Comments on: New Deer Rifle

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:32:30 +0000

Government: Is there nothing it can’t fuck up?

By: DrStrangegun

DrStrangegun — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:09:08 +0000

“a) fire a bullet of .357 diameter or larger;
b) have a minimum case length of 1.16 inches; and
c) have a maximum case length of 1.625 inches.”

Hrmm…. a WSSM case is 1.670 inches, if you blew one out to .358 and knocked .050 off the case mouth while resetting the shoulder…..

By: Ed Foster

Ed Foster — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:48:27 +0000

So how about my Swiss Vetterli? 41 caliber (10.4 mm) rimfire, short and only slightly bottlenecked, dates from slightly after the Civil War. Solid lead unjacketed bullet, trajectory like a rainbow after the first 150 yards, and really kind of cool to watch work. Things go clickity-clak at an impressive rate.

Of course, the 25 year old Italian made ammo is about 5 bucks a pop, but 2 or 3 sighters and another 1 or 2 in the field, not so bad.

By: Rob K

Rob K — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:48:21 +0000

Looks like you’re right, Weer’d. I could swear that 10mm was specifically listed as being allowed in the IN hunting guide the first year they allowed pistol caliber carbines. Bummer!

By: Weer'd Beard

Weer'd Beard — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:24:51 +0000

Not sure if 10x25mm is quite long enough to meet the requirements.

Certainly it has the get-up-and-go to do the job.

You could always go .450 Bushmaster.

By: Rob K

Rob K — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:42:49 +0000

I was just thinking, if you could get an H&K MP-5/10 in semi-auto only, that would be legal for deer now. But you’d have to be a Manly Teutonic Operator for that!

By: JB

JB — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:29:50 +0000

Except those RR uppers in .458 have a backlog, and the current wait is about a year…Next season?

By: Rob K

Rob K — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:53:21 +0000

You read my mind! When they changed the rule to allow pistol caliber carbines, my first thought was a lever gun in .44 Magnum or .357 Magnum. But then I too got to thinking about the political hay to be made hunting with an AR. After doing some research, I found that there really aren’t many uppers to be had in a caliber that’s both legal and common. I don’t want to spend an arm and a leg on ammo. I considered 10mm, but I could only find one company that made uppers in it. So for now, I’m back to planning on a lever gun in .44 or .357.

Anyway. from all I’ve heard about the rifle-caliber ban, it’s about safety, not sport. The thinking is supposedly that rifle cartridges carry farther and so are more dangerous. Indiana is pretty densely populated.

By: Weer'd Beard

Weer'd Beard — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:22:06 +0000

I fail to see how a rifle with a .308 Winchester or .30-30 is somehow less sporting than a rifle in .480 Ruger and .500 S&W Magnum.

Man more gun regs written by people who know nothing of guns.

By: og

og — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:05:22 +0000

“get to hang out in the woods for a few hours.”

Heheh.

I hust had to see that in print again.

“get to hang out in the woods for a few hours.”

hehe. OK back to your regularly scheduled programing.