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[Mr VJP]

If using a 357 Mag with a 6" barrel on deer, you are stretching it at 50 yards.  Better to keep it to 25 yards or less.

[bushnell]

Yes, I am not looking at shooting past 50 yards.

[Windsorhunter]

Hunting with a Super Red Hawk in 44 mag with a 7 1/2" barrel topped with a Leupold fixed 4 power.  It's pretty good (3"-4" groups) out to 100 yards.  Just picked up an Encore with a 12" barrel chambered in 7mm-08 (bargain of a lifetime) topped with a Burris 2-7.  Spent some time on the range and consistantly shoot 1-1 1/2" groups at 100 yards off the bench.  Will hit the bush with that this year.  I would suggest a good lightweight bi or mono-pod though.

[Buckheart]

This was my first year hunting with a handgun. Last winter I got a Smith and Wesson .44mag . I realized early on that there was no way I could  use the iron sites because of my eyes so I topped it with a trijicon rmr red dot. A buddy of mine gave me an old Herters single stage press and I started reloading for it last spring. Practiced all summer. It's really nice to have your weapon in a shoulder holster as opposed to carrying a rifle that seems to weigh twice it's weight at the end of the day.
  Any way, this was the result on opening morning.  A little spike buck. He's not a trophy but he is mighty tasty!

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[Windsorhunter]

Great job.  Any deer with a handgun is a trophy!

[Warren]

Buckheart - nice job.
How is the muzzle blast on that handgun? When in the field do you wear ear protection?

[Buckheart]

The recoil is alot less than my other 44 and I can't notice any difference in noise level between the two either. No I didn't wear hearing protection while hunting and yes I should have because all it takes is one unprotected shot to get my ears ringing for hours these days. I always wear protection while target practicing and I have to figure something out for hunting next year.

[Buckheart]

Speaking of red dot scopes, you guys that use them, what are you using and how do you like it?

[fasteddie]

I put an aimPoint red Dot sight on my TC 44 mag barrel a few yaers ago . After shooting almaost 20 rounds , it wasn't worth a damn .

[Buckheart]

That's the sight I was thinking about putting on my 44. I seem to have issues with locating the red dot on the Trijicon when I am sighting a target. Kind of like when you are using a rifle with a scope and you are either too close or too far from the scope. You get that tunnel kind of effect. I know it's not just me because I have had other people look through the site and ask "where is the dot".  Maybe I will hold off on the aim-point. It's one I have had for several years. It sits on a 30-30 and is pretty good for that gun.

[fasteddie]

Well , that 44 mag knocked the snot out of the red Dot !

[MuzzyLoader]

I enjoy hunting squirrels with my .40S&W. 

[erussell]

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A Thompson Center Encore chambered in 260 Remington is my primary deer gun. I love it, more challenging than a shotgun, but a greater effective range.

I had a friend who had one of those. Except it was chambered in 270. He let a friend of his shoot it one time, and he put the gun right up to his face to look through the scope. Before my friend could stop him he pulled the trigger and just about nocked himself out, and split his forhead open. I guess it took a few stiches to close it all up to.

[Buckheart]

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A Thompson Center Encore chambered in 260 Remington is my primary deer gun. I love it, more challenging than a shotgun, but a greater effective range.

I had a friend who had one of those. Except it was chambered in 270. He let a friend of his shoot it one time, and he put the gun right up to his face to look through the scope. Before my friend could stop him he pulled the trigger and just about nocked himself out, and split his forhead open. I guess it took a few stiches to close it all up to.

That's what I call a serious eye relief issue!

[WNYBuckHunter]

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A Thompson Center Encore chambered in 260 Remington is my primary deer gun. I love it, more challenging than a shotgun, but a greater effective range.

I had a friend who had one of those. Except it was chambered in 270. He let a friend of his shoot it one time, and he put the gun right up to his face to look through the scope. Before my friend could stop him he pulled the trigger and just about nocked himself out, and split his forhead open. I guess it took a few stiches to close it all up to.

That's what I call a serious eye relief issue!

Thats why you use a long eye relief scope lol. Mine would do the same thing to you if you got too close to it and pulled the trigger. Little sucker tries to jump right out of your hand lol.

[Santamour123]

I am in the process of getting ready to order my encore for hunting.  I am leaning in the direction of the 338 fedreal. But, the 270 keeps coming back to my mind!

[G-Man]

I use a 50cal blackpowder cva pistol and a 50 cal knight mk95 blk powder pistol, i have taken deer and a wild pig with both, they both have 8in and 10in barrel respectively and take 90grains of pyrodex p, i am comfortable out to 50 yards off hand and 75 with a rest with the knight with weaver open sights, 50 yards with the cva (buckhorn rear and blade front).Both are deadly! and a great quick second shot in late muzzleloader as well!