Varmint pistols
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Rick in Oregon
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Seig, love the moniker "wabbit whacker"! Good 'un.My trusty Ruger Redhawk 7.5" Wabbit Whacker that I purchased when they first came out, which I believe was 1983ish.
240g HP over 22.4gns of 2400 definitely puts the hurt on them.
Not a handgun pic, but when I saw your pet name it immediately reminded me of one jackwabbit that was cruising a sagebrush fenceline at 226 yards away while a buddy and I were shooting squirrels. A quick bench rotation lined him up, and when he got to a small opening in the sage, I let one fly with a Nosler 32gr BT out of my Cooper M38 20VT. My buddy turned to me and said "you really wacked that wabbit!"
Your .44 no doubt produces very similar results on rouge bunnys. Wabbit whackers indeed!
Sieg
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In 1980-83, we used to camp at Christmas Valley Lake and chase Wabbits on our dirt bikes as practice for the upcoming desert racing season. We went into the town of Christmas Valley to have dinner and when returning to camp one road had Wabbits crossing left and right in large numbers. My 3 buddies in my Cherokee said stop the car and show us what that 44 can do! I stood between the headlights and the 2nd Wabbit I hit had it's backside rib cage ejected. I probably shot 20-25 at that stop.... a never forget moment!
Rick in Oregon
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I suppose the term "varmint pistol" has a wide range of definitions. Daily I carry a defensive handgun, usually one of my Kimber's. One of them is a Kimber CDP in .45ACP. But when in the outback shooting squirrels, I remove the .45 barrel/slide and put on either the 5" Target 22LR conversion or for IWB carry, the 3" Compact rimfire conversion.
Such was the case a while back while in rat camp shooting the chit with my buddies, the Kimber was in my Milt Sparks IWB rig when a jackwabbit tore through camp, almost running into us as we stared in amazement. The wabbit stopped at 52 paces away for that typical bunny 'look-back'. Fatal mistake. I rested my hands on the corner of my truck hood/fender and popped him with the first shot with a Winchester Power Point HP.
Not really what I'd normally term a 'varmint pistol', but it sure was that day.
Such was the case a while back while in rat camp shooting the chit with my buddies, the Kimber was in my Milt Sparks IWB rig when a jackwabbit tore through camp, almost running into us as we stared in amazement. The wabbit stopped at 52 paces away for that typical bunny 'look-back'. Fatal mistake. I rested my hands on the corner of my truck hood/fender and popped him with the first shot with a Winchester Power Point HP.
Not really what I'd normally term a 'varmint pistol', but it sure was that day.
Sieg
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Silly Wabbit!I suppose the term "varmint pistol" has a wide range of definitions. Daily I carry a defensive handgun, usually one of my Kimber's. One of them is a Kimber CDP in .45ACP. But when in the outback shooting squirrels, I remove the .45 barrel/slide and put on either the 5" Target 22LR conversion or for IWB carry, the 3" Compact rimfire conversion.
Such was the case a while back while in rat camp shooting the chit with my buddies, the Kimber was in my Milt Sparks IWB rig when a jackwabbit tore through camp, almost running into us as we stared in amazement. The wabbit stopped at 52 paces away for that typical bunny 'look-back'. Fatal mistake. I rested my hands on the corner of my truck hood/fender and popped him with the first shot with a Winchester Power Point HP.
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Not really what I'd normally term a 'varmint pistol', but it sure was that day.
