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Glock for hunting?

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#1 ·
I have been toying with the idea of using a handgun for hunting now for a few years. Not sure why I want to do it, it just interests me. Originally I thought about using a revolver, but the more I think about it the more I'm leaning towards a glock. Right now I'm thinking a G40 MOS and get a small red dot on it. Just curious to know if anyone else uses their glock to hunt, and if you do, do you recommend it.


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#2 ·
What are you planning to hunt for? I would rather go with a wheel gun but I've read a few guys here use the Glock 40.
 
#4 ·
Apparently it can be done, fairly easily if one is skilled. Maybe I am just old fashioned but a revolver just seems a more natural choice.
 
#5 ·
It depends. I put down deer that had been hit by cars. One with a 38 revolver and another with a Beretta 92FS. A friend goes hunting in Arkansas and he bags five easily because where he goes they are pests and numerous.

Now I go to Colorado and trophy elk and deer needs rule 30.06.
 
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I think some folks overthink this topic a little bit. I bullet is a bullet. It doesn't matter what it comes out of. It wasn't too awfully many years ago. prior to 1935, that the .44-40, .41 Colt, .38-40 .38 Special and dozens of other cartridges were used for hunting from time to time and all of these, even out of rifle, were inferior to the 10mm. Most, at least out of a handgun, were inferior to the .40 and even the 9mm.
A bigger, faster bullet doesn't make up for poor marksmanship or sportsmanship. Just about any bullet out of any gun will kill pretty much anything on North America. The deciding factors are distance and shot placement. I have no idea how many deer I've killed with a .22. That doesn't make the .22 a "deer gun" but it will work if the bullet is placed properly.
The "energy" of the bullet has virtually nothing to do with it's effectiveness on game. Its what the bullet does after it enters the body that matters. A 500 gr. solid bullet with 3000 pounds of energy at 100 yards will not be nearly as effective on deer as a 125 gr. softpoint or hollowpoint bullet with a mere 400 pounds of energy at the same distance. If you hit them in the head, they are both equally effective. If you make a thoracic cavity shot, tissue destruction and massive, rapid blood loss will be what makes the humane kill, not energy.
A decent quality expanding bullet out of a 9mm is plenty adequate for whitetail deer if you limit your range to 50-75 yards. Its not hard to get 1300 fps out of 124 gr. 9mm, depending on elevation and temperature. 1250 is easy. That provides of 400 fpe at the muzzle. Taylor factor is 7.9.
Back when I used to frequent GT almost daily, I killed a nice little mule deer buck at 112 yards with a G20 using a 180 gr. Hornady XTP at 1320 fps. The bullet went through both lungs and exited the off side. Why would I need more "energy".
Last Friday night, I killed a small black bear with ,22 magnum. The bullet went through the heart and he ran about 15 feet and tipped over. It wasn't energy that killed the bear, it was shot placement.
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I have been toying with the idea of using a handgun for hunting now for a few years. Not sure why I want to do it, it just interests me. Originally I thought about using a revolver, but the more I think about it the more I'm leaning towards a glock. Right now I'm thinking a G40 MOS and get a small red dot on it. Just curious to know if anyone else uses their glock to hunt, and if you do, do you recommend it.


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I live in Indiana and for deer nothing Glock offers is legal. As suggested check your laws for hunting deer before you buy.
 
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