Remington1911
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This is what a friend of mine told me his brother is looking for. Ok I know said brother, not well but a quick glossing over the top. Not a "gun" guy, I don't think he even owns a gun. And me being the "gun nut" just ask me. Ok.
Get yourself a Ruger PCC in 9mm and fill it with some good SD ammo, that will deal with anything from opossum to coyote inside of 50 yards in an ethical manner, with less worry of it going anywhere you don't want it to.
About a month later I get the same question again, have him come out, I have a few things that I think would be perfect, he can shoot them. Ok, what do you think of 243 or 223. Ahh, what is his land like, well he has 10AC, horses, and now chickens. Are the chickens in a pen, yes. Are there houses around, yea about like here (my house). A 243 or 223 is not a real good idea. Why?
Well he has not shot very much those are some pretty powerful rifle cartridges, and inside of 30 yards, even if he hits a raccoon, it is likely to not stay inside him and keep going. You need to think just where that round will go if you miss. We shoot that here (my land)....yes but we shoot right here, HUGE dirt berm, RR ties, in a U, nothing is going to leave my range, and if it does it has to pass through two barns full of all kinds of crap. In short I am not worried about a round leaving my home range unless you shoot at a 45deg angle. He does not have a berm, he is going to shoot at something, in the dark, little light, small moving are you sure he is going to hit it, from what I know of the guy nope, hell I had doubts when I had chickens that I would hit it, and I did not want to send a hand gun round that direction. And to even see this thing at the all you can eat chicken buffet he is going to need to stay up all night. And I doubt there is only one, I had raccoon opossum coyote, skunk at mine....and several of each. Trying all night every night. does he want to stay up all night to hopefully get a shot at it.
Tell him to go to a farm supply store, get a transformer and some electrical fence wire, for cattle. Wire it around the chicken pen several rows going up the fence, and nothing will get in. Put some concrete pavers around the edges to discourage digging.
This is way less "cool" and "macho" then killing some animal you might or might not see, but hay you got a gun...and who knows IF you see it, and IF you take a shot at it, you might get LUCKY and stay out of jail when that round goes someplace you did not think it would go.
Well the 243 from ruger is not that expensive only about $300, I might tell him to just get an AR.
Sigh.
I hope you don't visit him in prison....but if he has his little heart on being a "man" and getting a gun I suggest the Ruger PCC, 9mm and good SD ammo, at least it will not fly as far as fast as a 243. I have a 243 you want to shoot it and see....maybe next time.
Sigh....
have him give me a call before he does anything.
I doubt I will hear anything.
Get yourself a Ruger PCC in 9mm and fill it with some good SD ammo, that will deal with anything from opossum to coyote inside of 50 yards in an ethical manner, with less worry of it going anywhere you don't want it to.
About a month later I get the same question again, have him come out, I have a few things that I think would be perfect, he can shoot them. Ok, what do you think of 243 or 223. Ahh, what is his land like, well he has 10AC, horses, and now chickens. Are the chickens in a pen, yes. Are there houses around, yea about like here (my house). A 243 or 223 is not a real good idea. Why?
Well he has not shot very much those are some pretty powerful rifle cartridges, and inside of 30 yards, even if he hits a raccoon, it is likely to not stay inside him and keep going. You need to think just where that round will go if you miss. We shoot that here (my land)....yes but we shoot right here, HUGE dirt berm, RR ties, in a U, nothing is going to leave my range, and if it does it has to pass through two barns full of all kinds of crap. In short I am not worried about a round leaving my home range unless you shoot at a 45deg angle. He does not have a berm, he is going to shoot at something, in the dark, little light, small moving are you sure he is going to hit it, from what I know of the guy nope, hell I had doubts when I had chickens that I would hit it, and I did not want to send a hand gun round that direction. And to even see this thing at the all you can eat chicken buffet he is going to need to stay up all night. And I doubt there is only one, I had raccoon opossum coyote, skunk at mine....and several of each. Trying all night every night. does he want to stay up all night to hopefully get a shot at it.
Tell him to go to a farm supply store, get a transformer and some electrical fence wire, for cattle. Wire it around the chicken pen several rows going up the fence, and nothing will get in. Put some concrete pavers around the edges to discourage digging.
This is way less "cool" and "macho" then killing some animal you might or might not see, but hay you got a gun...and who knows IF you see it, and IF you take a shot at it, you might get LUCKY and stay out of jail when that round goes someplace you did not think it would go.
Well the 243 from ruger is not that expensive only about $300, I might tell him to just get an AR.
Sigh.
I hope you don't visit him in prison....but if he has his little heart on being a "man" and getting a gun I suggest the Ruger PCC, 9mm and good SD ammo, at least it will not fly as far as fast as a 243. I have a 243 you want to shoot it and see....maybe next time.
Sigh....
have him give me a call before he does anything.
I doubt I will hear anything.
