Hunting Handgun?

[SpencerSS]

I'm Inrested to see what everyone likes. Favorites, What you have, What you want?

Revolvers, T/Cs, bolts?

Feel free to put as much info as possible; Pictures too.

I'll start:
Both for big game. A Ruger Redhawk 6" SS, 44RM with small optic (trijicon RMR, 2X or 4X fixed scope.) For a bolt gun, Rem XP100 14" brl, 260AI 140Berger VLD Hunting. I don't have these two set up yet, but soon.

 

[highstandard40]

I have taken deer with both single and double action revolvers (44 Mag), T/C contenders (30 Herrett & 7X30 Waters), and XP100s (7TCU & 35 Rem). My current go-to handgun is an XP100R in 35 Remington with 180gr Hornady spire point. Given the results I have achieved with all the previous handguns I used, the 35 Rem trumps all the others convincingly. Your suggestion of a 260AI with the 140 Berger should be a fine performer also. The 6.5 is a proven performer on deer size game and you should be able to get enough velocity to do the job in a 260AI. I would add an inch or two of barrel though.

 

[Ben Segrest]

There's no semi-auto option in your poll.

 

[IfItFliesItDies]

There's no semi-auto option in your poll.

This

 

[dzelenka]

I have killed a bunch of deer, hogs and even a zebra with handguns. My go to deer pistol is a 14" TC with an SSK 6.5 JDJ barrel and a 2-7X Burris. A FA .454 does very well on anything you want to shoot with it. .44 Mag is a good go to revolver, my latest being a SRH that is a true sub 2 MOA gun at 100 yards. For varmints, it is hard to beat a 14" TC in .223. .22 LR, .22 WMR and .22 Hornet are all great for small game and varmints. I brought a friend's .375 JDJ to Africa. That thing was great. It would shoot 270 gr Hornady Spirepoints at 2050 fps into 3 shot cloverleafs at 100 yards. Lots of horsepower to.

 

[Akajun]

Model 29
Blackhawk 41 mag

Both iron sights, both loaded with self cast swc's.

Long live Elmer Kieth.

 

[stinkysix]

I've taken deer and hogs with a hot load in my 45 auto, i'm trying to find time to go to my companys land in Mississippi to take a hog with my 10mm Bren Ten.

 

[LA_Huntsman]

I've killed all sorts of critters and a fireproof safe with a S&W 629 Classic with the 8 3/8" barrel.

 

[Leadslugga]

I haven't ever shot anything with a handgun, but I have a Super Blackhawk .44 mag w/ 7.5" barrel that I think would be up to the task if I get the opportunity. If I do get that chance and it goes well, I think I'd also like to get a Smith & Wesson 657 (.41 Mag) with a 7.5 inch barrel. I saw one at Hebert guns once with an unfluted cylinder and it was truly a thing of beauty.

 

[oleheat]

It's been a while since I've broken it out, but mine's A Ruger Blackhawk in .44 Mag w/7-1/2" barrel (I think), topped with a 4x scope....

Other than a hog, it's never harmed anything....

 

[jguilletjr]

I use a Super Redhawk .44 Mag with a 2X scope. I have killed deer and pigs with it. Works for me. This year I will probably take the scope off and sight it in with the sights on the gun. After Trying it on the range I will see if I want to keep the scope or not. (It makes the gun a little heavy IMO) I have shot a few diffferent .44 Mags, and I like the Super Red Hawk. To each his own.

 

[dangerousdon]

I've inherited a Ruger GP100 .357 with a 6" barrel from my father-in-law. He first purchased it to go hunting with after his health deteriorated. He lives in Pennsylvania where the big deer are an has taken down a few. However, I haven't used it for hunting...yet. But I like shooting it.

 

[Baldrik78]

I've taken deer and hogs with a hot load in my 45 auto, i'm trying to find time to go to my companys land in Mississippi to take a hog with my 10mm Bren Ten.

Please tell me you were wearing a pastel colored sport coat.

 

[deafdave3]

Semi auto handguns have a respectable place in today's world, and it isn't hunting.

 

[LACamper]

Semi auto handguns have a respectable place in today's world, and it isn't hunting.

I've hunted squirrel and rabbit with my buckmark. Its semiauto. Nobody specified what we were hunting.

 

[deafdave3]

Semi auto handguns have a respectable place in today's world, and it isn't hunting.

I've hunted squirrel and rabbit with my buckmark. Its semiauto. Nobody specified what we were hunting.

Didn't think about the .22LR. Hm. My mistake. I've hunted small game with my Ruger Mark Standard. It was very.... challenging.

 

[hdfinder47]

I have not hunted with either, but my Desert Eagle 44 mag shoots about as good of groups as my S&W 460 so I do not know why it would not suffice as a "hunting handgun". (I only shoot 50 yards max as that is as far as I can see well enough to shoot.)

 

[LA_Huntsman]

Please tell me you were wearing a pastel colored sport coat.

Ted Nugent would be proud!

I have killed a couple deer and again assorted other critters with a full sized 1911 in 45acp

 

[toddrod]

I have heard a semi auto with a Clark 460 Rowland conversion does a nice job.

 

[LACamper]

I've always wanted one of the AMT's in .30 carbine for hunting.