Does anyone hunt deer with their 610? Mine is the 6.5". I'm worried it's not enough gun for whitetail. Everyone I know uses a 44 mag or 460. I understand shot placement is critical no matter what bullet you shoot. Thanks.
Hunting with a 610
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A friend of mine used to hunt Ohio deer with a Model 28 in .357 Mag. No complaints! I've always used .41 or .44, but that may change soon. Have a very good .357 S&W and a Colt 10mm (custom with a Clark 6" bbl.)waiting their turns.
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With the proper 10mm ammo, the 610 should make a fine hunting revolver.
Just stay away from the '10mm LITE' loads that are basically downloaded 10's that emulate .40 S&W performance.
There's lots of good loads out there, Double-Tap, Buffalo Bore, Hornady.
I'd stay with a 180 grain bullet or heavier.
Just stay away from the '10mm LITE' loads that are basically downloaded 10's that emulate .40 S&W performance.
There's lots of good loads out there, Double-Tap, Buffalo Bore, Hornady.
I'd stay with a 180 grain bullet or heavier.
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Your 610 is a fine deer gun and as you noted, shot placement is very important. I hunted with my 5" 610 last year and used 180 grain Hornady with success. As far as a 44 or 460 goes, just remember that once the bullet exits your target all the damage that could be done has been done...bullet performance, velocity or energy really does not matter after that.
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I've hunted pigs with mine I uses the Double Tap 200ge WFN until I got my own mold and began reloading!
I have hunted and killed several deer and large wild hogs on our farm on South Georgia using my 6.5 inch 610 loaded with Underwood Ammo 180 gr XTP's. Farthest shot was 82 yards on a 170 lb cow horn spike 2 seasons ago. He managed to make it about 20 yards. The hogs were all around 50 largest being right at 280 lbs. Stuck 2 200 gr. Underwood hard casts in him. Folded him up like a blanket.
While I do not hunt deer, I have had my 610s and 310 opened up so that they can fire 10MM Magnum in addition to 10MM Auto and 40 S&W.
You pick up several hundred fps compared to what can be done in a 10MM Auto cartridge without exceeding SAAMI pressures. This moves the cartridge into the 41 Magnum power catagory
The 200 grain XTPs can be pushed passed the 1500 FPS mark in the 610. Passed 1600FPS in a T/C Contender
You pick up several hundred fps compared to what can be done in a 10MM Auto cartridge without exceeding SAAMI pressures. This moves the cartridge into the 41 Magnum power catagory
The 200 grain XTPs can be pushed passed the 1500 FPS mark in the 610. Passed 1600FPS in a T/C Contender
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A 6.5" barreled 10mm S&W is easily capable of equal or greater energy delivery than a 4" barreled .44 Magnum S&W.
Underwood makes a 220 grain hardcast load that rivals any 240 grain load from a short-barreled .44.
Underwood makes a 220 grain hardcast load that rivals any 240 grain load from a short-barreled .44.
I like 10mm's too but I think you overstated this. Looking at it logically, without any inflated data, the 10mm has 1.5K psi (max) more pressure than the 44Mag (37.5 vs 36K psi, 4% more) but the 44 Mag case has 58% more capacity than a 10mm case (2.48 vs 1.56 cc). How can you put that much more powder behind (even) the same weight bullet, let alone a heavier bullet, & not have more energy? 13grs of 2400 behind a 180gr bullet in a 10mm is a max load & is 100% full. A 44Mag case can easily handle another 9grs. behind a 240gr bullet. Even the (arbitrarily) shorter barrel you referenced for the 44 won't help the 10mm overcome that.
