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11/18/2009 8:57 PM
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New to this forum, home sick today so I thought I would search for handgun hunting.
Anyway I have used a handgun in the past for hunting deer, (left the rifle in the truck) and do enjoy it alot. My main gun is a 44 mag in an 8 inch andaconda. I just bought a B square mount and mounted it. I am going to put a 2x Weaver on it when I get the correct rings. The mediums are very low. Tablet paper just fits between the bell and the mount. I used to have the same mount and a leupold 1.5x on it, but sold the scope and mount.
I like to use hardcast 245 grain swc and 22 grains of the older 2400. Other then hardcast I like XTP's.
I am trying to get this rig set up for hogs. I am debating to use XTP's, I know the hardcast will.
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#59247
11/18/2009 10:06 PM
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DwarvenChef
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Welcom to the site
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Re: Greetings
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#59248
11/18/2009 10:10 PM
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dc74
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shoot it if its still coming shot it again!!!
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Re: Greetings
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#59276
11/19/2009 12:20 AM
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KRal
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Welcome. You can learn a lot here. Or you could teach a lot.
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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#59280
11/19/2009 12:56 AM
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TCTex.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb Benjamin Franklin
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#59288
11/19/2009 1:29 AM
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Jeremy
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Welcome 257! The Anaconda is a nice setup. Would like to see some pics of that when/if you can.
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11/19/2009 4:01 AM
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pab1
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Experience is the best teacher, hunger good sauce. Osborne Russell Journal of a Trapper
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11/19/2009 4:43 AM
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David L
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welcome aboard 257. this is a great site.
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11/19/2009 5:02 AM
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rlb
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Welcome. So, when can we star helping you spend your money?
Good guys here. You will be in good company.
Rich
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11/19/2009 12:54 PM
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About 20 years ago I had a Super Black Hawk (7.5), it was a great revolver fun to shoot, balanced well etc. It was hard to get shoot accurately, or I should say group consistent. 3-or 4 rounds would be real tight then flyers would appear. I shot 25-30 yards away off sand bags when checking loads. Then one rainy day back on the farm (i use to live in North Dakota) I was cleaning up the old 44 and had an idea. I thought well every cylinder hole is like a seperate chamber. So I took Hornandy 240 XTP's and put one down each hole. Some bullets would stay in the cylinder some would protrude, and some just fell out. I thought there is the problem right there.
Shortly there after I sold it and bought a Colt, I did the same "test" with the Colt, and all the bullets stayed to a consistent depth. It is a great shooter.
My biggest regret in live, well one of them is selling my Colt King Cobra 4 inch. It hurts thinking about it. Young and dumb, needed a rifle for the wife so she could hunt deer. Well I don't even have that rifle anymore, but I still have the non-hunting wife. I did manage to get a Ruger s/six to fill the void.
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#59344
11/19/2009 1:38 PM
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Tigger
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WELCOME TO HH!!
The Colts are fine looking guns.
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#59346
11/19/2009 2:18 PM
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MIHunter
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Welcome to the site. It's a great place to find all kinds of information.
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#59349
11/19/2009 3:18 PM
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500WE
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Welcome 257. Yep, consistent chamber throats are an important part of accuracy in a revolver. The XTP's will work well on hogs.
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#59351
11/19/2009 3:31 PM
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Russell
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It's not the gun, but the man behind it.
Sheriff Russell Cottle, Ret. USMC; 1967-1970; Vietnam-'68-'69
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Re: Greetings
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11/19/2009 4:09 PM
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500WE
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Welcome 257. Yep, consistent chamber throats are an important part of accuracy in a revolver. The XTP's will work well on hogs.
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