Mare's leg for hunting ?

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enoch

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I was wondering, if the Chiappa 1992 Mare leg in 44 mag. is not restrcted could I take it hunting?

To me it would be like hunting with a handgun ( it is not allowed in Quebec). Also it is more enjoyable to carry in the wood than a 12 g. or even a full lenght 30-30 rifle.

I am not concern with the cool factor, but it seems more practical than to apply for an ATT. What do you think? With a leg holster or in a backpack could be a good survival weapon for up north or even closer to home.
 
If it's non-restricted, yes, you "could" take it hunting, personally , unless all your shots are going to be well under 100yds,(preferably under 50) I'd want a proper rifle. I do think It would make a great survival gun/bear defense gun though.
 
"...not allowed in Quebec..." Hunting with a handgun is not allowed anywhere in Canada.
The 12" barrel and OAL of 24" makes it a novelty toy. Useless for hunting. Very expensive too. $1598Cdn.
 
Unless there has been a change, the Armi Chiappa Mare's Leg, FRT 127757, is classed as non-restricted. Go figure.
As such, it would be legal to use for hunting.
 
As with anything, practice is everything I would be aiming with a two hand hold at harms lentgh.


Deer hunting here are almost always inside 50-75 yard, unless you hunt the field.

Yes sadly it is expensive ( and I don't really know why, they sell a full rifle for around 500$), but it give you a legal to carry almost handgun. And to be honest that is the only really important ( or say interesting) thing.

You can hunt,carry,takedown and pack it compact...I do think it is interesting but yes , expensive.
 
Ok bud I'll stop you right there. You cannot hope to have any chance of either hitting a target 75 yards away with a piece of crap like that or hope to come home with your front teeth. I can't tell you how many times I saw Rambo wannabe's checking out pistol gripped shotguns then trying to aim them. The recoil of a powerful gun, and yes a .44 mag is powerful, will come back and get you. If you ever watched James Dean shooting his, I don't think he ever aimed it and he didn't for a reason.
 
Ok, I' ve never shot one and I know 44mag are powerfull and I don't want to be a Rambo wanna be.

I was just thinking that it would be a good carry gun in the woods, and by a strech if american hunt with handgun we could do the same here with that piece of "crap" even if the ergonomics are not ideal (far from it).

You know with a little mod. it could be at least doable ... but again I could be wrong and it just wishfull thinking on my part.

I was seeing myself hunting or fishing with that thing on my hip or strap to my back...
 
For those who do not know.
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Let's see....
A .44 Magnum revolver can be fired with a two hand hold without injury to the shooter.
But a .44 Magnum Mare's Leg cannot be fired with a two hand hold without losing one's front teeth.
OK.....

With practice, it might be possible to achieve a useful degree of accuracy at handgun ranges.

Now if you took one of these, and put a rifle butt on it, you would have a useful, compact brush gun. Like a pre-1934 Winchester Trapper.
 
mlehtovaara said:
There is no way that thing is non restricted?
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These were discussed a while back, and I was sure they were restricted. Good thing I didn't make a wager.
I was wrong.
FRT lists them as non-restricted.
Unless something has changed recently.
 
tiriaq said:
Now if you took one of these, and put a rifle butt on it, you would have a useful, compact brush gun. Like a pre-1934 Winchester Trapper.
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I was thinking a screw in-rod /buttplate that you can screw in or out if you wanted to, removable of course..
 
tiriaq said:
Let's see....
A .44 Magnum revolver can be fired with a two hand hold without injury to the shooter.
But a .44 Magnum Mare's Leg cannot be fired with a two hand hold without losing one's front teeth.
OK.....
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+1.

I was thinking that Elmer Keith would have been most surprised to learn that he couldn't hit anything at 75yds with his S&W 29 and that it wasn't possible to fire it without losing teeth.

A Rossi 16" barrelled carbine in .44 Mag would make a much more practical short range bush gun and not be much harder to carry, but OP seems to want a psuedo handgun, and the Mare's Leg is much closer to that description. YMMV

Mark
 
These things have been on the market for a while.
How many reports of injuries to shooters caused by recoil have their been?
The MKB crowd in the tactical shotgun section report that buttless 12 bores are controllable, and hits are entirely possible with slugs.
Here is an easy experiment.
Take any lever action carbine, hold it two handed at arms length, one hand gripping the forend, the other gripping the butt, and let fly.
 
sunray said:
"...not allowed in Quebec..." Hunting with a handgun is not allowed anywhere in Canada.
The 12" barrel and OAL of 24" makes it a novelty toy. Useless for hunting. Very expensive too. $1598Cdn.
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The only thing preventing me from hunting with a handgun is the ATT.
 
mmattockx said:
+1.

I was thinking that Elmer Keith would have been most surprised to learn that he couldn't hit anything at 75yds with his S&W 29 and that it wasn't possible to fire it without losing teeth.

A Rossi 16" barrelled carbine in .44 Mag would make a much more practical short range bush gun and not be much harder to carry, but OP seems to want a psuedo handgun, and the Mare's Leg is much closer to that description. YMMV

Mark
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I agree, I shot a 12" bbl .44 mag when I was 15 with a two hand hold and found it had less felt recoil than a 4.5" bbl 9mm. The .44 also weighed alot more than the 9mm and had a softer palm swell to absorb recoil. They werent max effort loads but still packed a good punch. Enoch, .44 mag has been used quite succesfully on big game at closer ranges, so I say if you like the mare's leg, go for it! I couldnt see resale value dropping much on such a unique gun so if its not your thing, you wont be out a ton of cash. Hell, now i want one!:D


Edit: the only Mare's Leg on Chiappa's website is in .45 L.C. not .44 mag, was there a .44 mag produced, or just .45 L.C.?
 
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