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Posted: 10/9/2001 8:34:42 AM EDT
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IIRC, .22 Hornet has even less muzzle FPE than .223, which is generally regarded as marginal for deer unless the range is fairly short.
I'd buy stainless, glass-bead blast it to a smooth, matte finish, and spray it with some suitable epoxy finish from Brownell's. Don't forget to buy the optional scope mount in case you ever wish to mount a scope. Perhaps a better, similar gun for deer would be the Savage 24F, .30-30 over 12 ga. |
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Posted: 10/9/2001 8:39:05 AM EDT
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Quoted: IIRC, .22 Hornet has even less muzzle FPE than .223, which is generally regarded as marginal for deer unless the range is fairly short. Exactly...and the .22LR is far worse. So, wouldn't the .22Hornet M6 be better for a survival rife? Do they make .410 slugs? If so, how would the fare against deer size game? The reason I'm thinking about the M6 instead of a lever gun is that it's cheap and collapsible. |
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Posted: 10/9/2001 8:46:42 AM EDT
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Yes, .410 slugs are made, but I don't know their efective range. Remember, the M6 has no provision for choke tubes, so you are dependant on the projectile design for any spin that would enhance its accuracy and range.
For survival use, I would not depend on the [i]long-term[/i] availability of either .22 Hornet or .410 slugs. Again, if deer size game is your selection criterium, consider the Savage 24F. |
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Posted: 10/9/2001 8:46:43 AM EDT
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.410 slugs can be used to take deer at close range. So, I imagine, could .410 buckshot. I'd get the .22lr version and concentrate on harvesting smaller, more plentiful critters. If you are surviving on the move, you can't carry a whole deer around with you after you shoot it, anyway. If you are operating from a fixed base, then why not carry a more conventional rifle? Maybe a .357 lever gu, so you can shoot ssmall to medium game. The limiting factor on this piece is its practical accuracy. If you can mount scopes on it, that will be an improvement, but then how much of the value of collapsing it is lost?
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Posted: 10/9/2001 8:52:26 AM EDT
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Quoted: you can't carry a whole deer around with you after you shoot it, anyway. You obviously have no clue how big and hulking I am [rolleyes] That's a good point there. I never thought about it that way. I'm going to have to rethink my whole strategy here... [edited because my "hole" strategy is fine...it's my "whole" strategy that has dificulties... [:)] ] |
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Posted: 10/9/2001 8:56:46 AM EDT
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Quoted: I'm going to have to rethink my hole strategy here... You're present hole strategy isn't working out the way you'd like? [}:D] Geeze, I should know better than this... |
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Posted: 10/9/2001 9:23:31 AM EDT
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My sister started out with the parkerized version for deer with slugs. At 50yds it was minute of boiler room (3" on a paper plate). Open sights are fine for how accurate the thing is. You can pack that thing all day long on a hike and forget you are holding it. Planerench out.
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