Since I can remember, I've never taken a pistol with me to hunt. I've always dropped the animals with good shot placement, thus no need for one. This time I started to think while sitting in a tree that a decent rimfire pistol or revolver might be useful for other purposes though. I've yet to sit on a stand when I didn't see upwards to a dozen squirells, and I started to think that maybe I could just go ahead and leave the stand with one or more if I had a rimfire pistol (30-06 seems to be too much gun for the common gray squirell!). For next year, I plan on purchasing a pistol for this purpose, and so I was wondering if anyone had opinions on a decent inexpensive, new or used pistol/revolver for hunting? My list so far includes:
Ruger MKI
Ruger MKII
Ruger 22/45 (all the rugers with the bull barrel)
Browning buck mark?
Any other suggestions?
Ruger MKI
Ruger MKII
Ruger 22/45 (all the rugers with the bull barrel)
Browning buck mark?
Any other suggestions?