i would love to have one in 45lc or 44mag.....but if i was just going to plink with it id probably get one in 9mm becouse it is cheap enough to shoot a lot of.
i would love to have one in 45lc or 44mag.....but if i was just going to plink with it id probably get one in 9mm becouse it is cheap enough to shoot a lot of.
Good question...Shoot cans and rock chucks until the day I need it to shoot BGs or deer I guess. I'm planning to learn to buy re-loading equipment so ammo cost isn't too much of an issue.
The reason I'm thinking pistol caliber is that I'd like my wife and kids to learn and enjoy as well and don't want them to get turned off by getting knocked on thier butt-skis with heavy recoil.
Maybe I should get a .357 and let them shoot .38s out of the thing. Or, maybe get a .45 LC (less recoil, heavier bullet).
What I'd really like is to find a list somewhere that has the max effective distance and average energies for the various calibers.
Which one would be a mimimum for taking a deer at 100 or so yards? Is there one that could do it at 200 yards?...that sort of thing.
I'm thinking 9mm isn't the best option for me as I much prefer revolvers (I'm wanting a carbine to shoot the same thing my revolver shoots). If I were going to go with a bullet that light, I'd probably do better to get a .357 and shoot .38 from it for practice/plinking.
I think .44 is out because I have no interest in shooting a .44 mag revolver (see "butt-ski" reasons above).
So I guess I'm down to .357 vs 45LC. How would you guys compare those two and what would be your preference and why? Is there some other caliber I'm missing?
I like a 9mm with a 16" barrel also, low recoil, low flash, low noise, if you put a silencer on one of these it would sound like a BB gun. My brother bought one of those conversion kits from specialty interest arms and had a 45 ACP carbine that uses 1911 clips. They make a supressed Deliese version that is supposed to be uber quiet.
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have both the carbines and revolvers in 22lr/ 22mag, 17hmr, 30carbine(m1 carbine), 357,44,45,and 480ruger. all are fun and have hunted with all except the 30carbine, no semi autos allowed for hunting. I have also used a 454 in a carbine. I have to say that the 45 is by far the most fun to shoot and hunt with. By the way all but the 480 are in single actions. Though I have to admit that my 41 mag has been used to kill more deer than any of the other. I think marlin still makes a cowboy lever in that caliber.
I have a Winchester 1894 in 44 mag and a KelTec in 9mm. If you handload then the 44 mag gets my vote. If you dont handload, then the 9mm can be shot a lot more for the same money.
I have a 9mm Hi-Point (16" bbl), a Marlin 1894 .44 (20" bbl) and a Rossi .357 (16" bbl). Only the Hi-Point has taken deer, but I feel confident that any of them could do so in the right conditions.
Both the 9mm and .357 are easy to shoot, and affordable to feed. The .44 has more pop than most expect, and although it isn't as cheap as the previous two, a box of 50 rds is usually about $35 so that isn't that bad compared to other centerfire rifle rounds.
The .357 is probably the most flexible for fun, but if hunting is primary, .44 Magnum is the way to go. The 9mm is just too good for blasting away, and damned cheap - just too light for anything but pot meat.
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While the 9mm from a 16" barrel approaches the effectiveness of a .357 on light targets I wouldn't use it for hunting anything but small game,Yup,"pot meat."
If I had to use my Uzi for real hunting I would have to go with the ,41A&E,just change barrel and mag.
Of course for serious blasting I still have my 12ga.
.40S&W is a decent pistil caliber carbine round. IMHO that is. FWIW anyhow. But I think .357magnum and .45acp would make for an excellent choice as well though.
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