23 October 2004, 11:07
Sean VHA #60013Re: Anyone Else Hunt With a Desert Eagle?
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But when is the last time anyone carried a big-bore hunting handgun in a condition of readiness in a belt holster and fired it at arms length with one hand?
Then McB replied:
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Sean, Howdy! Since you ask I did so just last week, Wednesday, I think. I was practicing for the fast approaching whitetail season with my S&W 629 Mtn Gun - which meets my definition of a "pistol" - from 25 to 7 yards; from Weaver, jackass sitting, and kneeling; two handed and one handed, single action and double action.
Well, I am not in the habit of using "quickdraw" tactics on game. I try to hunt them the way George Nonte etc did, which is from as stable a hold as is possible. Once I am where I will be hunting, my primary hunting arm is in my hands, not in my holster. If I could not get both hands on my DE or Glock 20 for a steady shot, I certainly would not try to take one with a one-handed quickdraw. Your "quickdraw" method of drawing, aiming, and firing at game all with one hand is not something I have seen other handgun hunters employ. How many deer have you sucessfully taken in this manner?
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Yes, where we hunt the deer come in very, very close. Between 25 and 50 yards I need two hands, as solid a rest as I can muster, and a cocked hammer.
I use as solid a rest as I can muster [never less than two hands while standing though], and I do not cock the hammer until I am ready to take the shot.
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To amplify my point, if you can reach all the controls and still apply a consistent grip on your Desert Eagles you are a better man than me and I wish you well.
Though I do not think this one handed use is important at all on a hunting non-combat handgun, I have no problems doing so on my Mark XIX, and my Mark I is even easier as the slide is not nearly as tall as the Mark XIX slide. THis does not make me a better man at all. Simply a man with hands that fit the DE I guess
