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Deer hunting rifle? (maybe elk too)

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Sinister

#45
July 11, 2008, 08:51:51 AM
Quote from: BWClark on July 10, 2008, 06:57:23 PM
So this is a sort of flirting, "hit the girl/boy you like" thing, like back in jr high. How cute.

Should you be rearranging your sweater vest collection, or something?
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BWClark

#46
July 12, 2008, 04:32:09 AM
Quote from: Sinister on July 11, 2008, 08:51:51 AM
Should you be rearranging your sweater vest collection, or something?

Wow, bro.  Thanks.  Riveting.  Douche.

BWClark

#47
July 12, 2008, 04:36:56 AM
I've actually found this thread very interesting, well, most of it...   [cheeky]

... I haven't been hunting since I was 10. I've done a bit of clay shooting, and a bit of plinking with .22 and air rifles since, but I know very little about larger calibre rifles. I think I'd like to maybe do pig/deer/elk hunting in the future, and at the very least I like learning stuff. Thanks!

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ducatiz

#48
July 12, 2008, 04:54:21 AM
Quote from: BWClark on July 12, 2008, 04:36:56 AM
... I haven't been hunting since I was 10. I've done a bit of clay shooting, and a bit of plinking with .22 and air rifles since, but I know very little about larger calibre rifles. I think I'd like to maybe do pig/deer/elk hunting in the future, and at the very least I like learning stuff. Thanks!

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many people do boar and javelina hunting with a revolver.  .41 mag seems to be a popular choice, as is .44 mag.  the preference seems to be to revolvers, which i think reflects the fact that most hunters are conservationists ( and don't like dropping brass randomly ).  .41 is more portable and has plenty of power, but the round is not as common as others so it is more expensive per cartridge.  i like it a lot, has a lot of power and you don't need a super heavy frame like with .44 mag.

I love the Taurus Tracker in .41. 


lots of choices in the 6mm/.270/7mm/.308 range.  i am a fan of short action rifles, esp the short magnums.  lots of power in a small cartridges.
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Sinister

#49
July 12, 2008, 10:37:47 AM
Quote from: BWClark on July 12, 2008, 04:36:56 AM
... I haven't been hunting since I was 10. I've done a bit of clay shooting, and a bit of plinking with .22 and air rifles since, but I know very little about larger calibre rifles. I think I'd like to maybe do pig/deer/elk hunting in the future, and at the very least I like learning stuff. Thanks!

[thumbsup]



Cool!  Always welcome people to get back out into such a great pastime. [thumbsup]
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Buckethead

#50
July 12, 2008, 01:36:01 PM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on July 12, 2008, 04:54:21 AM
the preference seems to be to revolvers, which i think reflects the fact that most hunters are conservationists ( and don't like dropping brass randomly ).

Two other reasons I know of to use a revolver for boar:

1) Reliability. Its not gonna jam/stovepipe/fail to feed. If you're close enough to get off a shot on a boar with a handgun, he's close enough to do some serious damage if you wound him and piss him off - or worse, miss him - with the first shot.

2) Economy. There are auto-loading handguns out there chambered for the .41 and .44 magnum, but they're usually about twice the cost of a comparable revolver.

+1 on the .41 mag. Great cartridge. Horribly underrated. Also usable for deer.
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ducatiz

#51
July 12, 2008, 02:46:26 PM
Quote from: Obsessed? on July 12, 2008, 01:36:01 PM
2) Economy. There are auto-loading handguns out there chambered for the .41 and .44 magnum, but they're usually about twice the cost of a comparable revolver.

+1 on the .41 mag. Great cartridge. Horribly underrated. Also usable for deer.

what autopistol uses the .41 mag?  I know of the .41AE, but that is a totally different round.

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Buckethead

#52
July 12, 2008, 03:30:24 PM
Might be a custom jobbie, but a friend of mine has a Desert Eagle 10" barrel in .41 mag.

Hella fun to shoot, except that it has a tendency of ejecting the spent shells straight up and back.

Hot brass + scalp = bad.
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ducatiz

#53
July 13, 2008, 04:47:20 AM
Quote from: Obsessed? on July 12, 2008, 03:30:24 PM
Might be a custom jobbie, but a friend of mine has a Desert Eagle 10" barrel in .41 mag.

Hella fun to shoot, except that it has a tendency of ejecting the spent shells straight up and back.

Hot brass + scalp = bad.

a Desert Eagle in .41 mag or .41 AE?  the Eagles came in .41AE as one of the options, although very few places are making that load now.

no reason you couldn't have a DE in .41mag tho, it was designed originally for .357m

seems like a lot of work for an oddball revolver cartridge tho.  cut a barrel, recut the slide's face, make magazines, etc etc.. that's a lot of work.  making a one-off barrel would run about 2 grand alone, and that's assuming you can find a blank that's not been broached.

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