hunting with a ruger 357 blackhawk
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Been many years (mid-late '70's), but I took a couple of deer with my 6-1/2" barrel .357 Blackhawk. Was using the Rem 158-Gr SJHP load. There are so many much better loads now.
One other thing I forgot to mention earlier...Check with the local "Game & Fish" guys where you plan to hunt. Ohio requires a minimum .357 caliber handgun and a 5" barrel is shortest allowed.
One other thing I forgot to mention earlier...Check with the local "Game & Fish" guys where you plan to hunt. Ohio requires a minimum .357 caliber handgun and a 5" barrel is shortest allowed.
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LAH
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The main man at S&W once took most North American game with the forerunner of the M-27. It does have distractors as a big game cartridge but it will work. I've used 44's and 45's most my hunting life but I'm thinking of going on a 357 tear...........Creeker
JJE
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I second the Buffalo Bore 180 gr ammo for deer and up-to-medium-sized hogs. Or .38 spl for small game.
Clipper
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From one Blackhawk shooter to another...
...I had a 6" blackhawk I used as my primary hunting gun for 20 years. In fact I bought my first centerfire rifle in all that time just this year.I hunted squirrel, rabbit, fox, coyote etc. with .38 wadcutters (less meat & pelt damage than .22 Stingers), and 145gr Winchester silvertip HPs for deer. If I'd gone after black bear, I'd have used the same load. I use Silvertips in every handgun I own, and they've never let me down. They're not the newest super-duper uber-killer sexy rounds that everyone seems to think you gotta have, but they do the job if you do yours, and they sure don't cost a buck a round. I like to shoot to much for that nonsense...
...I had a 6" blackhawk I used as my primary hunting gun for 20 years. In fact I bought my first centerfire rifle in all that time just this year.I hunted squirrel, rabbit, fox, coyote etc. with .38 wadcutters (less meat & pelt damage than .22 Stingers), and 145gr Winchester silvertip HPs for deer. If I'd gone after black bear, I'd have used the same load. I use Silvertips in every handgun I own, and they've never let me down. They're not the newest super-duper uber-killer sexy rounds that everyone seems to think you gotta have, but they do the job if you do yours, and they sure don't cost a buck a round. I like to shoot to much for that nonsense...
MCgunner
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I've taken two deer with a 158 grain hard cast SWC, good kills with solid lung shots. I've worked up a good load using AA#9 and the 180 grain Hornady XTP I'm going to try this season. It's an ultra accurate load out to 100 yards and is topping 785 ft lbs out of a 6.5" Blackhawk.
LAH
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I'm loving this...........Creeker
bigger jon
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BH 357
I know it`s hard to beleive but i shot a 175lp hog from 250 yards with my BH with a 2x scop on top.I worked up a load using a 180gr siolett sp with acc#9 cant rember how much but it was going 1325FPS and it went right thru the hog both lungs,
I know it`s hard to beleive but i shot a 175lp hog from 250 yards with my BH with a 2x scop on top.I worked up a load using a 180gr siolett sp with acc#9 cant rember how much but it was going 1325FPS and it went right thru the hog both lungs,
JJE
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Dang jon! How far did that hog go after it was shot?
bigger jon
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10yards
It looked ilke it was asleep when i walked up to it, I`ve never been much on trophie hunting or using hot mags rifles I hate distroying the game and the 357 dose very little dammage to the meat,I went hunting with the BH that year mostly because most of the hunters i was booking hunts for said it couldn`t be done and that the 357 was too small,Well i got to tell ya i killed more hogs with my 38spc than anything else from 5 to 40 yards it worked great but shot placement was very important otherwise you be running.
It looked ilke it was asleep when i walked up to it, I`ve never been much on trophie hunting or using hot mags rifles I hate distroying the game and the 357 dose very little dammage to the meat,I went hunting with the BH that year mostly because most of the hunters i was booking hunts for said it couldn`t be done and that the 357 was too small,Well i got to tell ya i killed more hogs with my 38spc than anything else from 5 to 40 yards it worked great but shot placement was very important otherwise you be running.
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