 hunting with r8
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06/16/2015 7:16 PM
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Buckingham
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does anybody use an r8 for hunting? i bought one for home defense and range and it never occured to me that it might be a good hunting handgun till i ran across a reference to it in another forum.
MSgt, USAF (ret)
"If GOD didn't mean for us to eat animals, He wouldn't have made them out of meat" author unk
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Re: hunting with r8
[Re: Buckingham]
#159977
06/16/2015 7:32 PM
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s4s4u
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I don't have an R8, but I have been known to hunt deer and other critters with a .357 magnum on occasion.
Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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Re: hunting with r8
[Re: Buckingham]
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06/16/2015 7:32 PM
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Zee
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I would love to have one.
A little pricy........but, I'd love to have one.
Yes, I'd hunt with it.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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Re: hunting with r8
[Re: Zee]
#159983
06/16/2015 11:14 PM
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doc with a glock
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Forgive me, what is an R8? Pictures please!
Welcome to HHM.
Doc
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Re: hunting with r8
[Re: doc with a glock]
#159984
06/16/2015 11:24 PM
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s4s4u
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Forgive me, what is an R8? Pictures please!
Welcome to HHM.
Doc
Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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Re: hunting with r8
[Re: s4s4u]
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06/17/2015 12:14 AM
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H2OBUG
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I had a scoped model 28 that shot very well. Never hunted with it. I also have several other open sight 28's all shot cast bullets well.
You could buy a nice older 28 and scope it for half what an R8 cost.
If it jams force it! If it breaks it needed replacing anyway.
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Re: hunting with r8
[Re: H2OBUG]
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06/17/2015 12:15 AM
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500WE
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Re: hunting with r8
[Re: 500WE]
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06/17/2015 12:59 AM
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s4s4u
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Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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Re: hunting with r8
[Re: s4s4u]
#159990
06/17/2015 1:30 AM
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andycap1983
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I don't have an R8 but I actually just picked up a really nice S&W 386 7 shot in 357 mag last week. Kinda getting excited about working with that to see how well I shoot it. If it shoots well I think I will ry to take a deer with it this fall.
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Re: hunting with r8
[Re: andycap1983]
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06/17/2015 1:41 AM
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Chance Weldon
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Put a scope or dot sight on it, and with the right loads I bet it would get the job done.
Formerly TN Lone Wolf
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