Webley WG 455/476. Long cylinder = 45 schofield brass. 900 fps with 250gr SWC and still within 13k press.
Don’t know where you came up with this but it’s totally false.Here in Ontario there is no season for hunting with antique handguns... So there's a good chance you'll get charged with hunting out of season, or in this case, no season. That little tidbit came from the MNR. Just like if you tried to go big game hunting with a spear or pointy stick. LOL!
If i could find one like this in very good condition with the antique status, i would buy it. The bigger the bore, the better. Any repro one are nice but still they are restricted.![]()
Don’t know where you came up with this but it’s totally false.
In Ontario you can hunt small game with an antique handgun no problem but you better not have it with you when a large game season is open as that’s when a CO could assume you were using it on large game. That came from the MNR but they don’t like to admit that you can actually hunt with your antique handgun.
Killing a bear is easy. Stopping a bear before he mauls you, not so easy.
Even a modern handgun gives you a 50% survival chance if the bear attacks (and it could be a stealth attack, or a night attack).
If you need a gun, you need a shotgun with tough slugs.
Or, you can try to reason with the bear:
NOt quite on topic, but a few years ago it was reported in Alberta Outdoors Magazine a person successfully defended themselves in a bear attack using a 9mm semiauto, somewhere around Slave Lake, AB. Details were not well publicised but apparently the shooter was legal and I suspect therefore a cop or CO. Anyway - the shooter was on his back with the bear on him and he emptied the mag into the bear's belly. He preserved his life but was much worse for wear.
Those are circumstances I see a handgun being worthwhile for bear defense.
Original Colt Walker loaded with 60 grain conical and 60 grains of black powder. And yes it will take it.
I agree with this as well. I called the MNR and they told me that I can hunt with a 30 cal air pistol as long as it’s under 500fps it’s a non-firearm and antiques are also non-firearms and can be used for hunting. Buy if used in a criminal way then firearms rules apply for both types. This is for Ontario. Most other provinces don’t allow this. I handgun hunt Rabbits with my 25cal Crosman Mark1 that I built and it’s fun as hell and is as close to handgun hunting as I can get.Hunting with antique handguns;
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7651da28-0431-4df1-8546-fdcbed3a733d
Not an antique.![]()