Any of you stop a charge with a handgun?

[Flbt]

Has anyone here hunted dangerous game with a handgun? There have been many people here at this forum and over at Singleactions.com who have. It's well established...

Thread 'Handgun Hunting Buffalo'

Jan 7, 2010

Handgun Hunting Buffalo
by Sverre A. Meisingseth, Norway

The last 10 years - I have done all my hunting with a handgun.
South Africa - is the country which every handgun hunter should visit!

Guns
Revolvers in cal. 357 Mag., .44 Mag. and .454 Casull - and singleshot-pistols like Thompson Contender (TC) in cal. 30-30 and .375 JDJ - is what I have shot my 66 animals with.

To avoid to talk about all the details I have experienced with those calibers - I have ended up with a Freedom Arms (FA) mod. 83, 7,5 " barrel in .454 Casull - and TC in .375 JDJ - as my perfect...

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The Challenges of Hunting Cape Buffalo with a Revolver - Inside Safariland

A high degree of responsibility comes with taking up the task of handgunning a cape buffalo bull. We must be as proficient as possible with our handgun.

inside.safariland.com

An Official Journal Of The NRA | Handgun Hunting: How to Prep for African Dangerous Game

Hunting dangerous game with a handgun is not for the weak-kneed. Think you’re ready? Here are a few tips for proper preparation.

www.americanhunter.org

https://www.magnumresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The_Sixgunner-Jan-2023R.pdf

Ross sygfried did a lot of dangerous game handgun hunting.
If you can find the articles

 

[Carnivore hunter]

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[Doug Hamilton]

On the Mexican border, got a few black bears, wild hogs, illegal aliens but nothing I deem worthy of carrying a sidearm @ the kitchen table or around the campfire.
Depending upon what ranch we are on.
I don’t allow any type loaded weapons in a vehicle or walking ( it’s bolt open and none in the chamber)
Only exception was when I was in Alaska moose hunting or when walking to a vehicle after hours .

I could go along with everything until you got to dictating that that walking with a loaded gun was banned. Walking? Are you serious? A lot of my hunting over the last 59 years has been on foot. An unloaded weapon is a large paper weight. I won't be sharing a camp with you.

 

[Carnivore hunter]

I could go along with everything until you got to dictating that that walking with a loaded gun was banned. Walking? Are you serious? A lot of my hunting over the last 59 years has been on foot. An unloaded weapon is a large paper weight. I won't be sharing a camp with you.

Yes. No purpose of even having a gun on you when it's unloaded during a charge or dealing with the human threat.

 

[DelRock83]

I mean would it make sense for the thin skinned cats....my logic being if certain handgun calibers can rake a brown bear why not a lion or leopard?????, of course they would be less effective on buffalo for obvious reasons....im not here to contradict im here for knowledge and understanding

 

[pilar]

I could go along with everything until you got to dictating that that walking with a loaded gun was banned. Walking? Are you serious? A lot of my hunting over the last 59 years has been on foot. An unloaded weapon is a large paper weight. I won't be sharing a camp with you.

Like wise on sharing a camp , I see no purpose for carrying a loaded gun in the dark before or after a hunt back to a vehicle.

 

[Carnivore hunter]

Like wise on sharing a camp , I see no purpose for carrying a loaded gun in the dark before or after a hunt back to a vehicle.

Do you carry a loaded gun? Is this policy for everyone including you or just the clients? If it's just for the clients while you get to walk around with a loaded gun/ccw then this is a trust/control issue...

I'm safer with a loaded gun/ccw then with a unloaded gun with a guide. There is no guarantee the guide/outfitter will save me and be there in time if I'm attacked...

I think a better more thorough background check on customers/clients would be a good idea. There are some real idiots out there and I wouldn't want some goofball mental case out there with a loaded gun either if I was running a hunting operation. But, I have to protect myself.

 

[Flbt]

Like wise on sharing a camp , I see no purpose for carrying a loaded gun in the dark before or after a hunt back to a vehicle.

Wild dogs
Hog
Coyotes ( they are getting a little aggressive here)
Or a thug they can show up every where unexpected
Or simply I can.
All valed reasons

 

[SafariCurious]

I could go along with everything until you got to dictating that that walking with a loaded gun was banned. Walking? Are you serious? A lot of my hunting over the last 59 years has been on foot. An unloaded weapon is a large paper weight. I won't be sharing a camp with you.

I carry a loaded Glock with a live round in the chamber when I take my dog for a walk around my neighborhood!

 

[pilar]

Do you carry a loaded gun? Is this policy for everyone including you or just the clients? If it's just for the clients while you get to walk around with a loaded gun/ccw then this is a trust/control issue...

I'm safer with a loaded gun/ccw then with a unloaded gun with a guide. There is no guarantee the guide/outfitter will save me and be there in time if I'm attacked...

I think a better more thorough background check on customers/clients would be a good idea. There are some real idiots out there and I wouldn't want some goofball mental case out there with a loaded gun either if I was running a hunting operation. But, I have to protect myself.

Hell no I don’t walk around with a loaded rifle , or have any reason to protect a client or myself, except for snakes in the road or trail and I don’t kill them unless they near the houses or well house .
And yes I don’t trust anyone who has a gun in their hand ,

 

[Flbt]

Hell no I don’t walk around with a loaded rifle , or have any reason to protect a client or myself, except for snakes in the road or trail and I don’t kill them unless they near the houses or well house .
And yes I don’t trust anyone who has a gun in their hand ,

It seems like you need to hunt alone.

I don’t have a gun on right now we are in bed
But there a 45 on the bed side table
With a xm177 clone on a bed mount.
If I am dressed I have a gun.

 

[Carnivore hunter]

Hell no I don’t walk around with a loaded rifle , or have any reason to protect a client or myself, except for snakes in the road or trail and I don’t kill them unless they near the houses or well house .
And yes I don’t trust anyone who has a gun in their hand ,

You don't have any reason to protect your clients or any responsibility for the safety of your clients or yourself?

So, how do you protect yourself from a home invasion/intruder or armed robber?

And why should people trust you with a gun in your hand?

What's the name of your business? Can you post a link to your website?

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Like wise on sharing a camp , I see no purpose for carrying a loaded gun in the dark before or after a hunt back to a vehicle.

If you had been specific about walking in the dark, I would have agreed. I have heard of people that didn't loan their guns until game was actually sighted. I doubt if they ever actually killed anything.

 

[Red Leg]

Ross sygfried did a lot of dangerous game handgun hunting.
If you can find the articles

I know Ross just a bit. He is a world class shot with a handgun. Did he ever suggest he stopped a charge of an African DG animal with one?

 

[Red Leg]

Hell no I don’t walk around with a loaded rifle , or have any reason to protect a client or myself, except for snakes in the road or trail and I don’t kill them unless they near the houses or well house .
And yes I don’t trust anyone who has a gun in their hand ,

I walk around with a loaded on safe firearm for quail and pheasant - you can bet I do the same for African DG. Should someone have an issue with that in DG country he can find another client. Admittedly, over the last decade, those rifles have either been the Blaser S2 or R8 which is carried not cocked with a round in the chamber.

In deer camp on the Mexican border, an empty chamber is fine if my guide insists, though I am not taking a fine rifle through the brush and dust with an open bolt.

My carry handguns also have a round in the chamber.

 

[Flbt]

I know Ross just a bit. He is a world class shot with a handgun. Did he ever suggest he stopped a charge of an African DG animal with one?

I don’t think so.
Sine you know him is he or has he released his article in book form?
Reading his article in rifle and hand loader and some old guns and ammo ( i think)
Was a real life saver after getting both legs broken at work.
It helped kill long hrs of boredom.

When I brought him up it was to the post that had the quote of thread- handgun hunting buffalo.

But if I remember right he did get charged by a buff using a 454 and after that he started using the linboigh cartridges the really big handgun cartridge of the day

I not even sure that he recommended using a handgun for dg he did it. Showed what was possible . But never pushed for any one to fowl his foot steps.
One of the reasons I thought he was the best gun weighter there was.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

Hell no I don’t walk around with a loaded rifle , or have any reason to protect a client or myself, except for snakes in the road or trail and I don’t kill them unless they near the houses or well house .
And yes I don’t trust anyone who has a gun in their hand ,

If you ever had to deal with dangerous people you might feel differently. I have. We even had one 16 year old girl that went camping with two boys. They decided they wanted to ho into town to the Dairy Queen. When she saw this older guy in his truck she approached him, started to ask a question, then pulled out a handgun and shot him. She got the keys but he wasn't dead and tried to run. One of the boys tackled him. The girl came in with a Buck knife and stabbed him 17 times, making sure he was dead.
There were other men and women that I dealt with that committed murders and attempted murders that I dealt with that might try to.hurt me or someone with.me. so, I'm generally armed. Side arms will always have a round chambered when I am armed. It's a matter of professional training.
Your fear of everyone that has a gun, but does not fear strangers or animals that could be rabid sounds a little anal retentive and paranoid to me.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

I walk around with a loaded on safe firearm for quail and pheasant - you can bet I do the same for African DG. Should someone have an issue with that in DG country he can find another client. Admittedly, over the last decade, those rifles have either been the Blaser S2 or R8 which is carried not cocked with a round in the chamber.

In deer camp on the Mexican border, an empty chamber is fine if my guide insists, though I am not taking a fine rifle through the brush and dust with an open bolt.

My carry handguns also have a round in the chamber.

Exactly.

 

[Red Leg]

I don’t think so.
Sine you know him is he or has he released his article in book form?
Reading his article in rifle and hand loader and some old guns and ammo ( i think)
Was a real life saver after getting both legs broken at work.
It helped kill long hrs of boredom.

When I brought him up it was to the post that had the quote of thread- handgun hunting buffalo.

But if I remember right he did get charged by a buff using a 454 and after that he started using the linboigh cartridges the really big handgun cartridge of the day

I not even sure that he recommended using a handgun for dg he did it. Showed what was possible . But never pushed for any one to fowl his foot steps.
One of the reasons I thought he was the best gun weighter there was.

Have hoped he would do exactly that for a couple of decades. His quarterly articles in Double Gun Journal should be considered an international treasure.

 

[Flbt]

Have hoped he would do exactly that for a couple of decades. His quarterly articles in Double Gun Journal should be considered an international treasure.

I am serious about him and his writing being a life saver.
A year or so with no walking was very depressing and a lot of boring time.
No internet not even cable where I was living.