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Thread: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
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November 18th, 2017, 07:42 PM #11
Re: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
PA, I reload for everything I shoot. All hunting loads are handloaded. Haven't bought factory ammo in years....except for rimfire and shotgun of course.
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November 18th, 2017, 08:40 PM #12
Re: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
www.Steelvalleycasting.com is your new home for coated bullets and custom ammo.
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November 18th, 2017, 09:01 PM #13Grand Member
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Re: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
Good luck guys.
I believe I will be drifting in this direction as well. Kind of tired of rifle season. Same old same old. I hung up my compound for a crossbow a few years ago, and have been considering switching to a handgun for most of long gun season for a bit more challenge. 90% of my deer are taken at < 75 yards anyway. Just need that little push.
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November 18th, 2017, 09:58 PM #14
Re: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
I'll be taking my Ruger Redhawk in .44 although I have been using it as a weak side gun when I post sitting.
I only have one deer with it. I don't remember the charge but have used Speer semi jacked magnums for 20 years.
I have taken my S&W model 66 with factory loads.
I prefer the Ruger.Opinions are like anal apertures. They all stink but mine.
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November 18th, 2017, 11:04 PM #15Grand Member
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Re: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
I will be out with a Ruger Super Blackhawk in .44.
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November 19th, 2017, 04:57 AM #16Grand Member
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Re: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
I have been hunting with handguns since the early '80s. This S & W Performance Center 41 Mag with match grade slab barrel and 2 X scope with see through rings is my go to PA white tail getter.
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This was one my hunter hunting revolvers a Smith 629 2E Hunter
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I have hunted Elk with a revolver, in the beginning I used a 454 made by Freedom Arms but started using the Smith 500 Mag when they first came out, with my heavy hand loading of a 500 plus grain hard cast bullet it's a proven Elk taker.
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November 19th, 2017, 10:15 PM #17Active Member
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Re: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
Opening day will have my and my Super Blackhawk Bisley Hunter (44mag) topped with an UltraDot Match Dot in my favorite spot waiting for an unlucky buck to walk by.
I am pushing a 300gr XTP over a healthy dose of 2400
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December 3rd, 2017, 06:27 PM #18
Re: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
What’s with the slippers dude? Nice going PAwhitetailbowhunter. Love the DW six shooter. Gotta put this in the harvest thread.
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December 3rd, 2017, 07:52 PM #19
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December 3rd, 2017, 11:20 PM #20
Re: Handgun hunting for PA Whitatail
Sorry, just saw this reply..
I like it a lot. I have the Silhouette model with 10.5" barrel. The Alexandria Virginia made Virginian Dragoons are beefier than Ruger Blackhawks and can handle full/spec .44mag loads*.
The drawback is that they aren't made anymore, not since the mid 1980's, and replacement parts are thinning out. Another drawback is the alignment pin in the gripframe.. ...where it is positioned causes wooden or weaker grips to break.
*Original spec for 44mag is 240gr @ 1350 or 1450 FPS(depending on source) measured from 6" barrel.RIP: SFN, 1861, twoeggsup, Lambo, jamesjo, JayBell, 32 Magnum, Pro2A, mrwildroot, dregan, Frenchy, Fragger, ungawa, Mtn Jack, Grapeshot, R.W.J., PennsyPlinker, Statkowski, Deanimator, roland, aubie515
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