New handgun for hog hunters?
As I may have mentioned before, one of the blogs I read on a regular basis is Dave Petzal’s Gun Nut blog. Mr Petzal, and occasional guest blogger, Phil Bourjailly (shotgunning) offer some great info and opinion about all things guns… but particularly sporting guns.
So anyway, I checked in yesterday and saw this sucker!
That’s right, it’s real.
Chambered in .600 Nitro Express, this is truly a hand-cannon! It’s created by the Austrian company, Pfiefer Waffen, and can actually be purchased if you have about $16,000 dollars laying around. Actually, that price is a bit cheaper than some double rifles in the same caliber, so I suppose it’s quite a bargain.
Fully suited for anything from REALLY big hogs to brontosaurus, it’s a revolver fit to make Dirty Harry drool in envy. If you should see one and get a chance to shoot it, odds are it will make you drool too… brain damage can do that to a person. Personally, the S&W .500 was as much handgun as I ever care to shoot, so you can have at it.
Apparently this thing is also available in .458 Winchester, for the less manly masochist.
So, should you choose to run out and pick one of these things up, let me know. I’d love to hear about it… from a great distance.
In the meantime, I’m still daydreaming about this beauty from the SHOT Show a few years back.
Speaking of the SHOT Show, only eight more days until the Media Day at the Range where I’ll have the opportunity to put my grubby hands on all kinds of more traditional firearms. If there’s anything new out there you’d like me to check out, let me know! I will, for sure, be looking at all of the new offerings from Winchester, Browning, Sako, Beretta, and probably Smith and Wesson (I LOVE their Elite Gold double-barrel).
I’m also hoping to get my hands on the new bolt actions from Mossberg and Marlin, as they should be the perfect thing for the economy-minded hunter.
So sing out, and let me know if you want me to check out anything in particular.
Philip,
I’ll be at the Shot Show, but I didn’t realize they were having a “Range Day.” I’ll definately have to look into that!
Thanks,
Albert
January 6th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Those are some amazing hand guns right there. I’m still wiping the saliva from around my mouth. Good lord!
January 6th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Hey Albert, are you attending on a Media or Press pass?
Range day is only open to Media pass holders. There are actually about three individual events, S&W, Winchester/Browning/Springfield Armory, and one sponsored by other organizations (like 4-H and BassPro) that spotlights several other manufacturers. There may be more, but I don’t have all the invites.
January 6th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
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January 7th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Used to take a few guys pig hunting and a few used handguns. I can remember a guy with a .44 and he got his smallish pig at about 10 yards – maybe a 50 pounder. A guy with a .45 shot his pig five times – tortured it to death. It weighed about 150 pounds.
Another hunter wounded his pig with a 7mm magnum and tried to finish it off with his .357 magnum. Would have worked except he was shooting wad cutters. That pig was quite upset when I finished if off with my shotgun.
January 12th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Heya Rich,
I’ve shot a couple with the .44 and it did the trick quite handily. I’ve heard of a few guys who used .357 at reasonable ranges with good success too, but that seems to be on the edge.
The .45ACP is not sufficient as a primary hog gun, in my opinion, and with factory loads, I’d even go so far as to say the .45Long Colt is on the edge (closer to the .357).
Of course, as anyone will tell ya, it’s all about where you put it, right? I hate hearing that. If folks will use something that allows a little leeway, we’d have a lot less horror stories about charges, hurt hunters and dogs, and lost animals. Despite a hunter’s best efforts, the bullet doesn’t always go where you wanted it to.
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