.458 Socom deer gun.

[BGFirearms]

I've been approached about carrying the ar-15 .458 socom upper to use for deer hunting.I've been told of its awesome power and range for deer hunting but I'm still curious if deer hunters would be interested in seeing/using the ar-15 in the woods. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.Thanks GREG....

 

[22rssix]

If the gun meets the state requirments and it works then go for it.

 

[ashylarry]

If the gun meets the state requirments and it works then go for it.

Yah thats what I was thinking. I know there was a thread on here about if it was legal or not, but I never followed it.

 

[NEOCON]

I would in a heartbeat if I had 1.

 

[USAShooter]

Well it is legal to hunt with here in Indiana. I think I might go to that..Anyone know the price on the upper

 

[bwframe]

What is the effective accuracy and range of the Socom?

 

[ashylarry]

Well it is legal to hunt with here in Indiana. I think I might go to that..Anyone know the price on the upper

$650+

 

[BGFirearms]

Well I cant say this is from my own experience but the guys that have told me they are using it,said they are using a 300 grain bullet at 1900fps and confident of taking a deer at 200 yards with it.Far as the price on the upper, I can tell ya "ashlarry" is pretty accurate.Thanks Greg...

 

[ashylarry]

Only thing that sucks is it costing about $2 to pull the trigger

 

[bwframe]

Don't mean to go "Zumbo" here, but just because you can, does that mean you should? Maybe the higher cost of this setup will keep the inexperienced hunters away? I can't tell you how many times I've heard shotguns emptied, from "hunters" shooting at deer, then obviously, at frantically running deer. How many rounds do the Socom mags hold?

 

[turkeykiller]

I've been approached about carrying the ar-15 .458 socom upper to use for deer hunting.I've been told of its awesome power and range for deer hunting but I'm still curious if deer hunters would be interested in seeing/using the ar-15 in the woods. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.Thanks GREG....

If its legal who cares what we think, its your personal choice. Just post the pictures when you harvest one!

 

[NateIU10]

.458 holds 10 rounds in a standard 30 round AR mag.

 

[ashylarry]

.458 holds 10 rounds in a standard 30 round AR mag.

dunno how much you can have in the gun when hunting though

 

[bwframe]

dunno how much you can have in the gun when hunting though

Obviously this is a new thing, but IIRC, aren't the only magazine "plugging" regulations for birds?

 

[ashylarry]

Obviously this is a new thing, but IIRC, aren't the only magazine "plugging" regulations for birds?

Dont know but I would think they would.

 

[epsylum]

Don't mean to go "Zumbo" here, but just because you can, does that mean you should? Maybe the higher cost of this setup will keep the inexperienced hunters away? I can't tell you how many times I've heard shotguns emptied, from "hunters" shooting at deer, then obviously, at frantically running deer. How many rounds do the Socom mags hold?

I know what you are trying to say (dummies out their just trying to gun down their prey instead of trying to get a clean kill), but honestly, why not an AR-15 based deer gun? It is a modular and easily adaptable to the shooter and the task at hand and there are a gazillion parts out there for it. I think Dick Metcalf said it best when talking about hunting with ARs. He mentioned that the lever action became the deer gun of choice post-Civil War and the bolt action post-WWII. The AR is just continuing the trend of our service rifles becoming great hunting rifles.

It has an added benefit of the fact that many people already have an AR-15 of some sort, so just an upper swap and they can legally hunt deer with a rifle they are very familiar with.

 

[ashylarry]

so just an upper swap and they can legally hunt deer with a rifle they are very familiar with.

Thats what I love about it. You can go plink with a .22 upper or go hunt with a .458

 

[epsylum]

Thats what I love about it. You can go plink with a .22 upper or go hunt with a .458

Or have a blast with a .50 BMG upper.

 

[bwframe]

I know what you are trying to say (dummies out their just trying to gun down their prey instead of trying to get a clean kill), but honestly, why not an AR-15 based deer gun? It is a modular and easily adaptable to the shooter and the task at hand and there are a gazillion parts out there for it. I think Dick Metcalf said it best when talking about hunting with ARs. He mentioned that the lever action became the deer gun of choice post-Civil War and the bolt action post-WWII. The AR is just continuing the trend of our service rifles becoming great hunting rifles.

It has an added benefit of the fact that many people already have an AR-15 of some sort, so just an upper swap and they can legally hunt deer with a rifle they are very familiar with.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you and all the reasons stated. Just trying to look at the whole picture. Also trying to be cautionary to those that would start deer hunting for another means of using their AR.

It is easy to fall into the "magazine capacity solves all problems" school of thought. I have watched it happen to seasoned hunters, even friends. The park hunts are a perfect example. Guys who normally hunt firearms seasons with a muzzleloader, thinking they had to bring the shotgun to shoot at the running deer.

 

[DammDoggs]

Don't mean to hijack

Since Marty's site is down (458socomforums).. and has been down for some time. We've decided to start another forum dedicated to the 458 SOCOM platform. There is not much there yet, but there is some load data, and other misc stuff. This is a free to register VB forum, and the more 458S users we can get, the better our forum will be.

The forum is www.the458socom.com

This forum piggy backs on our local offroad forum (Usually guns and wheeling go hand in hand) which is why we made that decision. If we can get enough traffic and interest, we will start a new, dedicated forum, exclusively to 458 Users.

Thanks guys, hope that wasn't too much site pimping...