WHO SHOOTS GROUSE WITH A PISTOL?

[Dave Workman]

what accuracy do you expect from your grouse pistol?

1" @ 25 yards?   

I'm about to shoot my PMR 30 for the first time, see how it goes

My Ruger MKIV is the Target model with a bull barrel and it is remarkably accurate at 25 yards, provided I'm not quaking and shaking.  Off a sandbag rest, I can put 'em all within the proximity of a grouse noggin.

[Stein]

I can hit a bottle cap probably 7-8 times out of 10 at 15 yards.  Actually that was a couple years ago before progressive lenses...  At pistol distances, it's more accurate than I am.  I might take a body shot longer or if I could steady against a tree.

[Dave Workman]

I don't have a picture, but I have my Ruger MkII (10" barrel) in the vehicle for when I see a grouse snack while I'm driving to/from a hunting spot. 10" barrel is crazy accurate, even in my aging hands...  Way more accurate than the eyes that are shooting it.

Yeah, my brother's gun is a MKII and he's pretty good with it. I have yet to see a MKII, or any Ruger . 22 auto with a target/bull barrel that isn't frighteningly accurate. They just have extremely good barrels in my experience, which is one of the reasons I bought the MKIV.

Do you have a holster for that 10-incher?

[Fletch]

I have a ruger MKIII and a single six.  I have been successful with both.  For some reason I prefer the revolver but both work fine.

[Boss .300 winmag]

My problem is that I'm always in the situation of hunting out of a backpack for big game and either don't want to carry the extra weight of a .22 or am not comfortable making extra noise that could spook animals out of an area (or both).  An old timer I used to work with said he used to carry around a slingshot with balls of 6 shot wrapped up in tissue paper and that worked pretty well on stealth mode.  But haven't tried that out...

Marbles.😉

[Dave Workman]

I have a ruger MKIII and a single six.  I have been successful with both.  For some reason I prefer the revolver but both work fine.

Understood completely.  I've always liked wheelguns, and the Single Six (I don't own one, dang it) is a gem, especially with the 6.5-inch bbl. What I'd really like is the convertible model and I would keep the .22 Mag cylinder installed.

Good hunting!

[logola512c]

I don't have a picture, but I have my Ruger MkII (10" barrel) in the vehicle for when I see a grouse snack while I'm driving to/from a hunting spot. 10" barrel is crazy accurate, even in my aging hands...  Way more accurate than the eyes that are shooting it.

Yeah, my brother's gun is a MKII and he's pretty good with it. I have yet to see a MKII, or any Ruger . 22 auto with a target/bull barrel that isn't frighteningly accurate. They just have extremely good barrels in my experience, which is one of the reasons I bought the MKIV.

Do you have a holster for that 10-incher?

Nope, no holster.  I just have it in a pistol case that gets unlocked while I'm driving around the logging roads.  It'd be an interesting shoulder motion to draw a 10" barrel pistol from a holster.  Even Dirty Harry only used a 6.5" barrel, although the overall gun length may have been similar. 

[Fletch]

I have a ruger MKIII and a single six.  I have been successful with both.  For some reason I prefer the revolver but both work fine.

Understood completely.  I've always liked wheelguns, and the Single Six (I don't own one, dang it) is a gem, especially with the 6.5-inch bbl. What I'd really like is the convertible model and I would keep the .22 Mag cylinder installed.

Good hunting!

I have the mag cylinder but have only shot it a dozen times or so.  Still nice to have the option.

[dreadi]

You could carry a suppressed .22 pistol for just such an occasion.

  Now THAT image is worth a thousand words about how "nobody uses a silencer for hunting!" Great shot, even though the photo isn't the best, taken with a flash at night, looks like.
But it DOES prove the value of a suppressor in the wilds. Good job!

Q: What kind of holster do you use with that pistol?

Yes, it just after legal time when I retrieved the rabbit and took the image. I didn't want to walk out from my blind during legal hours and possibly disturb a deer coming in...and get busted. Posting from Tapatalk gets me a nicely compressed image. It looks better on Instagram though. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUCGmH9r3Qa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link



I use a Tactical Solutions holster with that pistol.

[BKMFR]

Smith and Wesson K22 from late 50's with CCI mini mags.... works great!!

[Dave Workman]

Smith and Wesson K22 from late 50's with CCI mini mags.... works great!!

 
I'll bet it does! That's a great revolver.  What bbl. length?
Got a picture of it?

[jeffro]

I’ve taken quite a few, but with a different approach
I carry a Raging Bull and keep a few shot shells in my left vest pocket

[Dave Workman]

I’ve taken quite a few, but with a different approach
I carry a Raging Bull and keep a few shot shells in my left vest pocket

HA!  If you don't hit 'em, you'll scare 'em to death,that it?   

[Ricochet]

I've taken a few with my S&W Model 41 but to be honest, the last time I took a limit of grouse was in Idaho and I used a stick. 

[Dave Workman]

I've taken a few with my S&W Model 41 but to be honest, the last time I took a limit of grouse was in Idaho and I used a stick. 

 

The S&W Model 41 is an excellent pistol, IMHO. The older models even have a lot of character. 
Today, they're a might pricey. I think the Ruger MKIV is about half the price and, as I said earlier, deadly accurate. I've never had a lick of trouble with mine, and I would certainly recommend one to anybody looking for a new shooter. Be sure to get a holster that fits, too. Ruger offers one from Triple K. I got mine when I field tested the pistol a few years ago for GUN WORLD (otherwise I would have built one, myself!).


ADDENDUM:  I added a second image...  IIRC that was taken as a "hero shot" for the magazine article on the same day, and about an hour before, I popped the bird pictured in the original post at the start of this thread. Been a while back. 

I can hardly wait—tho I must along with everyone else—for that mid-September opener.