Pistol cal for one eyed hunter?

[Capt Eddie]

I have recently lost the uses of my dominate eye to an injury. I Find trying to shoot a rifle left eyed is to awkward. I have hunted with a pistol for years and now I think I wil have to shoot a pistol cross eyed. What is a good cal for a TC single shot. I will have to shoot with some type of optic. My eyesight on my left eye is not great either. What is a good Cal for elk. bear and deer. What is a good optics. I have a S.W 629 6 inch barrel. I would not feel comfortable taking a shoot over 100 yards at an elk with a 44. I am looking for a 150 yard elk, and caribou pistol and optics Thank you.

 

[2008F450]

If you want to stay with pistol calibers I would break it down to 2 categories. Easy to find factory loads and special order/handload loads. For easy to find loads I would say .454 Casull or .500 S&W magnum. For custom or handloads I would say .475 Linebaugh or .500 Linebaugh . I like Buffalo Bore ammo for all of these. If you dont mind the recoil you could go .45-70 from a pistol barrel too. That way you could use light loads for practice and heavy for hunting. I use .45-70 in a marlin lever gun that way. Practice with cowboy loads hunt with Buffalo Bore heavies.

 

[Capt Eddie]

I would not think of these as 150 yd elk bullets. They are an improvement over the 44mag. But can you reach out 200 yd for a sheep? A TC with 10 inch barrel and the right bullet should be able to. I do not know first hand what the bullet should be.

 

[Spikepretorius]

Don't dispair. You should be able to adapt fairly easily.
I've got problems with my eyes and when I shoot I instinctively tend to pick the eye that's the better one on the day. It's bizarre really but there you are. I never know before the time which eye I'm going to be using.

 

[hillbillyjake]

i think at one time they made a 30-30 barrel for the tc. this would have less recoil than both the 45-70 and the 44 and be plenty of gun for deer, bear, elk out to 150 yards. 150 grain bullets for deer and 170 for the rest. plus, about a month ago dicks sporting goods had ammo for about $6 box/20 rounds. good luck

jake

 

[KevinNY]

If you have been handgun hunting before then you know the level of mastery needed to be successful at it. With your Model 29 already in the battery, I would pick up an Encore in 308. I don't know if you handload, but there are more varieties of cheap to premium 308 on any stores shelf than almost anything else out there. If you want to get into wildcats then the sky is the limit. I used to shoot a 14" Contender in 358 JDJ, 250 grain rifle bullets at 2250 fps.

 

[silvergrand]

I would agree with the JDJ caliber suggestion. Bullet selection and placement will be of high importance. Shooting stix would be another strong suggestion.

 

[JIMBO]

:26_7_2: Why don't you BORROW a lefthand '06 or 308 rifle and try shooting with your left eye COMFORTABLY

Forget the pistol hunting, since you still want to hunt ELK

Could save a lot of troubles

:Astrologist: ROFSheriffHL: :safari-rig: :safari-rig: JIMBO

 

[maximumrob]

Handgun hunting elk would be the ultimate test of your stalking and tracking skills, something most hunters (and me) have none of these days. I say power to you for attempting to bring back real hunting. These days, too many hunters sit in a blind on top of a solar powered feeder. That ain't huntin' ... that's killin'

As for the gun, I say .460 S&W w/ a long barrell. The bullett delivers the same energy at 200 yards that a .44 Mag does at the muzzle.

Good luck sir, and God bless ya



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[KG6BWS]

if you like the TC's, you couldnt really go wrong getting in one in 7mm-08. i have it in my rifle. great round. fast, accurate, easily found at gun stores, and is available from TC.