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Offline timothy

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Anyone hunted with a Vaquero?
« on: September 18, 2005, 03:45:06 AM »
Just curious. Theres a 44 mag I got my eye on.
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« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2005, 04:12:52 AM »
Nope but Ima going to this year with my .357,  I usally don't get much over a thirty yard shot here in Kentuck and my vaquros are very good out to there. 8)
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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2005, 11:10:56 AM »
Absolutely!!  I have a .45 5 1/2" that I run 300gr cor bon with...I consider good to 50-60 yrds. I mostly use it for back up and woods-walking.
The .44 with 7 1/2" bbl is my 100 yrd deer dropper. I use either the standard hornady 240gr factory load or the cor bon 260gr semi jack soft pt.  Accuracy is no prob with either of these guns. (did do a throating on the .45 to help).
I was out scouting last Sunday and couldn't resist a shot at a ground hog at @ 40 yds......boy, what a hole that .45 makes!!!  :shock:

Practice lots and pick your shots!!


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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2005, 01:19:48 PM »
yup there my favorite hunting guns ive shot gave with 4440 44 mag 45colt and .500 linebaugh vaqueros.
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« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2005, 02:30:27 PM »
I killed a 450+ pound pig with my Vaquero in .44 mag,
worked like a charm with my RCBS cast semi wad cutters!

 If the price is good don't hesitate to buy one, I really enjoyed the versitility of the .44.
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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2005, 05:10:33 PM »
Thanks guys. I'm still thinking about that 44 but I have bad luck with point of impact and Vaqueros. With a plinker I dont mind that much but with a 44 mag I want that gun to shoot straight.
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2005, 01:05:59 PM »
:cb2: Maybe I just got lucky, but I've got a .44 Bisley Vaquero that is right on the money with Magtech .44 SJSP ammo. I don't reload, so I keep a little of everything laying around to shoot in different guns. When I put that Magtech stuff in the Vaquero I was amazed--AND VERRRRRRRRRRRRRY HAPPY! If I had to, I'd hunt with it, but I've got a couple of other .44 Bisleys that I grab first.
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2005, 04:49:48 PM »
I used to own a Bisley Vaquero 45 Colt that I should have never sold.  While I never hunted bigame with it, I sure killed a pile of small fury critters upto coyote size.

The trick is finding a load that hits POI for your gun.  This gun shot a 260gr swc from an rcbs mold over 13grs HS 6 right on the money at 25 yards.  I swear I could hit a bear in the eye everytime if I ever had the chance to hunt bear.  I lost count of the bunnies and skunks and chucks I shot with it over a 6 year period.  

I did file and matte finish the front blade which tends to get too shinny and hard to see.

I miss that old gun.  I traded it for a 5.5" bisley BH style 45 Colt w/ adj sights which gave me nothing but problems till I traded it off too last spring on a Single Six Hunter Ruger 17 HMR.

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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2005, 06:26:48 PM »
I used to aviod fixed sights like the plague for years.
 Then, after a few experiences,one with a vaquero, another an old S&W model 10, I changed my ignorant ways.
 
  Nearly every gun I've bought or shot with fixed sights is real close with suitible loads of ammo, or easily adjusted for with handloading or "kentucky" windage.

  'Course there has always got to be that lemon out there that shoots two foot left and six feet high-so far I've just been lucky

  And you've got to pick the load for the gun, not the gun for the load, and if you've got something special in mind, like say a real heavy or light bullet for the caliber or something.......well...........
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« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2005, 06:46:12 AM »
:cb2: rvtrav;

Same story here. I avoided them thinking I would never find one that actually shot where I was aiming. My first was my Vaquero that shoots great, and a M10 that is absolutely scary it's so accurate. I ventured out with a Cimarron Arms 1872 Colt Open Top, and golly gees, that one just shoots great, too. Needless to say, my fear of fixed sights is gone.
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« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2005, 07:25:38 AM »
I'm glad to here good things about the Vaquero I bought a 45 LC 5 1/2 in stainless the other day. You wouldn't believe the price cheap very cheap. It has a broken hammer strut, not sure how that happened. It has had very few round fired thru it. The feller that had it went to prison on a meth charge. I had the local PD check the numbers on the hot sheet it came back clean. I made the deal thru the guys dad he musta been desperate or the meth fried his brain. He priced it at 150.00 I didn't even haggle.

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« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2005, 10:33:15 PM »
Yep I hunt white tail with a vaquero, but I reload believe it or not my 250gr Nolser .451 dia pusher 1300fps+ and shoot dead on at 50yds. I'll shoot deer out to 65-70yds. Will practice 100yds shoot next year 8)
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