Protection in the field
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coleridge
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Originally Posted By: RePete
If I did carry a handgun, at what point should I throw away the loaded shotgun or rifle that's already in my hands and grab for the handgun?
+1000 A pistol is nearly worthless beside a long gun.
In the situation you don't have a long gun, anything is better than a stick. Get a gun you will carry & shoot enough to become competant with it. If all you have is a .22 short, shoot your buddy in the knee & you can get away with only a brisk walk
If I did carry a handgun, at what point should I throw away the loaded shotgun or rifle that's already in my hands and grab for the handgun?
+1000 A pistol is nearly worthless beside a long gun.
In the situation you don't have a long gun, anything is better than a stick. Get a gun you will carry & shoot enough to become competant with it. If all you have is a .22 short, shoot your buddy in the knee & you can get away with only a brisk walk
justin10mm
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Quote:+1000 A pistol is nearly worthless beside a long gun.
Well, this past fall I shot a 200 pound boar in the neck with a .223 55gr. V-max from a hundred yards out. He hit the ground then got back up and crawled into a very thick cedar thicket.
When I got close I could hear him breathing and popping his jaws in anger. I slung the rifle across my back and grabbed the G20. Spitting distance from a POed hog in thick cover is no place to be with a bolt action .223! I circled the thicket and when he tried to escape across a opening about 10 yards away I put two 175gr. Silver Tips into his shoulder.
Well, this past fall I shot a 200 pound boar in the neck with a .223 55gr. V-max from a hundred yards out. He hit the ground then got back up and crawled into a very thick cedar thicket.
When I got close I could hear him breathing and popping his jaws in anger. I slung the rifle across my back and grabbed the G20. Spitting distance from a POed hog in thick cover is no place to be with a bolt action .223! I circled the thicket and when he tried to escape across a opening about 10 yards away I put two 175gr. Silver Tips into his shoulder.
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RePete
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Originally Posted By: justin10mmWell, this past fall I shot a 200 pound boar in the neck with a .223 55gr. V-max from a hundred yards out.
There's your problem right there.
Matter of fact, I can't believe that you somehow think a 55gr V-Max is Hog medicine.
You don't need a handgun, you need a proper Hog round.
There's your problem right there.
Matter of fact, I can't believe that you somehow think a 55gr V-Max is Hog medicine.
You don't need a handgun, you need a proper Hog round.
justin10mm
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I doubt the hog would have understood when I asked him to wait while I went back home and got a "proper" hog gun.
NdIndy
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Originally Posted By: NitromanOriginally Posted By: NdIndyI carried a 23 on duty, first pistol i ever bought and the only one i wont sell.
But, my 460 rowland is about the same size with a bigger boom.
That is a sweet rig there. I bet it is really snappy without the muzzle break?
Its pretty darn snappy WITH the brake
. At least with my full bore loads. It gets pleasant with plinker loads, total pussycat with acp rounds. It just doesnt function well with them.
But, my 460 rowland is about the same size with a bigger boom.
That is a sweet rig there. I bet it is really snappy without the muzzle break?
Its pretty darn snappy WITH the brake