[quote="JSS"]
What a tough choice you had there Rod, i reckon you made the right call in the end, same one i would of made too :thumbsup:
I have to say i'm completely jealous of your backyard hunting trip!! interesting that those little shot shells are that effective at 10 meters, i've been meaning to give them a try for s**ts & giggles, now i'll have to grab some for sure.
Maybe you should keep the sprinklers on and put some tasty bait out, you could make it a regular hunt. I can just picture it now, sitting on the porch in a deck chair, beers in the esky on one side, 45 on the other.........perfect hunting trip :lol: :drinks:
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JSS,
I'm still not sure; Part of me screams that the .45-90 should've gotten a run, and part of me says the new .17HMR should've nailed him.
It was a tough call; whatever way I went....
I have arranged a recently dead pig into such a spot as to be an easy target from the house, without the risk of nailing yet more polypipe (missed a rabbit with the .308 the other day, but nailed the house supply water pipe dead-centre! Hows that for accuracy??).
I'm hopeful I get a customer fanging for some pork Biltong in the next few days...
I think I was pretty lucky that the shotshells nailed the little pig at that distance; suspect they were on the limit of their effective range, and it was just him being young and soft-skinned.
Certain that even if he'd been 12 months older, that he'd have survived long enough to run away. Mind you; if he'd been 12 months older, I'm sure the firearms choice would've been a bit different.
Every time I've used the .45ACP shotshells, I've thought they perform very similar to a .410 loaded with bird-shot.
Freaking awesome on bitey snakes, and cats in trees.
I see CCI make these shotshells in 9mm, .40Cal, .357magnum, .44 Magnum, and .45 (Long) Colt. I also note that the last 4 are made in both #9 shot, but also #4 shot versions!
I'd love to get the chance to try out the .44 Magnum version with #4 shot; I suspect they might have a bit more range and bite to them.
Unfortunately, I dont know anyone with a .44 Magnum at present.
However, I do know a few people with .357's.....hmm.
http://www.cci-ammunition.com/products/ ... ialty.aspx