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Originally Posted by RichC
You dont really hunt dear with a pistol, why try to insinuate that hunters will have their guns taken away ?
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I disagree. Even in the People's Democratic Socialist Republik of Michigan, there's a season and location restrictions on deer hunting with a pistol.
Right after World War II, the famous sportsman Elmer Keith, a respected writer and outdoorsman, started to popularize deer hunting with a long barrel .357 Magnum pistol and low-power scope, which he said, required more skill AND was safer: the bullet's range was much more limited than the one mile range of a 30-.06 or a .338 Winchester. But it could still kill deer up to 300 yards max- one sixth of a mile.
Later, when the .44 magnum came out, long before Dirty Harry, it was manufactured in a single-shot AND a six-shot single-action revolver with a 12" barrel. Barely three inches under the limit of a concealed weapon!
Strictly a sports gun.
There's also the .221 Thompson single shot BOLT ACTION pistol, and later versions too.
The new Ruger .480 is made for defense in Alaska AND there is a version for hunting bear or protecting yourself from them. Again, 8-10" barrel.
After I save up for a Ruger .480, I'll go hunting in Upper Michigan where there are no people and no pollution and bring down a small deer in a safe, clean and sportmanlike way.
With a bow.
The handgun will be there to fend off the bear.