Anyone Hunting with a PCC?

[bowhunter57]

I've always wanted to buy a PCC Pistol Caliber Carbine, in 9mm. I'm currently considering the S&W FPC, then installing a red dot and putting a suppressor on it. Given the longer barrel, the ballistics are going to be better, for hunting purposes.
Everything that I own is for some type of hunting and this PCC won't be any different.

I'd like to hear from anyone that has used a PCC for hunting of anything coyote sized or smaller critters.

 

[crapshoot]

I have a 9mm ar sbr and a cz scorpion carbine. Using monolithic hp bullets but no connection on animals as of yet.

 

[popper43]

Little anemic for yote hunting, 1300 fps?

 

[Don_P]

Little anemic for yote hunting, 1300 fps?

I agree, longer range shots would be like lobbing in mortar fire. I've got a Ruger PC9, never thought about shooting it 100+ yards. Now I'll have to try it.

 

[crapshoot]

50 yrds and in.
Variety, the spice of life.

 

[GC]

I have a Marlin M1894 .357 Magnum that I intend to use a little bit next year. The 125 gr. bullets can be pushed over 2000 fps, 158gr. bullets 1850 fps, 180s to 1800 fps. I can tell you this: 158 gr. XTPs at 1800 fps stop an armadillo charge with authority.

 

[Don_P]

Buddy of mine hunts deer with a .357 rifle. Can't remember the make model but under 100 yds he drops them with one shot.

 

[bowhunter57]

Any pistol caliber carbine is going to be a close range affair. I have no intentions of shooting it past 50 yards.
Most of my close range varmint hunting has been well inside 30 yards, around abandoned buildings.

 

[crapshoot]

I have a rossi lever 357 that I want to give a try also. Just don't want to risk scratching it after all the time I spent refinishing the wood.

 

[DoubleLungRage]

Do a search on YouTube. I've seen a few videos of a guy using a Ruger 9mm carbine in thick stuff.

I bet Federal HST's would be nasty on a coyote.

 

[Jerryrigged]

300 BO not that far off from 9mm loads.

 

[bowhunter57]

300 BO not that far off from 9mm loads.

Really? That's a shocker. I'll have to look up the ballistics on both, now that you've mentioned it.

 

[crapshoot]

Really? That's a shocker. I'll have to look up the ballistics on both, now that you've mentioned it.

He talking subs.

 

[Jerryrigged]

Ya, shooting the 190 SubX @ 1050 in boltgun, & 1550 in an AR. The subs are probably close performance to a 35 cal 147gr bullet @1050 from a 9mm. Actually at shorter range a 147 Gold Dot may hit harder.

 

[popper43]

Yup, my 145gr 2100 fps 300 BO load is much different than a 9mm PCC load.
From Magnetospeed

Series	Shot	Speed
----	----	----	----
Series	7​	Shots:	3​	bo carbine 145 17gr 296
Min	2129​	Max	2143​
Avg	2137​	S-D	7.6​
ES	14​
Series	Shot	Speed
7​	1​	2129​	ft/s	bo carbine 145 17gr 296 pc
7​	2​	2143​	ft/s
7​	3​	2141​	ft/s
----	----	----	----

 

[Jerryrigged]

2100 with a 145 is smokin!

 

[greengt88]

I tried using a Ruger PC Carbine a few years back…147gr Federal HST…shot 2 grey fox with it. One went right down, other was another story. Also shot 2 raccoon and and a skunk…none were favorable experiences and I quit using it to hunt with, your mileage may vary but it’s no longer in my wheel house for hunting use.

 

[DoubleLungRage]

I tried using a Ruger PC Carbine a few years back…147gr Federal HST…shot 2 grey fox with it. One went right down, other was another story. Also shot 2 raccoon and and a skunk…none were favorable experiences and I quit using it to hunt with, your mileage may vary but it’s no longer in my wheel house for hunting use.

What kind of damage did the 147 hst do?

I carry it and 147gr ranger xt's in my carry guns.

 

[greengt88]

One fox had no exit, mid body lung shot…the other was hit in the head and was not lethal and required a follow up…shots were around 25yds…the raccoons both ran off and I never found either. The skunk took awhile to expire as well, it unfortunately released its nastiness and I just left it.

 

[GC]

I would hope that 124 gr. +P would be a bit more decisive.