Gun question

[chestonmcdowell]

I’ve been into a few sticky situations in the woods by myself and all I’ve had was my knife. Went to the pawn shop today and seen a few pistols that the hype had went down about so they’re cheaper. Two that caught my eye was a Taurus tracker 44 used and a keltec pmr30 22 mag. Taurus holds 5 got the ribbed rubber grip the keltec holds 28-25. Wanting something reliable, and can hit something. Kinda on a teeter totter because I want something that’ll knock them down but I need rounds and something i can get dirty and still put in work. Any suggestions or opinions.

[Reuben]

I have on in 9MM and really like it...

For hog hunting i like my 22 mag AMR semi auto pistol...hollow points won’t work when shooting a boar in the head...FMJ works great

[Reuben]

AMT not amr

[HuntingHeritage]

 I have a Ruger SP-101 5 shot .357 mag, barrel is around 2-3" seems like a good fit for what you want.

[WayOutWest]

I have one of those Taurus .44 cal and I  like it but you will have ringing ears with the short barrel. I  put a laser sight on it and you can really get on target in a hurry. You also can't use the longer ammo in it as the cylinder is shorter than some other .44 handguns.

[Pwilson_10]

I carry a XDS 9 mm and I have killed so many hogs with it and I don’t remember off had what it holds but I know it’s more then 10


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[charles]

I carry a xd .45 and havent had issues.

[swine dogger]

I carry a XDS 9mm with a 4 in barrel...

[HOGHUNTERX2]

If you consider a rifle....the ol winchester94 30/30 is a good round. Short enough to go through a thicket, and plenty of knock down. A marlin 336 is a good option to....just my two pennies!

[chestonmcdowell]

I really wish I could carry a rifle but the way I hunt it just wouldn’t work. But today they jumped one and
Floated down the red river for over an hour Thankfully they all made it to the other side and I was able to pick them up. I may start carrying my rifle in the truck.

[t-dog]

My answer is a little different. We carry a rifle in the truck when we go anywhere near the river now. As for need something in an emergency in the woods I don't carry a gun. Even pistols are just something else to hang on the brush in the thick stuff. IF I was gonna carry one of those 22 magnums that you can hide in your palm. I think they hold 5 maybe six shots. In an emergency in the brush, if you haven't gotten him with those chances are you are already had. I carry hand cuffs for my emergencies. Like a dummy, I took 2 pups and a green green bulldog (by myself) on a nature walk a day after I had a plate and screws put in my left arm. As luck would have it they bayed a big hog about 230 with those needle point 2'' teeth. It was HOT summer time in a dry creek bed where we caught him. I had him wiby the back leg with my good arm but couldn't through him. We wrestled for a while. My young bulldog was getting to the point of wore out and the hog was way past mad. I couldn't stick him with my bad arm or turn loose with the good one. I wound up dropping my knife and we stomped it into the sand in the creek bed so far I couldn't find it. I remembered I had my hand cuffs so I finally got him against the bank and pushed him against it with my shoulder long enough to let go.of the back leg and reach under and cuff the opposite front and pulled towards me to  roll him. Then I used my knee like you would on a calf to bring his back leg forward and pulled the front back with my good arm and snapped the cuff on the hind. Then I took a dog lead from around my neck and snapped to the cuffs and ran it up over a big root high in the bank and back down to itself. Then I dug my knife up and stuck him with my good arm. Without those cuffs, I would've been in a bad way real quick because I was spent and he was mad mad with no where to go and nobody else to take it out on.

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[chestonmcdowell]

Wayoutwest what’s the reliability on it and accuracy. This one is used and I’ve heard a lot of problems people have with Taurus. I’m gonna go back Friday and look it over real good and check the timing and the cylinder. It seems like the ones with the problems are shooting pretty hot rounds though. Just don’t want to be undergunned and be able to hit the broadside of a barn at 50 yards. I’m trying to trade in my ak pistol which I bought to build a sbr but I lost interest. And there ain’t no way in hell being accurate with it. Even in 7.62 I had shoot a hog more times than I’d like to even put it down.

[justincorbell]

I tote a taurus 357 revolver with a 6" barrel, its plenty accurate from the distances I shoot at.

[Slim9797]

.44 mag is all I will trust.  .357 is a neat round but it’s a difference in throwing rocks at something or dropping a boulder on it with a .44. 
.35 Remington is a hell of a round, I’m bound and determined by to find me an old New England arms single shot. It would just get expensive to use often hog hunting.

I wouldn’t ever let somebody pack a .22 mag around me or my dogs. You don’t hit him 100% square and perfect that bullet is either bouncing off him and going somewhere else or he’s packing it off like you threw sand at him. No thank you
.44 in my opinion is the safest round you can use. Lots of power, and it dumps it on impact, if you hit bone the biggest of hogs are going to feel it and you ain’t passing through on a hog over 100 lbs


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[chestonmcdowell]

You don’t think I’d have any problems with pass throughs? I’m leaning toward the Taurus just because I’ve been wanting a wheel gun for awhile now just wanted some opinions

[WayOutWest]

I heard to many stories about the .357 not hitting hard enough to penetrate the shield on a good boar. So I got the .44, it is accurate enough but mine is the 4" barrel and it is not a 50 yard gun in my hands. I have had no issues with it and I have had it 10 years. I don't know how it would hold up under a steady diet of the bigger rounds but I usually shoot 225 or 240 grain. I have never shot a hog with it cause I hunt with T dog and rarely carry it.

[Reuben]

.44 mag is all I will trust.  .357 is a neat round but it’s a difference in throwing rocks at something or dropping a boulder on it with a .44. 
.35 Remington is a hell of a round, I’m bound and determined by to find me an old New England arms single shot. It would just get expensive to use often hog hunting.

I wouldn’t ever let somebody pack a .22 mag around me or my dogs. You don’t hit him 100% square and perfect that bullet is either bouncing off him and going somewhere else or he’s packing it off like you threw sand at him. No thank you
.44 in my opinion is the safest round you can use. Lots of power, and it dumps it on impact, if you hit bone the biggest of hogs are going to feel it and you ain’t passing through on a hog over 100 lbs


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The reason why I shoot the 22 mag is a buddy of mine lost my 22 Ruger...

One day I might buy the browning auto in 22...then I will retire the 22 mag... I agree it is about precision and accuracy...I have never shot a dog and hopefully won’t...

I like the 22 mag but not as much as the 22...

[justincorbell]

shot placement and bullet selection are FAR more important than the round used, not arguing, simply stating the facts.