In another thread about handgun hunting, I posted my defense of Taurus firearms, and a photo of one of my better deer with a Taurus M44. This past Sunday morning, I got a 100 yard shot at a very large doe, and dropped her.
I've target shot at 100, but this is the longest hunting shot I've taken with a handgun. She was stopped, broadside, and I had a good (not great) place to rest the gun for the shot. Shot was to the rear of the lungs, and she made about a 50 yard sprint before piling up.
Now that I've used my "lucky" gun (hunted with it for about 10 years), I'm going out with my new-ish Ruger Super Redhawk and trying again.
(load used for this, and most of my handgun deer are 10.9gr of Unique pushing a 240gr MagTech .44 mag bullet. Easy load to shoot, and deadly on deer.)
I've target shot at 100, but this is the longest hunting shot I've taken with a handgun. She was stopped, broadside, and I had a good (not great) place to rest the gun for the shot. Shot was to the rear of the lungs, and she made about a 50 yard sprint before piling up.
Now that I've used my "lucky" gun (hunted with it for about 10 years), I'm going out with my new-ish Ruger Super Redhawk and trying again.
(load used for this, and most of my handgun deer are 10.9gr of Unique pushing a 240gr MagTech .44 mag bullet. Easy load to shoot, and deadly on deer.)