SA or DA

[buzz meeks]

It was Lou Kis, a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks warden. He was engaged in a release in June, 1987 in Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness when he fell off the top of the culvert trap and landed on the newly released grizzly. The bear had Kis' leg in its mouth, not Kis' head as I wrote earlier.

Is the problem overrated? Maybe. But it's a problem nonetheless and a DA revolver is my answer. In Sixguns Elmer Keith cites similar episodes where his or someone else's SA revolver saved the day. It's the same old mantra, I guess. Carry what you know.

And just a minor quibble. A DA shot can be just as well aimed as a SA shot. To characterize a DA shot as wild is not necessarily fair.

 

[KaceCoyote]

Guys I'm in Missouri. So if I have a rabid cat atop me its probably the feral domestic variety, which means theres a high likelyhood any attempts to "shoot" it off are gonna result in me in the ER with cat stratches and a gun shot wound.

Funny story: Awhile back i was sitting in the woods, i had been hunting that day with my CZ-P01 with the Cadet kit installed and was really destroying the local squirrel population. I hadnt seen anything for a good 40 minutes by then so I was preparing to move to restart hunting, when I noticed I had a brown recluse the size of my gosh darn hand slowly crawling over my thigh. Now I'm terrified to death of spiders, and I remember thinking. "This is a brown recluse, if it bites me it wont be near as bad as a .22 Velociter" and only afterwards did I really consider what I was seriously considering.

I dont think I need to be shooting anything off of me, Think of this as sort've my attempt to create a super versatile duo of carbine and revolver. Hunting would be light, occasionally close deer(under a hundred yards) but this would mainly be a combo for the utility of having a good carbine and a good revolver in the woods. Some will say I need a .44 mag, well I want a .357 so thats what I'm getting.



and not just cuz the .38spcls are free.

 

[MCgunner]

Saw on the news last night some guy up north somewhere had a rabid bobcat attack him. Guy was 60 something and CHOKED the cat to death. Hmm, didn't even need a .500 magnum, odd if you read this board too much. Of course, he had to go to the hospital for lacerations and probably rabies shots or whatever they do for rabies now days.

Then, this morning I see on the news where some 500 lb black bear got loose from a wild game breeding farm up in Ohio, I think, and got in this woman's house and was gnawing on her head and the daughter lures it away with a pack of bologna or something and they hide in the bathroom while authorities come to shoot it. Sounds like a lawsuit there, eh? I hope there's no wild animal breeding farms anywhere close to me because I usually have a 9mm on me and everyone on this site tells me they'll bounce off a bear. Half of 'em say they'll bounce off a human. Whatever.....

Think of this as sort've my attempt to create a super versatile duo of carbine and revolver. Hunting would be light, occasionally close deer

I have such a combo in my collection, a 6.5" Blackhawk and a Rossi M92 saddle ring carbine (I removed that noisy saddle ring) both in .357 magnum. I've kiled two deer with the Blackhawk and one with the Rossi. Pretty neat combo. Of course, I have 3 other .357s, DA guns, two Taurus 66s and a Ruger SP101. I'm sort of into the caliber, I guess you could say. LOL It's probably a little light for big hogs, but I'm sure it'll take down any meat hog I'd want to put in the freezer. I ain't into big ones and I've never seen any of those "hogzillas" they keep killin' out in Mississippi and Georgia and such, or so they claim. Truth be told, though, I'm usually sitting in the stand with either a .308 Winchester or a .30-30 Contender.

 

[DMK]

Cornered by coyotes???? ROFLMFAO! You're kiddin', right?

Have you seen this thread?

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=284098

 

[MCgunner]

Not sure what was going on with the dog thing, but I've killed a few coyotes in my day. Even when they think there's a dying rabbit meal, they see a human, they're gone. Coyotes don't hang around when there's a human about. If I were afraid of coyotes down here, I wouldn't leave the house.

 

[JesseL]

Even when they think there's a dying rabbit meal, they see a human, they're gone. Coyotes don't hang around when there's a human about.

Around here, that's just not true anymore.

Most of them seem to know that the worst they'll get from a human is some yelling and maybe some rocks and sticks thrown at them. They're not quite up to attacking a human yet, but they certainly don't run to far when they see one either.

 

[KaceCoyote]

Coyotes unlike vampires, cease to become bold when shot in the chest with a sufficient caliber.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Coyotes unlike vampires, cease to become bold when shot in the chest with a sufficient caliber.

Coyotes are also quick to learn -- shoot a few and the others will get the message.

 

[JesseL]

I'd gladly shoot a few 'yotes.

Unfortunately, discharging a firearm within city limits is a felony, unless you've got a really good excuse.

 

[Sistema1927]

OK, here is the true story:

1) All SA revolvers, especially case hardened ones, are garbage and should be avoided like the plague.

2) All DA revolvers, especially blued ones, are garbage and should be avoided like the plague.

3) The only guns worth having are semi-autos made out of polymer and other modern materials.

(Now, if I could get everyone to believe all of that it would make it easier to buy the guns that I like and would keep the prices of those revolvers down.)

 

[MCgunner]

Coyotes seem to die pretty quick when a .308 smacks 'em. A .257 Roberts does a number on 'em, too. I don't get that into coyote shootin', but I've done it some out of off season boredom and I've shot a few while hunting deer. I even killed one with a load of 7.5 once when I was dove hunting with a 12 gauge. Dumb dog didn't see me all camoed out leaning against a tree, walked right up inside 20 yards. We are up to our ears in 'em around here. They get shot a lot, so I guess they know better than to mess with humans, eh?