mounted??

Jimbo47 · « **Reply #205 on:** December 08, 2011, 04:59:23 PM »

Quote from: streak on December 08, 2011, 04:52:54 PM

Nice buck Jimbo!
Are you going to have that one mounted??

Yes Sir!

1NEFsofar · « **Reply #206 on:** December 09, 2011, 06:54:24 AM »

Chalk one up for a .308. Got one last Saturday...nice 6 point. Frontal chest shot at 80 yrds. Dropped over dead. Gotta love that. Guess I don't need an uber-magnum to get the job done?!

thejanitor · « **Reply #207 on:** December 09, 2011, 09:40:31 AM »

New tally
45-70 6,
.357 Max 12,
.280 1,
7mm08 5,
30-30 9,
.22 hornet 4,
Huntsman .50 5
35 Remington 3,
44 mag 11,
357 mag 6,
.500 3
444 Marlin 3
454 Casull 1
.243 Win 5
45 LC 2
.308 Win 4
USH 20 6
30-06 1
25 Remington re-bore 1
Tracker II 20 4
Tracker II 12 1
.223 Rem 4
20 ga pardner/smoothbore 3

thejanitor

wan2bokie2 · « **Reply #208 on:** December 09, 2011, 02:44:04 PM »

No pics, but I took a young buck with my. 223 Superlight at 105 yards with a through and through from frontal quartering shot with 65 grain Game King. Also a smaller doe at 40 yards. Both we're bang flops. Up to 9 deer possible in Oklahoma. Holiday season coming up.

thejanitor · « **Reply #209 on:** December 09, 2011, 03:32:04 PM »

Welcome wan2bokie2- nice to have a couple added to the .223 tally!

New tally
45-70 6,
.357 Max 12,
.280 1,
7mm08 5,
30-30 9,
.22 hornet 4,
Huntsman .50 5
35 Remington 3,
44 mag 11,
357 mag 6,
.500 3
444 Marlin 3
454 Casull 1
.243 Win 5
45 LC 2
.308 Win 4
USH 20 6
30-06 1
25 Remington re-bore 1
Tracker II 20 4
Tracker II 12 1
.223 Rem 6
20 ga pardner/smoothbore 3

thejanitor