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Old 12-13-2005, 04:09 PM
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RUM, your question needs more questions.

What will you be hunting? Under what circumstances? Range?

Assuming you'll be hunting deer at handgun ranges, and hunting from a stand (or for calm deer), then here are my recommendations:

Your choice of gun and caliber are less important than your ability to shoot it. Anyhting from a 357 Magnum and up will do IF you can put the first shot on a paper plate every single time. The farthest range at which you can always do that is your maximum range to hunt deer with that gun.

Repeat the ALWAYS.

When I use a regular Blackhawk from a steady position, that range is 50-75 yards for me.

With a scoped Contender, with a good rest, I feel comfortable out to 250 yards, and might take one a bit farther than that under really ideal circumstances.
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