re: What do you shoot?

40 year old Winchester Model 70
30-06
3x9 Original Redfield Scope

Passed down from my father this year

Deer: .45-70 Handi-Rifle
Squirrel: Ruger 10-22
Dove: Mossberg Maverick 12ga

Thanks for the kind words, ST1.
I've always enjoyed shooting guns, but especially handguns. In addition, I usually gravitated more to reading articles from handgun writers moreso than rifle writers. I started deer hunting w/ a Ruger Redhawk in 44 Mag. I read lot of handgun hunting articles in "The Sixgunner." Sadly, the publication is no longer in print. My brother in law old me a T/C Contender in 35 Rem and my handgun hunting got serious. Not many years later, I put away my deer hunting rifle. I added a 223 Rem barrel and started going on prairie dog hunts. The last 4-5 years have seen me moving away from Contenders and using XP-100 bolt handguns for all my hunting (except I still use a rifle usually for squirrel hunting).

Browning XBolt .300 win mag
SBEii for ducks dove turkey

Sako grey wolf 300 WSM. Swarovski z3. Big game

PSE Stinger X. East Texas

Franchi affinity. Ducks

870 (20 gauge) doves

Deer/ Hogs:
Mossberg Patriot .308 w/Vortex 3-9x40, or
Marlin 1895 45-70 in the thick woods.

Dove/Ducks:
Benelli M1 Field.

Squirrels/ Soup Cans:
Winchester 290 22LR.

EDC:
Sig P938

Browning X-bolt .300 Win
Remington model 1187 Waterfowl Addiction (Not a huge fan of it though)

I really expected to see more Tikka shooters. I kept seeing comments about them and figured that many here owned/hunted with them.

I shoot many things but the ones that were rescued during the tragic boating accident include

391 urika 12 ga
Beretta o/u 20 ga when wandering woods for grouse and woodcock
Citori 12 ga– when the beretta aint enough or the dog is ranging too far for the 20.....
T3 270 for coyotes and deer
Old Mossberg 22 semi from my grandpa for tree rats, ground hogs, etc .... subsonics are nice