Minimum caliber for deer and hogs

Robust Redhorse

Senior Member
Your archery range with a pistol with open sights and conventional handgun loads was what I was referring to.



Wherever you can stack good bullets in a 6" circle is fine by me.



My range is about 40 yards, given my self-imposed limitations.



I don't have optics on a handgun, and I don't shoot otherwise "rifle cartridges" in handguns.

If you have a scoped, .300 Win Mag, bolt-action or single shot pistol, then have at it at 500 yards, as long as you are competent and accurate at that range.
 
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Big7

The Oracle
Something along the lines of a 30- 30 or .243. would be minimum for beginners. IMO.

Anything smaller than that is best left up to ppl that really know their stuff and have years of experience.
 
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