swampcrawler
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posted*Jul 5, 8:33 AM
Iv always had this obsession with finding a firearm and cartridge that could fill every roll I could possibly need it for excluding defense. In my neck of the woods shots are close, and the biggest game we have is small whitetail and hogs. No moose or bears for me. I also love to go out shooting feed thieves and other various swamp vermin such as raccoons, possums, nutria, and armadillo. I'm a huge fan of pin point accuracy so shotguns are out. And, idealy, a cartridge for me would be suited to a nice hard hitting hunting load, but be easily loaded down for plinking and vermin smashing. It would have to be easy to load for using common components and legal to hunt most game we have down here.*
For my particular needs and wants, I honestly can't come up with much better than .357 max. With a heavy jacketed pill over a shovel full of 4227 it packs plenty of punch for the most vicious 150 pound whitetail, while a 158 gr or heavier cast bullet over half a pinch of unique is nearly quiet enough to shoot without hearing protection, ridiculously cheap, and still rather accurate for those feed thieves and elusive steel plates. It is legal for our rifle and muzzle loading season, easy to load for, and uses fairly common .358 pistol bullets.*
The only downsides to the little cartridge is the brass made from unobtanium, and the fact that squirrel and turkey can't be hunted with center fires.*
So, I'm not really looking for suggestions for my particular needs, but rather curious as to whether anyone else has found one near perfect cartridge for nearly all aplications,*
Or even just one beloved one for no reason other than than you love it. What do you guys shoot??
posted*Jul 5, 8:33 AM
Iv always had this obsession with finding a firearm and cartridge that could fill every roll I could possibly need it for excluding defense. In my neck of the woods shots are close, and the biggest game we have is small whitetail and hogs. No moose or bears for me. I also love to go out shooting feed thieves and other various swamp vermin such as raccoons, possums, nutria, and armadillo. I'm a huge fan of pin point accuracy so shotguns are out. And, idealy, a cartridge for me would be suited to a nice hard hitting hunting load, but be easily loaded down for plinking and vermin smashing. It would have to be easy to load for using common components and legal to hunt most game we have down here.*
For my particular needs and wants, I honestly can't come up with much better than .357 max. With a heavy jacketed pill over a shovel full of 4227 it packs plenty of punch for the most vicious 150 pound whitetail, while a 158 gr or heavier cast bullet over half a pinch of unique is nearly quiet enough to shoot without hearing protection, ridiculously cheap, and still rather accurate for those feed thieves and elusive steel plates. It is legal for our rifle and muzzle loading season, easy to load for, and uses fairly common .358 pistol bullets.*
The only downsides to the little cartridge is the brass made from unobtanium, and the fact that squirrel and turkey can't be hunted with center fires.*
So, I'm not really looking for suggestions for my particular needs, but rather curious as to whether anyone else has found one near perfect cartridge for nearly all aplications,*
Or even just one beloved one for no reason other than than you love it. What do you guys shoot??