My New Deer Gun - the Short Version
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Topic: My New Deer Gun - the Short Version
Posted By: 788Fan
Subject: My New Deer Gun - the Short Version
Date Posted: 06 August 2011 at 13:53
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Connecticut is allowing revolvers to be used for deer hunting this fall for the first time. The state regs specifically prohibit semi-autos and single shots. The autos I get, they somebody going out with a Desert Eagle or hi-cap 9mm and blazing away. Single shots, I'm not sure I get. My TC would do just fine. Anyway, it's got to be a revolver in a caliber larger than .357 Mag. I didn't want to mess with my 45 LC 4 5/8" Blackhawk fungun, so I did the Great Gun Shop Tour of 2011 and found a 45LC Blackhawk that had seen better days. No rear sight and a bit of surface rust. I got it for a good price and off to the 'smith it went. The 7 1/2" tube got chopped to 6" to make it more manageable. I had him drill and tap the top strap to take a Weigand mount. For optics I went with an Interaims OneV30 that I had in the safe. The grips are Hogue. I tried Ruger factory and a set of Jay Scott's. Too hard to control with heavy recoil loads. After 11 different loads, I'm working with a 255 gr. Keith (Lyman 452424) on top of 16.2 gr. of 2400. It'll group reliably into 2" at 25 yds when benched and bagged. The group in the photo measures 1 3/4". I'm still sorting out a holster though I'm leaning towards a drop leg stye from Skyball Mountain. I hunt with a backpack and the drop loop will put it strong side below the waist strap. It'll go back to the 'smith in the spring for a matte blue job. I'd like to change the grip and ejector housing to steel but that's probably out of my budget. A few hundred more rounds of practice and we'll be good. 788  ------------- "We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us something very special." Stephen Hawking 1942-2018 |
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Posted By: CB900F
Date Posted: 06 August 2011 at 15:06
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788Fan; I don't think the steel ejector rod housing is too expensive at all. Probably around 40 to 50 bucks. Might as well do it & get that & the gun blued at the same time so it all matches. 900F ------------- Birth certificate!? He don't need no steenkink birth certificate!! |
Posted By: Irish Bird Dog
Date Posted: 06 August 2011 at 18:39
.45 COLT is a very fine choice for a deer handgun caliber.....sounds like a good load too............ ....my favorite handgun caliber.........
------------- Irish Bird Dog NRA Life/Endowment 2nd Amendment Supporter |
Posted By: Kingpin
Date Posted: 11 August 2011 at 15:10
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Hunting guns don't need to win beauty contests. That being said, I have a lot of respect for that caliber. Being in a Ruger, you could use jacketed bullets and almost get .44 Mag performance. Looks like a great hunting rig, now for the shoulder holster...LOL. New toys always beget new toys.....................Kingpin ------------- There are times when a normal man must, spit in his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. |