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Anyone ever hunt small game with a .380? I no it’s not a traditional hunting round but in the shield I feel like it accurate enough?
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I don’t see any reason it wouldn’t make a good rabbit cartridge if you can shoot it well enough.
I think I remember Shrapnel posting a pic of a mule deer he shot with a 380.
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I've shot a couple of possums, several skunks, and a like number of rabbits with a 380. They were all shot as pests around the house or cabin rather than actually hunting. I've shot two deer with one too, one had been hit by a car and the other was suffering from blue tongue.
I shot a handful of the above with a Savage 1905, a possum with a Taurus TCP, and the remainder with a Beretta 85. Ammo was a mix of Silver Tips, Gold Dots, and Hydra-Shocks. For hunting I would rather use one of my 22s or 38 Spls as the sights are much better and I can accurately shoot further with them.
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So I broke a coyotes back at almost 300 yards with a 22 Mag. He was already wounded and not coming in. He was paralyzed and when I walked up to him I shot him at point blank range with the PPK/S in the top of the heart. He stood pissed for about 8 seconds and fell to his exit side. When I picked him up the 90 gr hydra shok was under him expanded! This coyote was small but I was surprised at the lack of penetration.
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NO. Because that would be real stupid!
I'd rather die in a BAD gunfight than a GOOD nursing home.
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Yes. I have killed a number of cottontails with a Ruger LCP.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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NO. Because that would be real stupid! What would be so stupid about shooting rabbits with a 380? Is it not powerful enough for rabbits? You just don’t like 380s? You really like rabbits? I’m just confused by the super aggressive response to a pretty easy question.
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Friend in North Dakota has killed several badgers with an LCP and factory fmj. Now he shoots the Lee WFN. Says it kills about the same as the fmj
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A .380 pistol is made for phone booth shooting. Sure. it has the power, but the sight radius for getting a good clean kill is poor at best. Not the qualities of a good hunter.
I'd rather die in a BAD gunfight than a GOOD nursing home.
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One woodchuck. Not really a deliberate "hunt", more a target of opportunity. Late 80s vintage Sig Sauer P230 - which was a surprisingly accurate little pistol with decent sights. I guess not so little compared to a lot of today's .380s.
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the biggest drawback seems to be the sights and short barrel. Hard to be accurate enough for humane hunting but probably good enough to dispatch vermin at close range.
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One of the old reloading manuals (nosler, I think), had an introduction to the 380 section about shooting javelinas with it.
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A .380 pistol is made for phone booth shooting. Sure. it has the power, but the sight radius for getting a good clean kill is poor at best. Not the qualities of a good hunter. You might want to crack open a gun catalog every decade or so.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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That Browning 1911 380 has a full grip, 4.3" barrel, and decent looking sights.
I don't see why it wouldn't work, within it's ballistic abilities.
Then there's the Beretta 84.
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