>> RD (The Sandman) wrote:

>>> No_He_Can_Not <nohecan...@mail.com> wrote in
>>> news:TPmdnd5wvpzQgXPXnZ2dnUVZ_hNi4p2d@giganews.com:

>>>> RD (The Sandman) wrote:

>>>>> No_He_Can_Not <nohecan...@mail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:H9Wdndt5B-kq8HHXnZ2dnUVZ_uudnZ2d@giganews.com:

>>>>>> PLMerite wrote:

>>>>>>> "Milt Bradley" <B...@Mexico.mx> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:KsRGm.505$X77.286@newsfe24.iad...

>>>>>>>> Wow, a .357 at 250 yards!!! Left handed or right handed?

>>>>>>> When I hear .357 I think handgun.  I'd like to hear more about
>>>>>>> how he pulled this off.  250 yards for a handgun is a damn good
>>>>>>> shot.

>>>>>>> Regards, PLMerite

>>>>>> not possible and would not kill a squirrel at that distance. if
>>>>>> you loaded it with say 140 grains

>>>>> ????  I assume you mean the bullet.  A heavy load is 16 grains of
>>>>> 2400 or 3.5 grains of Bullseye and a 146gr bullet.  If you mean the
>>>>> bullet, a .357 can be loaded to about a 180 or 200 grain bullet.
>>>>> The standard load used to be 158gr and I hunted deer, javelina and
>>>>> coyotes with 146gr.

>>>> I assume you do not use a pistol ?

>>> I have hunted deer, javelina and coyotes with handguns.  Most of the
>>> time a S&W Model 28, 6"bbl, .357Magnum with a Bushnell scope and my
>>> handloads.  However, not always.  I have also used heavier artillery
>>> (but still revolvers) for those animals and I also used .22 H&R 922
>>> revolver and a .22 Colt Woodsman for squirrel and rabbit.

>>> The above are .357 loads for a revolver.......not many pistols in
>>> .357 Magnum.  ;)

>>> Does that answer your question?

>> yes indeed. Never heard of anyone using a pistol to hunt.

> Just a few examples for your edification.  Search on Google under "handgun
> Hunting".

> http://www.handgunhunt.com/

> http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Firearm/Beginners_Guide_to_Big_Ga...
> dgun_Hunting_10120412.html

> http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Alaska/Handgun_Hunting_the_Alaska...
> n_Bear_02050401.html

> http://www.shootingtimes.com/ammunition/hunt_121305/

> http://www.hawkbullets.com/Handgun.htm

> http://www.foggymountain.com/handgun-bear-hunts.shtml

>> You must be a very good shot.

> I am (he said rather immodestly) but all that is required really, is common
> sense on what shot to take.  For example, I rarely will try to take any
> deer or coyote, for example, with a .357 at any distance over 100 yards and
> that is with the scope.  I got into this thread on the claim by some yahoo
> of shooting a baboon at 250 yards with a .357.  My take is that his claim
> is most likely either bullshit or a typo.  He may have meant, a .375 which
> is a rifle cartridge.