Hunting handguns.

[skeet]

Thanks for the reply Adam. That really doesn't make too much sense..allowing semi auto shotguns and not rifles or handguns..even for skwerls. Pa is certainly kinda screwed up with their hunting regs.. But y'all do have some hunting grounds. Thankfully. You ought to see the regs here. They have a separate booklet for each different game. and then the small game regs. We were hunting antelope a few days ago..and one side of the river(stream) the season was open and the other side it was closed.. I mean a 20 ft wide stream...same county same type of country ..duh

[Rapier]

Adam,
Back to the original question:
I have hunted with a Blackhawk in 357 (killed big hogs with it), a Single Six for small critters while deer hunting, baged a few northern bunnies on the bad, they were white with no snow, :-).
Hunt hogs with a 44mag Blackhawk and a Merrill (killed hogs with both) and did hunt several years with a ten inch TC in 357 Harrett. Gave up on the TC when the internal safety cost me a 10 point at about 15 feet. Deer walked right up on me from behind, I was setting with back against a tree. That was when I changed to the silent gun, the Merrill or XL. In 30-30 the XL is quite effective with a top end load of 3031under a 170 Speer Flat Points. I have killed hogs with it and it has tremendous penetration.

Today I carry a five inch 22 LR Browning Buckmark Target with a Gilmore red dot on the farm about 99% of the time. During deer season I will switch to a 4 inch M-66 while on the tractor to go with the Mini-14 in the rifle rack.
Ed