.357 colt trooper
02-12-2006, 08:24 PM
#2
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Posts: 659
RE: .357 colt trooper
i can drop an elk with a .22 ...so whats the point of this thread? every offseason will this gun kill an elk. blah, blah, blah!!!! just use a .270 where campmaster can tell you all about elk huntn. u know he is the "master" ha, ha, ha. man i wish there was something to hunt in feb!
02-12-2006, 09:57 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: durango Colorado USA
Posts: 567
RE: .357 colt trooper
I don't think it's legal here in Colorado. I know they have miniums on size of bullets & energy levels. Ithink the 44 Mag is the minium. Range IMO 50 yards max. Do yourself & the elk a favor use a 30/06 rifle. CB
02-16-2006, 04:52 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Moccasin, Montana
Posts: 1,835
RE: .357 colt trooper
Goose,
For a beginner thats starting to hunt,pistol hunting is not the way to go.A .357 mag will kill a elk.The founder of the .357 S&Wused the cartrige to killEVRYTHING in North America including the Alaskan bears and Moose.In his words he said this"Never Again" why he realized as a excelled hunter he needed more gun,then a few short years later came the .44 Mag and this handgun has probaly killed more game accross the world than any other.
I use a 44 mag Ruger BH 7 1/2 barrel for hunting and I have killed a elk with it,a spike bull 6 years ago.At 35 yds broadside and a 300 gr bullet passed completly thru.
Handgun hunting is fun and challenging,but it's alot like bow hunting.Patince,proper shot placement,and knowing limitations.If I had to survive and the only gunI had was S&W Tropper in .357 I would use it,but no more than 20-30 yds on game bigger than deer.
BBJ
For a beginner thats starting to hunt,pistol hunting is not the way to go.A .357 mag will kill a elk.The founder of the .357 S&Wused the cartrige to killEVRYTHING in North America including the Alaskan bears and Moose.In his words he said this"Never Again" why he realized as a excelled hunter he needed more gun,then a few short years later came the .44 Mag and this handgun has probaly killed more game accross the world than any other.
I use a 44 mag Ruger BH 7 1/2 barrel for hunting and I have killed a elk with it,a spike bull 6 years ago.At 35 yds broadside and a 300 gr bullet passed completly thru.
Handgun hunting is fun and challenging,but it's alot like bow hunting.Patince,proper shot placement,and knowing limitations.If I had to survive and the only gunI had was S&W Tropper in .357 I would use it,but no more than 20-30 yds on game bigger than deer.
BBJ
