What do you use

[highstandard40]

How many of you take your silhouette guns afield for deer or whatever?
What gun do you use and how has it worked for you?

[schoolbus]

Charlie,
I haven't been deer hunting in about 10 years but I did manage to take a small buck with my DW 44 mag once upon a time. I didn't make a very good shot (too far back) so it was a tough tracking job but we managed to find him. I was using a handloaded REM 210g SJHP. The bullet fragmented and made a mess of the insides. Needless to say, there was no exit wound.

I have taken my XP 7BR deer hunting but never got a shot at a deer. I found out quickly that my Leupold 4X EER performed pretty poorly in low light situations.
Gordon

[highstandard40]

I've taken deer with a variety of my silhouette guns over the years. First one with an old Super Blackhawk 44Mag. Since then I've used a 10" 30 Herrett Contender, DW 44 Mag,
14" 7X30 Contender, XP100 7TCU, and an XP100 in 35 Remington which is now my dedicated hunting handgun. Had success with all of them.

[Blue06van]

Shot hogs with my 357max contender (3 hogs), 30x39 encore (3hogs) 357/44 Bain & davis (1hog). All clean kills. Next one inline to take a hog will be my MOA in 7br.

[RockinHRacin]

Blue, I'm considering using my 7TCU against the hogs here in Middle GA...Am I bringing enough gun? (I'll have my .357Mag on my hip, just in case...)

Chris

[19Turkeys]

Deer with my T/C in 7 TC/U, Super Blackhawk, Dan Wesson .41 Mag. All were clean kills.

Steve W.

[Blue06van]

quote: Blue, I'm considering using my 7TCU against the hogs here in Middle GA...Am I bringing enough gun? (I'll have my .357Mag on my hip, just in case...)


The 7 TCU will be fine. Just remember bullet choice and bullet placement. You will need a bullet that will expand at TCU speeds. Alot of of hogs been taken with the 357 .
Check out below link, graphic. of hog kill zones.

http://www.texasboars.com/anatomy.html

[Smokin7mm]

My primary hunting handgun is a XP-100 in 7-08. I have also used my contender in 30 Herrett and I also have a contender in 357 Herrett. For Revolvers I have carried my Ruger SBH 44mag. Although many of my silhouette pistols would also work (7BR, 6.5BR, 41mag, 357max) The ones I use are set up with slings and or holsters for use in the field.
Bret

[BurmKiller]

I have taken over 100 tree rats with my T/C .22LR....that count? Distances went all the way from my deck to the back of my yard...maybe 25 yards...

[Rodent]

I use my Single 6 and TC, that I use for Smallbore, for Tree Rats. I use my 308 Striker and 7tcu TC, that I use for Bigbore, for Deer. I feel that all of those days at the range practicing and really help prepare me for hunting.


Mike

[KnifeHandler]

I haven't hunted in a few years, but my first deer was with my Sportsman (XL) in 7 Rocket (7mm Herrett). On that trip, my friend used his SBH in 44 Mag and his wife used her 7 tcu, all of which we used on week ends for silhouette matches. Then all the squirrels that fell to our trusty 22LR TC's.

[marshall623]

I've had my 7 Tcu in woods a couple of times but mostly the 7-30 and the 30 Herrett.

[Volleyman]

This year I used a 308Win xp-100 I built for 500 meter silhouette, I shot a nice 8 point whitetail at 275 yds. A friend used my T/C in 30-30 AI, he also shot a 8 point whitetail at 295 yds. We hunted for 30 minutes in a two man stand before we shot both deer at the same time.

[xphunter]

I use a variety of XP's and MOA's for most of my hunting and varminting. On occasion I will use revolver like one of FA's 454's.

[Win1917]

Most of this deer season was consumed with a new baby but I have a 260 Encore which I suppose would be my unlimited gun if I ever get to shoot that. I shot my first deer this year with a bolt gun but have taken that pistol with me every hunt since but haven't had a shot at a good buck yet. Before next season I'd like to get a 14" 7TCU barrel for my Contender that could double as a hunting/IHMSA gun.

Other than that I recently picked up a High Standard Sport King with a Trophy barrel that I'm hoping to use for squirrels this year.

[gibar]

MOA in 243AI, MOA stainless 10/22 and Ruger Mark II all for blasting prairie dogs!!!

[liv2shoot]

Big bore

7mm-08 encore with muzzel brake dear hunting (white tail and mule dear)
MVI_3553 7-08 shooting

223AL 14" contender
219 Zipper 14" contender
22 Hornet 10" contender

[HandgunHTR]

I used the same 7-30 Waters that I shot US with last year to hunt with as well.

I shot a nice little 6-point with my UAS TC 7TCU two years ago.

I built myself a 7mm Mauser Encore pistol for hunting that I might use for UAS sometime, but maybe not.

I will most definately use the Ruger Charger that I am building right now for some tree rat blasting next fall.

[Madmark]

When I started IHMSA, i made some deer loads for my UAS Super 14 30-30 using 125gr. Ballistic Tips. They were absolutely explosive... I am now using 140 gr. Ballistic tips out of my 10" 7TCU standing/production gun. With all of the practice we get with our competition guns, it makes sense to hunt with them.

[JSH52929]

First deer I shot with a handgun was my SW29 10" 44 mag. That was the gun that got me started in this mess in the first place. I thought it was a good shooter until i shot and saw what an FA can do.
I then moved on to the TC's. First one was a 7TCU, scored a nice sized cull buck with that one. Then got into a 7-30, several deer dropped to that one. Then when the encore came out, I had to have one in 308. I had it about three years before I hunted with it. Scored one of the biggest bucks I have ever shot with it. Off hand at 125ish yards in the middle of a bean field with no cover or anything to lean on.
I then got in to the cast bullet mode and want to give the 375WW and 45-70 a go.
jeff