22250Rem
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..... Did the same while deer hunting for almost 10 years in case a wounded deer needed a finishing shot at close range. Inherited the Luger from my uncle Marty who had brought it home from Germany in 1945. He had deer hunted some in his younger days but his career, family, and other responsibilities eventually pushed hunting out of the picture. We were discussing hunting once and the subject of wounded deer came up. Some of which need a quick finishing shot at close range. A 9mm works fine when applied to the right location from close range. He thought that using his old Luger for a task like that would be great. So after inheriting it in 2002 it came along hunting with me in a soft case in my knapsack. It's not in mint condition but it works great and I carried it every year until 2011 when I knocked down a small buck with my 870 slug gun in a shotgun zone. He couldn't get up and was initially thrashing around, then just laid there still breathing but unable to regain his feet. Hunting ethics always call for a quick, clean kill but instead of using a 12 ga. slug gun from three feet away I was overjoyed that I finally had the opportunity to use my uncles old Luger for something he thought would be very a very fitting use for it. One of my best hunting memories will always be standing over that deer with his Luger and looking up at the dark grey clouds and saying to my late uncle; " Thanks, Marty..... I know you'd get a kick out of this"..... then putting two rounds into the back of the head / neck area of the deer. He expired instantly. Here's a digital picture of a film picture I took with a single use film camera that was also in my knapsack. Along with a picture of the Luger in its soft case.
E.T.A....PS... Its even been said that the real reason I used that Luger for the finishing shot was that two rounds of 9mm are a lot cheaper than a single 12 ga, sabot slug; with me being the cheapskate that I am, LOL..
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