The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Aguila mini shells for home defense ??? hunting ???

Magnum Wheel Man · July 23, 2008, 09:07 AM

I spoke with my buddy who did the sights yesterday, & we both agreed that we could possibly add a block of sorts to the loading fork... ( at this point I'm pretty much OK setting the gun up exclusively for the minis ), but possibly removable, to make the lever gun reliably feed the minis... I think he'll start on it this next week, after make sure the sights are where I want them...

... I haven't tried the minis at 50 yards yet, but at 25 yards IMO, they carry plenty of power to be able to hunt deer with, they may well run out of power before 50 yards though ??? or for use as a home defense round, they are plenty powerful...

I'm hoping I can get this done & talk my wife into deer hunting with it this year... she has had neck surgery, so is a bit recoil sensitive, & we'll be hunting in very thick woods shot gun zone, so 25 yards is a normal shot there... otherwisw we can use handguns... I'll outfit her with the Contender with a 30-30 barrel on it...

July 23, 2008, 09:07 AM	#23
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	I spoke with my buddy who did the sights yesterday, & we both agreed that we could possibly add a block of sorts to the loading fork... ( at this point I'm pretty much OK setting the gun up exclusively for the minis ), but possibly removable, to make the lever gun reliably feed the minis... I think he'll start on it this next week, after make sure the sights are where I want them... ... I haven't tried the minis at 50 yards yet, but at 25 yards IMO, they carry plenty of power to be able to hunt deer with, they may well run out of power before 50 yards though ??? or for use as a home defense round, they are plenty powerful... I'm hoping I can get this done & talk my wife into deer hunting with it this year... she has had neck surgery, so is a bit recoil sensitive, & we'll be hunting in very thick woods shot gun zone, so 25 yards is a normal shot there... otherwisw we can use handguns... I'll outfit her with the Contender with a 30-30 barrel on it... __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...