deerslayer357
Senior Member
I have an encore in 7/08 and like someone else said- if I have a rest it is deadly to 100 yards. My farthest kill is 125 yards so far
Great collection... thanks for sharing. I am definitely looking for one. I don’t reload so I gotta have a factory round, and prefer something with Lots of factory loadings. I am trying to find a used one.These are some of my contenders, and a few of their friends from older pictures.
I really like the .357 maximum.
It’s basically the rimmed version of the .350 legend.
It’s an efficient cartridge that is easy to load for. It performs well out to 125 yds or so. And it is very manageable to shoot. My favorite is the silver 10” one.
It’s really a coating that TC used for a couple years. Kind of like cericote.
Pfffft that aint no fun.If I shoot a rifle cartridge I want a rifle to shoot it out of. Same way with a pistol cartridge.
What caliber? Looks like a 444 Marlin. I had one of those.
Where I grew up, New York State, you were not allowed to hunt deer with a modern centerfire rifle. That was considered too dangerous due to the range of the bullet if it were launched in the air and didn't hit anything along the way.
However you could hunt with a handgun chambered for a modern rifle cartridge plenty of guys had Thompson center contender's and Remington XP 100 pistols with good scopes that could reach out and punch a Deer's ticket at 200 yards.
I myself had a Contender with a 30-30 rifle barrel. But I never got around to putting a scope on it. I got it cheap, kept it for a dozen years, fired it a few times with open sights, and then sold it.
Based on how well it penetrated wood, and busted up clumps of dirt, I think it would work for deer hunting at whatever distance you could keep all your shots in a 6 inch group.