9mm deer load

[milsurpguy]

I had a coyote look like that after it met the Beretta 92 and 147gr XTP.
Left a blood trail like a ford with a blown transmission.

 

[mdi]

Oh yeah? Well, I worked in a couple slaughter houses in LA and saw many 1,100-1,300 lb. beef dispatched with a 22 lr in an old JC Higgins bolt gun...

 

[Bfh_auto]

I would have eaten every bit of that hogs, froze the bones for soup. Or grind everything up and turn it into fish food! Not big on wasting.

now the cyoto... I would try it once

Unless you've seen the damage hogs can do don't judge.
Doing what he did saves a lot of other things (Turkey, quail, fawns, etc).
Where I'm at I only get a handful at a time so I keep the meat and feed the carcasses to my hunting dogs.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Unless you've seen the damage hogs can do don't judge.
Doing what he did saves a lot of other things (Turkey, quail, fawns, etc).
Where I'm at I only get a handful at a time so I keep the meat and feed the carcasses to my hunting dogs.

I’m not judging man, no offense, I was just thinking out loud. I know hogs can damage farmers property and game animals.

I would probably feed the hogs to gators

 

[Bfh_auto]

I’m not judging man, no offense, I was just thinking out loud. I know hogs can damage farmers property and game animals.

I would probably feed the hogs to gators

No offense taken.
To bad zoos don't take them. It would be cheap meat.

 

[EricBu]

Hat's off to OP...well played. Posted at dang near midnight on March 31st....

 

[Mark_Mark]

No offense taken.
To bad zoos don't take them. It would be cheap meat.

I wonder what that hogs would taste like as , Whole Pit cooked. Smoke meat with hickory for 12 hours will make anything taste good. You could feed all the hungry in America

 

[Riomouse911]

I’ve fired a Sten, I found it to be interesting... not super accurate or ergonomic and it’s not anything I’d take out in the hunting fields.

Could it work? Sure. One of my buddies swears by the .17 Rem as a mule deer cartridge... but he head-shoots deer on his own family acreage in NM so he can pick his shots. I would never shoot a .17 Rem at a mule deer, but it works for this guy.

Would I use a 9mm, even a spicy load like yours, for deer? Personally no... but if your situation is one like my buddy has it certainly could work for you. Good luck!

Stay safe.

 

[milsurpguy]

Actually this is real.
My sten is a modern pistol redo. Fires closed bolt, has an optic, has an AR pattern pistol grip as I didn't care for the original style grip at all.
The sten is a trunk gun, several different finishes, ww2 parkerized, modern pakerized, some blueing, black spray paint, ect so if it gets a scratch I won't even notice.
I'm more likely to have the sten then a proper nice hunting rifle at any given time during deer season.

 

[Mark_Mark]

It’s so ugly that I like it!

 

[milsurpguy]

My bad, mine is a mark 5, with a mark2 barrel. As the mark 2 and 5 barrels are the same except that the mark 5 has machining to take a bayonet and front site. I bought the parts kit several years ago and just put it together last year.
The mark 2 barrels were cheaper, instock and I wasn't going to use a front sight.

 

[Mark_Mark]

My bad, mine is a mark 5, with a mark2 barrel. As the mark 2 and 5 barrels are the same except that the mark 5 has machining to take a bayonet and front site. I bought the parts kit several years ago and just put it together last year.
The mark 2 barrels were cheaper, instock and I wasn't going to use a front sight.

you don’t think it’s ugly as a Mud duck

 

[milsurpguy]

Mine is about 5 shades of black and looks kind of cool. It's supposed to be a little ugly that way when it gets a scratch, no big deal.

 

[horsey300]

Actually this is real.
My sten is a modern pistol redo. Fires closed bolt, has an optic, has an AR pattern pistol grip as I didn't care for the original style grip at all.
The sten is a trunk gun, several different finishes, ww2 parkerized, modern pakerized, some blueing, black spray paint, ect so if it gets a scratch I won't even notice.
I'm more likely to have the sten then a proper nice hunting rifle at any given time during deer season.

Soooooo..... A hot 115 tac xp, hot 124 gold dot, or warm 147 xtp are about the only projectiles I would consider for this exercise. I would call each manufacturer, ask what the velocity window for each projectile is, and keep my shots within that range..... Except the Barnes and gold dot, those I would hit faster if possible, but DEFINITELY not slower.

 

[Weflyfast]

The best load for that would be a .429 bullet about 250 grains- with 21.5 gr of 2400----
Oh--- ya that's a 44 magnum!

 

[milsurpguy]

The best load for that would be a .429 bullet about 250 grains- with 21.5 gr of 2400----
Oh--- ya that's a 44 magnum!

Yeah I have a pristine 44 mag rifle made in the 1960s that belonged to my dad. Not a trunk gun. I prefer a 180gr HP with about 33gr of H110 and non mag rifle primer, gives me nearly 30-30 velocities.
Note 33gr of H110 is over the max load by a few grains, so don't do it.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Yeah I have a pristine 44 mag rifle made in the 1960s that belonged to my dad. Not a trunk gun. I prefer a 180gr HP with about 33gr of H110 and non mag rifle primer, gives me nearly 30-30 velocities.
Note 33gr of H110 is over the max load by a few grains, so don't do it.

Did you know? In general, if you go much over book max with H110 you start losing velocity and gaining recoil.

 

[milsurpguy]

Did you know? In general, if you go much over book max with H110 you start losing velocity and gaining recoil.

Not with an 18 inch barrel.
Recoil in the rife is milder than a 30-30.
I can see that with 4 to 6 inch barrel revolver.
If I had a shorter barrel 44mag I woud probably just load AA9 or 2400.

 

[Fatelvis]

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Jmorris, forgive my butchering ignorance please, but have you just removed the back straps off those hogs? I wasn’t sure what I was looking at. Are they tasty without doctoring them up too much with smoking, spices, etc?

 

[jmorris]

Yep, the good part and easy to get.

 

[CarJunkieLS1]

If I'm hunting with a pistol carbine for deer, it'll be my 10.5in AR Pistol in 10mm. A 180gr jhp at 1500fps will SMACK a deer at 50 yards and less and avoid bad angles and shoulders at all cost. If I'm using a pistol my Glock Model 40, S&W 610 both in 10mm or my 460 S&W Magnum is what I'll use.

 

[milsurpguy]

10mm would be a pretty cool carbine load but the only thing I have 10mm related is some brass. Some appropriate powders and primers. No gun, bullets or dies.

 

[milsurpguy]

Here is one of those 124gr 9mm bullets fired at around 900 fps. It went through 2 milk jugs. For my clandestine subsonic, ultra fast burning powder 9mm pistol load for use with a osprey 9 silencer.


The sten, M91 barrel and 11gr of AA9 adds about 700fps. I'm going to need at least 3 milk jugs.

 

[jmorris]

I would have eaten every bit of that hogs, froze the bones for soup. Or grind everything up and turn it into fish food! Not big on wasting.

They are varmints, I’d poison them if I knew it wouldn’t harm other wildlife. It doesn’t take long and it’s a lot of work just to drag them out of the trap to a location the buzzards can work them over.

 

[Mark_Mark]

They are varmints, I’d poison them if I knew it wouldn’t harm other wildlife. It doesn’t take long and it’s a lot of work just to drag them out of the trap to a location the buzzards can work them over.

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thats crazy! I wish FDA would ease the rules on wild animals for human consumption. That could feed so many people. BBQ pit 20’ long with hickory, some salt! BBQ sauce!

or some nice wild dry cure ham!

or a 4 miles worth of sausage!