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localroger

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10. The handgun can be used to finish the job

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #9)

Sun Dec 5, 2021, 06:58 PM

Dec 2021

...if the long-range round didn't completely do it and the animal is alive and suffering. I've talked with hunters who described the need for a handgun for this purpose with great eloquence. That said, they also all agreed that you only need a round or two in the handgun to do its job. You don't need a semiauto or a large magazine.

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The case against Ethan Crumbley's parents is about more than gun access [View all] Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 OP

Hunting guns fine. Semi automatic (or any hand gun for that matter) NOT fine aeromanKC Dec 2021 #1

Do people hunt with semi-automatic handguns? Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #2

We can use a hand gun in Ohio for deer not sure if semi-autos doc03 Dec 2021 #4

Thank you for the info. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #9

The handgun can be used to finish the job localroger Dec 2021 #10

Thanks. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #11

Almost all handguns Woodswalker Dec 2021 #13

That is true. I have three single action revolvers that you have to doc03 Dec 2021 #14

Always wanted a gun of the old west Woodswalker Dec 2021 #17

I would give up my semi-auto pistols for the single action doc03 Dec 2021 #18

Some do. A friend uses a 10mm Glock NickB79 Dec 2021 #15

Yes, I never heard of it before. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #16

Yes this may make parents be more responsible doc03 Dec 2021 #3

My father had a hunting rifle that wnylib Dec 2021 #8

I heard that students in the 70's would take shotguns to school for hunting after school jimfields33 Dec 2021 #5

My high school had a rifle range in the basement Thunderbeast Dec 2021 #7

Back then we had a shotgun or a .22 rifle. But over the last 50 years there has been doc03 Dec 2021 #12

One grandfather Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 #6