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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Specialty Handgun Hunting
Looking for advice, opnions, experience on a hunting pistol
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<blockquote data-quote="HAMMERHAND" data-source="post: 568026" data-attributes="member: 33066"><p>No question if you have the coins go for an XP build. I think the TC guns get a bad rap because of headspace issues. They really can be, and usually are very accurate guns if you pay attention to several things. The first thing is the hinge pin. I mic the inside of the hinge radius of a new barrel and put a pin that fits tightly in there and this alone brings groups right where they need to be. Secondly, a nice pillar bed, or rail bed job (hangar bar) in the forearm will help you tremendously along with the addition of a good brake. Finally, the break action guns require you to pay critical attention to the headspace issues so you can get your dies adjusted accordingly. Mike Bellm of Bellm TC's gets those guns to shoot some amazing groups certainly capable of doing what you're looking to do. I already had a frame with a trigger job, so I bought a 300 whisper barrel from mgm, and put a nikon 2-8 pistol scope on it. I'm right at 3/4" at 200 yards with 125 grain ballistic tips, and one ragged hole at 150 yards with 240 grain SMK's. </p><p> Is this a 400 yard gun?.....maybe for woodchucks on a windless day, but it is an example of a TC encore that shoots very well.</p><p> </p><p> For a dedicated hunting gun, and anything that pushes past 500 yards, there really is no reason to look past an XP build for that purpose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HAMMERHAND, post: 568026, member: 33066"] No question if you have the coins go for an XP build. I think the TC guns get a bad rap because of headspace issues. They really can be, and usually are very accurate guns if you pay attention to several things. The first thing is the hinge pin. I mic the inside of the hinge radius of a new barrel and put a pin that fits tightly in there and this alone brings groups right where they need to be. Secondly, a nice pillar bed, or rail bed job (hangar bar) in the forearm will help you tremendously along with the addition of a good brake. Finally, the break action guns require you to pay critical attention to the headspace issues so you can get your dies adjusted accordingly. Mike Bellm of Bellm TC's gets those guns to shoot some amazing groups certainly capable of doing what you're looking to do. I already had a frame with a trigger job, so I bought a 300 whisper barrel from mgm, and put a nikon 2-8 pistol scope on it. I'm right at 3/4" at 200 yards with 125 grain ballistic tips, and one ragged hole at 150 yards with 240 grain SMK's. Is this a 400 yard gun?.....maybe for woodchucks on a windless day, but it is an example of a TC encore that shoots very well. For a dedicated hunting gun, and anything that pushes past 500 yards, there really is no reason to look past an XP build for that purpose. [/QUOTE]
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