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Excellent work!
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Spending myself in a worthy course.
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Originally Posted By CplRick:
The line of credit on the Race Card is maxed out, sorry. Originally Posted By refurb: Your life isn't actually longer if you don't drink. It just feels like it is. |
It will kill
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Unapologetic Christian Conservative. Ephphatha! Maranatha!
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.45 ACP is the ideal pistol cartridge.
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Nice
If I'm not carrying 255gr swc it's 230gr HSTs |
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"If you cant do something smart, do something right"
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That's nice shooting too.
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Originally Posted By Pair_of_ACES: Beautiful. Doing the Lord’s work. I carry an HK USP Match with HSTs as a backup when hog hunting. It’s a reliable killer, and the compensator acts as a stand-off device in case of a contact shot. I’ve been charged multiple times in close brush. View Quote Nice USP! I've had some very close calls as well, one time killing a huge boar so close that he knocked me down as he died at the end of my muzzle. |
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Nice pistol work
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Nice work!!
Sweet knife as well |
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Good shooting!
We will need more pics of the 1911. |
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Bad ass and that's a good looking pig sticker there as well (info?)
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Originally Posted By gman82001: Bad ass and that's a good looking pig sticker there as well (info?) View Quote I bought that knife from a gun show from some aspiring maker (J. Earl) about 20 years ago. It's been my calf-cutter for all that time, until last year I bought a dedicated bull cutter and retired this one. But it's skinned a lot of game. |
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Cool. I just been using underwood +p hollow points in my HK45c for hogs.
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Originally Posted By RedAngus: I built a pair. Finished the railed one a year ago, and the other one about a week ago. https://i.imgur.com/6AiJzeW.jpg @AeroEngineer View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RedAngus: Originally Posted By AeroEngineer: Good shooting! We will need more pics of the 1911. I built a pair. Finished the railed one a year ago, and the other one about a week ago. https://i.imgur.com/6AiJzeW.jpg @AeroEngineer That is fine work! |
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Awesome!
Any "guesses" on penetration? Did the deformed one hit bone (if you know)? 230 HSTs are what I have in my G21. |
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Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.- Richard Dawkins
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Yea but how many times did it jam before you got one into him?
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Originally Posted By HoodyHoo21: Awesome! Any "guesses" on penetration? Did the deformed one hit bone (if you know)? 230 HSTs are what I have in my G21. View Quote The two I found intact both penetrated over 16" and were up against the hide on the opposite sides of the wound cavities. The deformed one hit and broke off a dorsal spinous process and penetrated the hide on the other side, it actually fell out and I found it in a pool of blood near a carcass. There were 5 other chest and neck shots that penetrated through and through, these were the only ones I recovered amongst the 3 hogs. |
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Thank you for posting op. We will call it divine intervention. We are buying a property that has a shit ton of wild hogs and I was going to go with a 10mm. I believe you have convinced me a 45acp will be fine.
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Originally Posted By RedAngus: Just finished up a new 1911 build and ran about 500 rounds through it yesterday. Afterwards, while checking loose mineral feeders, I found a sounder of hogs. Ended up killing 3 with my pistol, and recovered a few of the bullets. Two were near-perfect mushrooms, but the third lost some lead out of the expanded portion. I actually found that one on the ground in a pool of blood about 10' from one of the dead hogs. https://i.imgur.com/qzxxME3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/t9MFMfI.jpg View Quote Regular HST or +P? Barrel length? Distance of shots? |
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Glock boyz, "Did you only shoot three because your 1911 jammed?"...
Nice work OP, and beautiful pistols. I carry HSTs in my 1911s also. I'm curious if 124gr or 147gr 9mm HSTs would have performed as well? I'm a .45ACP guy, but the 9mm crowd keeps telling me it's mo betta and I don't need a double stack 1911/2011 in .45 when I can get one in 9mm... |
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“There's a lot of people calling for the end of violence...I am glad Sam Adams, Thomas Paine, the actual Tea Party guys, the men at Lexington and Concord didn't feel that way.” - the man with the golden EIB mic.
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Originally Posted By Muad: Glock boyz, "Did you only shoot three because your 1911 jammed?"... Nice work OP, and beautiful pistols. I carry HSTs in my 1911s also. I'm curious if 124gr or 147gr 9mm HSTs would have performed as well? I'm a .45ACP guy, but the 9mm crowd keeps telling me it's mo betta and I don't need a double stack 1911/2011 in .45 when I can get one in 9mm... View Quote We still haven’t gotten an answer. I prefer my sigs, because even if I drop it a pigs probably still getting shot. Attached File |
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Great shooting Op. Those bullets look perfect, your entire post is full of winning, thanks for sharing.
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Everyone gets the main gun
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Cool! I just got a case of the +P stuff
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No more geriatric politicians.
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Originally Posted By Muad: Glock boyz, "Did you only shoot three because your 1911 jammed?"... Nice work OP, and beautiful pistols. I carry HSTs in my 1911s also. I'm curious if 124gr or 147gr 9mm HSTs would have performed as well? I'm a .45ACP guy, but the 9mm crowd keeps telling me it's mo betta and I don't need a double stack 1911/2011 in .45 when I can get one in 9mm... View Quote I've finished off a lot of hogs with 9mm 147 gr. HSTs, but those were all close shots (standing over them or within a few feet). I never looked for the bullets, as those were almost all head shots. So I don't know the effectiveness of 9mm. |
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Can you elaborate on the shooting?
How did you happen upon a sounder? How far away were they from start to finish? Details on an awesome pig shoot please!! |
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Originally Posted By nmxdavenn: We still haven't gotten an answer. I prefer my sigs, because even if I drop it a pigs probably still getting shot. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/478694/732581995_299435public_jpeg-3168877.JPG View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By nmxdavenn: Originally Posted By Muad: Glock boyz, "Did you only shoot three because your 1911 jammed?"... Nice work OP, and beautiful pistols. I carry HSTs in my 1911s also. I'm curious if 124gr or 147gr 9mm HSTs would have performed as well? I'm a .45ACP guy, but the 9mm crowd keeps telling me it's mo betta and I don't need a double stack 1911/2011 in .45 when I can get one in 9mm... We still haven't gotten an answer. I prefer my sigs, because even if I drop it a pigs probably still getting shot. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/478694/732581995_299435public_jpeg-3168877.JPG LOL. I actually like most platforms (Glock, Sig, CZ, HK, whatever), I just prefer 1911s. Sorry to label you as a Glock boy, it's just so common for them to pick on the 1911z |
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“There's a lot of people calling for the end of violence...I am glad Sam Adams, Thomas Paine, the actual Tea Party guys, the men at Lexington and Concord didn't feel that way.” - the man with the golden EIB mic.
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Originally Posted By RedAngus: I've finished off a lot of hogs with 9mm 147 gr. HSTs, but those were all close shots (standing over them or within a few feet). I never looked for the bullets, as those were almost all head shots. So I don't know the effectiveness of 9mm. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RedAngus: Originally Posted By Muad: Glock boyz, "Did you only shoot three because your 1911 jammed?"... Nice work OP, and beautiful pistols. I carry HSTs in my 1911s also. I'm curious if 124gr or 147gr 9mm HSTs would have performed as well? I'm a .45ACP guy, but the 9mm crowd keeps telling me it's mo betta and I don't need a double stack 1911/2011 in .45 when I can get one in 9mm... I've finished off a lot of hogs with 9mm 147 gr. HSTs, but those were all close shots (standing over them or within a few feet). I never looked for the bullets, as those were almost all head shots. So I don't know the effectiveness of 9mm. Appreciate the feedback. |
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“There's a lot of people calling for the end of violence...I am glad Sam Adams, Thomas Paine, the actual Tea Party guys, the men at Lexington and Concord didn't feel that way.” - the man with the golden EIB mic.
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"So I am leaving you tonight, it's not fun here anymore" - Samuel Colt, 1977
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I'm not Retired, I'm a Professional Grandpa!
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Originally Posted By Clarinath: Can you elaborate on the shooting? How did you happen upon a sounder? How far away were they from start to finish? Details on an awesome pig shoot please!! View Quote I have loose mineral feeders near my stock tanks for cattle (I get a custom mix made for my area to address deficiencies). I was driving around on the Gator checking on these and was going down a draw that leads to a tank when I saw a piglet dart under a big cedar. I immediately turned off in another direction and kept going, out of sight. Then I circled around on foot to get the wind, and stalked up the draw to within 10 yards. I could see them hiding under the cedars, so when I ran out of cover I took my first shots at one of them standing broadside. Put 2 in her, she went down and the rest flushed right, left, and away from me through the cedars. I took 3 shots at a big boar that was running to my left, and got him with all 3. He was around 15 yards, and had to stay at that distance in an arc around me due to a bluff that hemmed him in a little. But he still ran about 50 yards up the draw before he died. The third was running to my right and she was getting out to about 20 yards when I started in on her. I shot at her 4 times, hit her 3. The last one was a neck shot that tumbled her at about 25 yards. I could have used the AR and done a little better, but had just finished up my pistol and wanted to use it. I try to get some live action on all my new guns as soon as I can. |
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Great shooting, sweet builds, and a nice knife! Well done.
Also, were the 45 rounds +P or standard pressure? |
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If the truth makes you uncomfortable, don't blame the truth. Blame the lie that made you comfortable. -James Ng Uni
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Hell yeah, OP
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Originally Posted By Muad: Glock boyz, "Did you only shoot three because your 1911 jammed?"... Nice work OP, and beautiful pistols. I carry HSTs in my 1911s also. I'm curious if 124gr or 147gr 9mm HSTs would have performed as well? I'm a .45ACP guy, but the 9mm crowd keeps telling me it's mo betta and I don't need a double stack 1911/2011 in .45 when I can get one in 9mm... View Quote I think it would be a pretty safe bet to say that had the OP made identical hits on these hogs with a 9mm chambered 1911, he'd still have 3 dead hogs. It's not my personnel observation, but people on this forum that have shot animals with service caliber handguns generally share the consensus that the bigger calibers work better. |
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Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.- Richard Dawkins
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Then there came from hunting, the weather-eyed shooter.
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Those are huge retrievals.
What did they weigh? |
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"You're no daisy! You're no daisy at all. Poor soul, you were just too high strung."
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Originally Posted By @RedAngus: Just finished up a new 1911 build and ran about 500 rounds through it yesterday. Afterwards, while checking loose mineral feeders, I found a sounder of hogs. Ended up killing 3 with my pistol, and recovered a few of the bullets. Two were near-perfect mushrooms, but the third lost some lead out of the expanded portion. I actually found that one on the ground in a pool of blood about 10' from one of the dead hogs. View Quote Which HST ? +P or standard? What range and where did you hit them? |
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If a 147 grn 9mm at 1000 FPS is the hammer of Thor then a 165 grn. 40 at 1200 fps must a lightening bolt from Zeus!
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Nice Shooting!
Handguns are certainly "handy" to carry when doing "other stuff" and a dead hog(s) is always a good thing! Bigger_Hammer |
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LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL PRESERVED BODY,
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