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Looking to spruce up my close range deer hunting. So I picked up a blued version of this revolver and am impressed with its grouping.....I'd like to hunt it with 158 grain hollow point .....any thoughts, advice or suggestions are welcome....
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If you are reloading, I'ld reach for full charge of Alliant 2400, H110, or 296. I personally like Matt's bullets 180gr hollowpoints as its softcast. Anything 158gr and up works fine though. My GP isnt picky, and deer are soft.
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I'm not really impressed with the .357 as a hunting round, even out of a rifle barrel.
It will "work" but a 41 mag or 44 mag would be a better choice for hunting purposes IMHO.
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I went with a 41 mag as even max loaded 158 out my GP were barely above minimum energy level of 400 ft. pounds at 50 yards for use in deer hunting.
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The .357 has accounted for a lot of deer. A good bullet in the 158-180 grain will do nicely. It has more than enough energy if you keep the range to about 50 yards.
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Thx..
I've set up a couple of spots where shots will likely be no more than 25 yds......hopefully closer....trail hunting in hard wood bottoms.
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I killed 1 last year at 65-70 yards. Smashed through both shoulders of a small deer. That being said. I'll be carrying a Model 69 this year loaded at moderate 44 levels.
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I went with a 41 mag as even max loaded 158 out my GP were barely above minimum energy level of 400 ft. pounds at 50 yards for use in deer hunting. Unless there’s a minimum energy requirement where you hunt, I don’t see this as an issue. Deer aren’t hard to kill and energy is a poor measure of lethality.
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Get a Weigand no drill scope base, and mount an UltraDot red dot sight, 30 mm tube, 4 moa dot. Make sure cylinder throats are uniform and .358" . Many are not. My stainless 4 inch bbl GP100 had cylinder throats 0.355-.357". Now after reaming the throats to .358" , accuracy improved from 4" at 25 yards to less than 1.5" @ 25 yards. https://www.jackweigand.com/Ruger-GP100-Scope-Mounts-No-Drill.html
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Can those no drill Weigand mounts be used on a Ruger Security Six? Anyone know?
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Website doesn't list them, but you might try calling.
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Was the front sight on security six a removable dovetail?
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