Anyone else plan on huntin with a big bore rifle

[R.W.Dale]

This year I think I'll break with my usual tradition of using a "high velocity" medium bore rifle to deer hunt this year and instead use a 460 S&W Encore.

it looks as though I'll be shooting 300grn XTP mag bullets at around 2200 to 2300 FPS That oughta knock any whitetail for a loop within 200yds

Who else uses rifles with a big hole in the barrel to hunt with during modern gun season?

 

[koja48]

IF I find the 1895 Marlin I'm looking for, I plan on hunting deer with a .45/70. If not, then it will be the Model 57 again.

 

[R.W.Dale]

IF I find the 1895 Marlin I'm looking for, I plan on hunting deer with a .45/70. If not, then it will be the Model 57 again.

There is a sharp one in the classifieds as we speak.

 

[AStone]

Anyone else plan on huntin with a big bore rifle

When I get to AK, I'll carry the .45-70 (1895) full time.

Until then, I'm happy with .30-30 (336)
and .357 (1894C; coming soon to the kit).

 

[trueblue1776]

I plan on hunting deer with a .45/70

Nothing more American than shooting a deer with a round famous for dropping bison. Cheers

 

[koja48]

There is a sharp one in the classifieds as we speak.

Thanks, Krochus; saw it, but I want the 22 1/2" barrel between that cowboy model & the guide gun, although I'd take a guide gun if that's all I can find. Been holding out for a used one, but haven't found any yet within reasonable driving distance.

 

[critter]

I sometimes hunt with a Ruger #1 in 45-70. It WORKS!

 

[Joe Meyer]

I'll be hunting whitetail with a customized 1895 45/70.

 

[Smoke]

My Marlin 1895 is my preferred walking around gun. 45/70 is easy to load, hot or mild.

If I'm perched in a stand, it's an absolute ball to shoot critters with a Sharps repro.

Smoke

 

[H&Hhunter]

I'm taking the new .470NE out to shoot hogs tomorrow. Z

I might even bring my small bore .458 Lott.

 

[koja48]

I might even bring my small bore .458 Lott.

Good thinking Double H . . . everyone should have a plinker handy

 

[marksman13]

I'm planning on piking up an NEF Handi Rifle in 45-70 this year to take advantage of Mississippi's fairly new primitive weapons laws. As much as I like bow hunting, I never could get in to black powder. Now the law says that as long as the rifle was designed before 1890 something or other, it is considered a primitive weapon.

 

[Ranger J]

I got out of the Handi Rifle business except for my 45/70. While it is not as accurate as my 1895 it is still a blast to shoot. Yep, it is fun to blow away a white tail with a bison gun.
RJ

 

[M'bogo]

Handi-Rifle + 45/70 + 350gr Hornady at +P pressure = Brown on the ground. Yes I plan to hunt with a big bore this year.

M'bogo

 

[koja48]

at +P pressure = Brown on the ground.

M'bogo, in a Handi-Rifle chambered for .45-70, this suggests that some poor guy named "Brown" will be the shooter, lol . . . sorry, that's just the immediate visual I got.

 

[Lancel]

I'll be trying out my Puma 92, .454 Casull, on deer this fall.

Larry

 

[Alphazulu6]

With ammo prices as they are... I will stick with the 7.62/.30 cals

 

[Pumpkinheaver]

I hunt with my Marlin 45-70 quite a bit.