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Bill Mayhugh
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Posted: December/15/2009 at 13:47 |
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Just wanted to brag a little about shooting my first deer with a pistol. Was using a remington xp 100 7mm br that I bought this summer.Was using Nosler 140 gr. accubond bullets that I reloaded. Shot a doe at about 75 yards with one shot. She went about 10 yards and fell dead. Weight in at 175 lbs. dressed. I can shoot 1/2 inch groups with this pistol at 100 yards all day.
Guess I'll try the Savage Striker 243 pistol that I also bought this summer next. Doesn't shoot as good as the remington but still gets good groupings at 100 yds.
Thanks for letting me brag a little,
Bill
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james william mayhugh
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lucytuma
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Good news, have fun.
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SD Dog
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Excellent. I have only taken one doe with a pistol (.357) but was a rush.
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RifleDude
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Good job, Bill! My brother has an XP100 in 7BR as well, and it is indeed a shooter! I don't care for the looks of the brown plastic stock it wears. During the final years of XP100 production, Big Green started using laminated wood stocks that looked much better to my eyes. Nevertheless, those "hand rifles" would really shoot!
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Ted
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Sgt. D
Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: February/20/2008 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 4525 |
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Hand rifles is right. They make me nervous. But they are some killin machines. I'll stick with my Dessert Eagle 357, but great job with your "pistol". It is a great way to hunt.
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magshooter1
Optics Professional Joined: August/27/2008 Location: El Dorado, AR Status: Offline Points: 827 |
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Welcome to the club. Killed my 3rd deer (nice doe) with a pistol a week ago Sun. morning; first kill with this pistol, a S&W 657 .41 Magnum. About 50 yds. - put her down in her tracks. And you're right it is a rush. Never did take to those "hand rifles". Gotta buddy that hunts with an old T/C Contender in .35 rem. That thing is a deer killin SOG. Again welcome to the club.
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SVT_Tactical
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If I hadnt seen this happen I wouldn' believe it but we were squirrel hunting about a month ago and I had my walther SP22 and my buddy had his Browning Buckmark. A doe ran across the road where we where and stopped about 20yds away. He aimed and fired hitting the thing right between the eyes, dropped dead.
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Monster
Optics Master Joined: December/16/2008 Location: So. Cal Status: Offline Points: 2031 |
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Quite a shot, but not very ethical.....
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pyro6999
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their is an indian reservation about an hour and a half north of me and the weapon of choice there is a 22mag and a flashlight.
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They call me "Boots"
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I agree and I did let him know it too.
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pyro6999
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dont get me wrong i dont think thats right, i prefer to use stuff of at least .257 diameter.
Edited by pyro6999 - December/18/2009 at 10:06 |
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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RifleDude
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Is it legal to shoot a deer with a rimfire there... from a road, no less? Was this a public road or a vehicle trail on private property?
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Ted
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magshooter1
Optics Professional Joined: August/27/2008 Location: El Dorado, AR Status: Offline Points: 827 |
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It is illegal to hunt deer with rimfire or with anything within 50 yds. of the centerline of any federal, state, county or city/township maintained road down here in AR.
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SVT_Tactical
MODERATOR Chief Sackscratch Joined: December/17/2009 Location: NorthCackalacky Status: Offline Points: 31233 |
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sorry wrong person quoted
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SVT_Tactical
MODERATOR Chief Sackscratch Joined: December/17/2009 Location: NorthCackalacky Status: Offline Points: 31233 |
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It is illegal and thats why I didn't even consider the shot myself. He doesn't hunt on the club anymore but for other reasons.
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BeltFed
Optics Retard Joined: February/12/2008 Location: Ky Status: Online Points: 22287 |
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Used a S&W mod. 28 with a 6"bbl for my first deer with a revolver. Used a 140gr Speer JHP to take a 8 point buck from 25yds. He took 2 steps and went down.
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Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
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