Deer Hunting, M1 Garand

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Tango F	Deer Hunting, M1 Garand	Lead	[-]
Posts: 62 (10/25/08 01:52 PM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I hunt opening day with a BAR .30/06 equipped with a 3X7 'scope. This year a very close friend who had a leg injury asked me if I would be interested in helping his Son's on "Drives" as he still has a tough time getting around. I decided to use one of my M-1 Garands as a "Driving" gun. I bough regular velocity Remington 150 Grain ammunition, since I read the 180 grain I use in my Browning will damage the operating rod. Is this true? Also, is this a wise choice for Deer hunting? I welcome any opinions. Thanks "An Armed Society is a Polite Society"
M1crazy		#1	[-]
Posts: 51 (10/26/08 10:40 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	There is a discussion going on the CMP website about this it is starting to turn into a p!ssing match but it will give you some good info if you read past the whiners. The main thing is Nornady makes a hunting ammo especially for the M1 rifle. Barry In MO. http://www.odcmp.org/new_.../topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=57697 Last Edited By: M1crazy 10/26/08 06:20 PM. Edited 1 times.
beanstrung		#2	[-]
Posts: 4770 (10/26/08 11:16 AM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	There is a previous thread in this forum that addresses the issue as well: http://parallaxscurioandr...rums.yuku.com/topic/29669 And here's another thread on the same subject over at Gunboards.com: http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?t=65654 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? Joel 3:9-10 Last Edited By: beanstrung 10/26/08 11:18 AM. Edited 1 times.
Mountain Doctor		#3	[-]
Posts: 3124 (10/26/08 06:49 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Forgive this desert dweller. What's a 'drive'? Cattle? If so, that's too cool. I hope your friend is well soon.
beanstrung		#4	[-]
Posts: 4771 (10/26/08 08:00 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Using the Garand as a "driving" gun... If "driving" cattle, might I recommend a moderately powered air rifle? Popping even the biggest bull with a .30-06, is likely to stop him from going very far... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand? Joel 3:9-10
Mountain Doctor		#5	[-]
Posts: 3129 (10/26/08 10:00 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I thought the gun might be used to protect the cattle from coyotes, cougars, etc. but like I said, I live in a desert. I could use it to stop tumbleweed in it's tracks.
Redleg		#6	[-]
Posts: 35 (10/26/08 11:46 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Are you referring to driving deer? If so, it might be kind of heavy unless you're the one in the blind.
trautert		#7	[-]
Posts: 5136 (10/27/08 09:07 AM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Sounds funny to us out here in the West, but back East it is still common to use one group of hunters to "push" deer or other game animals toward others who are on stands. Not unlike the bird hunts in Scotland, and really much the same as pushing pheasant with a line of hunters toward an irrigation ditch until they launch. Tom Ne Desit Virtus Rakkasans
Mountain Doctor		#8	[-]
Posts: 3136 (10/27/08 12:12 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	trautert wrote: Sounds funny to us out here in the West, but back East it is still common to use one group of hunters to "push" deer or other game animals toward others who are on stands. Not unlike the bird hunts in Scotland, and really much the same as pushing pheasant with a line of hunters toward an irrigation ditch until they launch. Tom Sounds a little risky to me if one of your buddies is trigger happy...
Vladymere gr		#9	[-]
Posts: 2425 (10/27/08 12:29 PM) Forum Co-host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Not risky at all, ask Dick Cheney. Vlad Looking for Gew.88 based sporting rifles Looking for a Lyman #22 sight for the Gew.88/Mannlicher
trautert		#10	[-]
Posts: 5140 (10/27/08 08:52 PM) Forum Site Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'm told they hunt bear that way sometimes, too. Can't recall if that was Pennsylvania or Maine, though. Tom Ne Desit Virtus Rakkasans
DickTracy1953		#11	[-]
Posts: 2134 (10/30/08 07:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	This year I am using "TW" military head stamped once fired cases, CCI Primers, 150 Grain Remington Bronze Points, and 48.3 grains of IMR 4064 for my M-1 hunting loads. It is the same load that I use when I shoot Winchester 147 grain FMJ projectiles through my rifle, in fact, the Remington Bronze Points have almost the same look and feel.
Rustybore		#12	[-]
Posts: 754 (10/30/08 10:19 PM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Actually, in California, in the coastal range of mountains, it is, or at least was, very common to have deer drives. The manzanita brush can be very thick, providing excellent hiding for deer. Some hunters would get on a stand, overlooking a portion of terrain, while a group of other hunters would go through the brush hoping to drive the deer out ahead of them, offering an opportunity for those on a stand to get a shot. Similar methods are used in other western states. Kevin in Or.