Lets see your Indiana hunting guns

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RRA 458 Socom

 

[hunter_47443]

458 Socom RRA upper, dpms lower, Bushnell Trophy XLT 3-9 x 40 scope

 

[hunter_47443]

Ruger Redhawk 44 Mag Leupold 2 power scope

 

[shadow6492]

RRA 458 midlength upper, TI Billet lower, Magpul goodies, Leupold VX3 1.5-5x illum. scope, and Burris pepr mount. Also DD M4A1 rail wanting to be installed.

Heres some shots at 100 yrds. First couple shots are high, but got it sighted in pretty good. Smaller holes on bottom are from my sister boy shooting the 22lr.
Rounds where: 300 gr. Remington HP loaded by Waltrip from Indy 1500

 

[451_Detonics]

S&W 686 Glenn Custom...

100 yards...

 

[snapping turtle]

 

[AJMD429]

Three out of four are RUGERS...

Normal days - the levergun (96/44)

If it's raining heavily - the stainless/synthetic bolt (77/44)
(shown below a Ruger 77/22 - same size and weight...!)

Handgun Days - the Redhawk
(shown with a Marlin 1894 - another great deer-getter)

The Marlin is just for those days nothing but a peep-sighted levergun will do...

 

[spainy79]

Marlin 1894 .44

 

[Joe Williams]

My SKS for coyote and groundhogs, my 10/22 for squirrels and bunnies:

Sean's Mossberg 500 Super Bantam Youth 20ga for squirrels, bunnies, deer, and Cathy's Model 60 for squirrels and bunnies:

Sean's Marlin Model 795 and Ruger 22/45 for squirrels and bunnies:

 

[Gamez235]

I haven't seen any single shot deer guns. We've sold a ton of the H&R .44's, .357's, and .500SW.. I might be picking a .44 up this week myself? Any reason I shouldn't?


BTW, the wood on that Marlin is nice...

 

[dave29]

I might be picking a .44 up this week myself? Any reason I shouldn't?

I only deer hunt with a single shot. Nice and light, and you only need one shot anyway.

I love the H&R rifles chambered for a pistol cartridge. I have all of the calibers that you posted, and I reamed my .357 to max. If you get a .44, the WWB in a 240gr JSP shoot great, along with the 225gr LeverEvolution.

 

[Gamez235]

I was thinking the .44 and either 240gr XTP or the 225gr lever-evo's

 

[mwilson]

savage 358 idc. 225 grain sierra game king at 2400 fps.

 

[MilitaryArms]

 

[Jack Ryan]

I haven't seen any single shot deer guns. We've sold a ton of the H&R .44's, .357's, and .500SW.. I might be picking a .44 up this week myself? Any reason I shouldn't?


BTW, the wood on that Marlin is nice...

NEF 44 mag

S&W 357 mag, S&W 44 mag

Ruger Redhawk 44 mag

Reminton 1187, 12 gauge, rifled rem choke and rifle sights.

 

[asquires2]

Here,s my babies for the year! Marlin action 44 and a 243 Encore pistol.

The Marlin is a crack shot but Im still working on the Encore

 

[AJMD429]

We've sold a ton of the H&R .44's, .357's, and .500SW...

I was in a gun shop last year, and the last-minute buyers were flocking into the store to get a 'deer rifle' since the rifles had recently become legal.

Several buyers came in and did the same thing:

1. they looked at a Marlin 1894, and smiled, then looked at the price tag, and put it back down.

2. they asked the clerk what else they had, and were shown a Rossi 92, and liked the price better, but then talked about needing a scope, and put that one back down.

3. they asked again what else the store had, and would be shown a .500 S&W Handi. They'd smile bigger, and say "Now THAT's a DEER rifle...!"

4. They'd say to their buddy how much better it would be to have that 'extra margin of power', vs. the .44 Magnum, which seemed like a pretty 'marginal' round for deer.

5. THEN they'd say "But you're sure not going to get a follow-up shot very fast with that breakopen gun...", and put the Handi down.

6. They'd browse around awhile, and wind up buying a .300 Win Mag bolt-gun (or in one case a used M1-A), saying it was "for coyotes"...
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Sometimes I'm embarassed to be a hunter...

Once I tried to be 'educational' about the .44 Magnum's capabilities, and commented that when I first started hunting deer, through the present, I'd killed every one with one shot, using the following:

1. 240-gr JSP from a saboted 12-ga shell at about 1800 fps
2. 240-gr JSP from a saboted .50 Muzzleloader at about 1800 fps
3. 240-gr JSP from a .44 Mag Redhawk

So then I commented that it seemed like a 240-gr JSP from a levergun just 'might' work, since the levergun is easier to shoot than any of those three, cheaper to practice with than the shotgun, and if 'followup shots' are an issue, holds more than any of the above, and is probably faster to shoot, without taking your eyes off the target.

That buyer did wind up buying the Handi-rifle in .500 S&W, because he still just couldn't see "making a clean kill" with a .44 Magnum unless it was loaded "so hot it would break your shoulder". So - that's right - instead of getting a .44 Mag lever action, he got a .500 S&W that weighed a pound less.

Anyway, sometimes it must be a real challenge for those of you who work in gun shops, to listen to some of the would-be gun-buyers, without laughing.

 

[gglass]

10 shot 50-yard groups fit within a Post-It note... Those poor deer.

 

[tv1217]

I don't actually do it here. I got a lifetime hunting license in IL before I moved away, it also gets me resident priced tags. So I go there(down south) and use this:

Remington 870, 12 ga, shurshot stock, Nikon 3-9x40 Slughunter BDC scope

I will also be bringing this:

Ruger Super Redhawk .44, Burris 2x scope



If I hunted here, I would use these or maybe look into one of those 458 SOCOM AR uppers.

 

[boman]

custom rifles

Custom Hawken built by me back in the 70's on left. It shoots 100grains ffg behind a patched 62 cal round ball. The rifle on the right was built for me by my brother last year. It is a Win Mod 70 wssm in 358IDC and I'm shooting a 200 grain Hornady Interlock at 2600 fps.