SafarisAfrica
Wildcat
Registered: 01/03/09
Posts: 109
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| | 05/21/09 at 03:37 PM | Reply with quote | #5 |
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I like big bullets. Many years ago I hunted with a 45/70 tc JD Jones made up for me.
More recently I purchased a 510 Reeder its a slightly shortened 500 Linebaugh. I would not recommend Reeder guns and if I had it to do over I would have had Andy Horvath build a 500 from scratch he ended up making it right!
Its a lot of fun to shoot, is it necessary probably not I will not scope a handgun so these days a long shot is 50 yards it is probably no more effective than my 44 mag with 300 grainers but it is a lot of fun to shoot and with loads approaching 1000 fps very easy on the hand.
When I got the gun I was recovering from carpal tunnel surgery and shooting it with full bore loads was very hard on my palm as it was very tender from the surgery.
Interestingly enough if you go to Linebaugh's web site he likes a 45 Colt in a Smith model 25.
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