Lets see your hunting rigs for this year

[22-250ohio]

I know I am not the only dedicated handgun hunter here so lets see your rigs for this year.....
here is mine a TC contender sporting a MGM 12" barrel chambered in .375 supermag




the .375 supermag is one of a series of cartriges that Gates though up in the 1970's. The brass is nearly non-existant anymore although some of the steel shooters may still have some laying around with a ram on the head stamp.


this will be my first year hunting with cast boolits so they are getting a nice 225grain hollow pt from noe molds


brass can be made from either .375 Winchester with a trim job but that is rather expensive so I decided to make mine out of 30/30 brass which is much more cost effective..all it took was a little lathe work to make a long tapered expander and there ya go nice shiny .375sm brass.

[Joni Lynn]

Very nice.

[Cornbread]

BFR in 454 Casull. Already filled my antlerless tag with it this year. I shoot NOE PB RNFP 255 gr bullets over a load of 4227:

[22-250ohio]

Very nice doe. Doesnt look like she liked the casull very well at all

[Viper225]

No handy picture.
Ruger Super RedHawk with 9.5 Inch Barrel in 480 Ruger.
Ruger 30mm Rings.
UltraDot 30 Red Dot Sight, with Butler Creek flip up caps.
Bullet 375 WFP-GC cast from a custom Mountain Mold. Hornady Gas Checks.
The end of my ammo box says 18.5 Lil Gun.
No idea of the velocity. So far I have never recovered a bullet, so it is going fast enough.

I also have a Super 14 Contender chambered in 35 Bullberry. The 35 Bullberry is formed from 375 Winchester brass necked down, and blown out. For all practical purposes a 35 Remington Rimmed that will go approximately 100 fps faster (Max Loaded) than the 35 Remington from a 14 Inch barrel. I normally just use 35 Remington handgun loading data. That load shoots plenty hard enough. I have an older Burris 2.5 - 7 handgun scope on it. The same scope that has been on it for close to 20 years. TSOB Scope Base with 6 screws, and 3 Burris Z Rings.
I have been seriously thinking about changing to a UltraDot 30 on it as well. It is much easier to get the UltraDot 30 on target in the woods.

I also have a 6.5 X 30 JDJ Super 14 barrel set up just like the 35 Bullberry. The wife hunts with it some times.

Bob

[22-250ohio]

I also have a 414sm and the 445sm that I hunt with. We are still stuck with straight wall cartridges only here in ohio for hunting. So the really neat barrels are out of the picture for deer here.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

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i will be using my Encore in 454 it has a 13" barrel and 4-port-mag-na-ports .it shoots my 300gr cast Boolits good

[22-250ohio]

Impressive shooting lucky and nice lookin piece

[prsman23]

Squirrels tremble in fear!

[LUCKYDAWG13]

[QUOTE=22-250ohio;3007201]Impressive shooting lucky and nice lookin piece[/QUOT
thank you this was my old hunting rig Attachment 121848
44 mag with a 14" barrel + the brake

[Joni Lynn]

I forgot about Ohio and their rules. The straight wall part takes a lot of fun cartridges out of play.

[Salmoneye]

S&W 686-3

8-3/8" barrel factory broached for Millet rings...2.5X T/C lighted reticle...

[22-250ohio]

You have to love the classic lines of a smith. Lucky who made that custom set of wood?

[LUCKYDAWG13]

Lucky who made that custom set of wood?[/QUOTE]
Dave D made them for me he is over on specialtypistols.infopop.cc/eve he does great work
this is the holster i use works well for both my Tender /Encore but ti was made for my tender
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[Markbo]

I have several to choose from but a couple of favorites. When rifle hunting my carry gun is a .32 H&R by Alan Harton.

When hanxgun huntinh this year I am going with my custom FA97 in .41 mag

[c1skout]

I missed a turkey with the GP100 just today. My old H&R has collected lots of squirrels, and this will be the first year hunting with the Blackhawk in 45acp.

[chuckbuster]

I know this is supposed to be rigs for this season, gotta get those pictures together so here are a couple Rigs from Seasons Past...

2009, 6.5" .41 Mag Blackhawk, 245 SWC/H110/CCI350/Starline


2011, 7.5" .480 Ruger Super Redhawk, 355 SWC/H110/CCI350/Starline


And I guess this is the first out of the safe for this year (forgot I had taken this pic)
7.5" Super Blackhawk Hunter, 265LBT WLNGC/H110/CCI350/Starline


Yesterday was opening Day here, got out last evening for a bit. Got busted by a buck (how do they see through brush or smell you downwind?) Just gotta keep trying I guess
Kevin

[Gibbs44]

Nice grips on the SBH chuckbuster.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

some nice looking Rugers

[chuckbuster]

Thanx
The Stocks are "Bear Paws" in Blackline Maple by gooseman179 over on the Rugerforum .com board. Great guy to work with, good price and I think they are big improvement over factory. I like them so much I have a couple sets laying around waiting for a gun to wear them. Better go wander around the Classifieds and GunBroker I guess...
Kevin