If you could only use one handgun for Concealed Carry and all your hunting...

[Plan2Live]

Impossible scenario, especially when the OP said "ALL" your hunting needs. If it will reliably bring down a human or a deer it won't be appropriate for a rabbit or a squirrel. I'm hoping we eventually run out of "if you could only have, choose, own, buy, shoot one" scenarios.

 

[WC145]

This is one of the reasons for my 3 barrel (9mm/.38 Super/9x23 Win) Colt 1991A1 build. I can use the same gun for everything from plinking and punching paper to concealed carry to hunting deer size game.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

American made DW .357 stainless.

Whack the ends and stuff it in a CCW rig or extend everything and hunt antelope.

 

[huntsman]

Impossible scenario, especially when the OP said "ALL" your hunting needs. If it will reliably bring down a human or a deer it won't be appropriate for a rabbit or a squirrel.

Well if big game hunting is all one does then his question is indeed applicable, I don't hunt squirrel or rabbit anymore, deer hunting on my own land is all I do and toting a long gun has become an issue because of injuries.

 

[Hanshi]

Either my 4" S&W M19 (with which I've already killed deer) or my 1911 .38sup Colt.

 

[iblong]

I should say my 4"586 but it is more likely it would be my 1911.
That 586 gets a little heavy and bulky for all day every day carry.
At least for me.

 

[Warp]

Well if big game hunting is all one does then his question is indeed applicable, I don't hunt squirrel or rabbit anymore, deer hunting on my own land is all I do and toting a long gun has become an issue because of injuries.

Or if you don't hunt at all you take your Glock 26 and call it a day.

 

[Snowdog]

I would think my current primary carry pistol (XDM 3.8 chambered in .45acp) would do for me. While it's not ideal for defense or hunting, it can certainly do either within reason.
It would indeed "suck" if we had to make such a choice.

 

[Sean Edmunds]

Glock 29

 

[A.Fischer]

G20 for me.

 

[Hunter0924]

Glock 20.
It can be converted from 10mm Auto to .40 Smith and Wesson, and .357 Sig and still use the same magazine.

Adding a 6" or longer barrel takes seconds and would serve to add velocity in a hunting situation.

 

[Onward Allusion]

S&W 4" 627 or Taurus 4" 608.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Probably my Glock 20. I like my S&W 1006 better, but it's significantly heavier with much lower capacity. More reliable and accurate, though.

 

[BlindJustice]

Colt Commander 4.25" Bbl. .45 ACP

R-

 

[Armored farmer]

Of what I already have, it would be my 4" Python. Otherwise, I would look into a .410/.45colt Judge. Really good for hunting, SD, survival. Pretty challenging to CC though.

 

[Kosh75287]

This may be cheating, in the eyes of some, but I'd want a full-sized 1911A1, fitted with a .22 LR conversion kit, and a .460 Rowland conversion kit. For concealed carry purposes only, I'd prefer an alloy-framed commander-style .45, but I doubt that the lighter frame would last long if used with the Rowland conversion.
If limited to one weapon and no conversions, I'd want a 5" S&W revolver in .45 Colt, or a 5.5" Ruger Redhawk in .45 Colt. Both are capable (with judicious reloading), of launching a 225grain or heavier projectile at 1000 f/s or faster, which is adequate for large, but not the largest game. The Redhawk could be loaded considerably hotter, but the same loads in the S&W might bend it.
The same pistols could be down-loaded until their recoil is no more emphatic than a .22LR, while retaining much better game-getting potential from their heavier, broader projectiles. If allowed, I'd probably want the piece set up to fire .45 ACP from moon clips, also.

 

[Dr.Rob]

No. I carry a much bigger/powerful revolver for hunting.

The convertable 1911 isn't a bad idea, at one time Pachmeyer made a single shot top end "the Dominator" in big calibers that made a 1911 look like a Desert Eagle.

Springfield made one too.

 

[Teachu2]

A Glock 20 or 29 would work. Barrel and mag changes allow .40SW, 9mm, .357Sig, and a .22lr upper takes care of bunnies.

 

[Warp]

These "one gun" things always end the same.

-You can't effectively do everything with one gun
-The best you can do is list one gun with a whole bunch of uppers that, other than a theoretical world where there is a law that says you can only have one (but multiple uppers is okay) defeats any other purpose there is to only one gun (still have to get multiple calibers/cartridges, still have to spend extra money on all those other uppers or barrels, in many cases still have to spend money on magazines for other calibers, etc)

 

[tubeshooter]

Since I do about 50,000x more carrying than I do handgun hunting, I would probably select my 3" SP-101.


If I were leaning much more towards the hunting side of things then the 4" Security Six would get the call.

 

[scramasax]

My S&W mdl. 57. City carry load WW silvertips farm and country 210 HP. Valid for anything two or four legged. My first custom carry gun was a Mdl. 58 with a 57 barrel installed with a Mcgivern front sight and hard chromed.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

Since I handload, my GP100 4" 357mag. I can make my ammunition do what I want but it's hard to conceal something that size. I'd definitely have to change my grips from CC to hunting and back, but that wasn't a qualifier.

 

[Tallball]

As soon as I read the title I had my answer: my 4" 357.

 

[Iggy]

3 1/2" S&W Model 27.

I carry one concealed most of the year and it will shoot accurately out to any reasonable hand gun range.

.38s or hot .357s are piece of cake for this one.

 

[420Stainless]

Then how about a Colt Delta Elite in 10mm!

Use 10mm 'lite' for self defense and full bore 10mm for hunting.

Deaf

That would be my choice - Delta Elite.