The first shot I ever fired from a FCR Habanero will forever be etched in my memory. I haven't seen anything like it before or since. I shot a white–tailed buck at about 200 yards while he was broadside standing still and relaxed. At James Ferguson's urging I put the crosshairs directly on the point of the big Saskatchewan buck's shoulder and fired. From a standing start he sprung straight up and did a complete 360 degree flip in the air and landed facing the same direction as before I shot. He landed as lifeless as a sack of sand. That buck was almost as surprised as I was.

Russell Thornberry

Editor in Chief

Buckmasters Whitetail Magazine

I own all three of Ferguson’s Mach 4 rifles and they all perform with reliable, pin–point accuracy and devastating results on game. To me that spells confidence. When I shoulder any of those rifles, I know something is going to drop dead. The deer I hunt in North Carolina never take a step – they just drop in their tracks. The same with elk – one shot and one animal drops where it’s standing.

Brad Carter

I own a Ferguson .257 Hot Tamale and all I can say is that you have to see it to believe it. I have an elevated deer blind, which commands a 400 yard view to my left and 500 yards to my right, allowing me to cover 900 yards with complete confidence that if a deer steps out anywhere on those field, and I’m bagged up steady, it’s going to drop dead in its tracks before it ever hears the muzzle blast. No tracking required!

Dean DeBow

I've owned a Ferguson Hot Tamale for 15 about months and have shot around 25 hogs and five whitetails. All of them have been instant one–shot kills – no tracking required! My rifle is deadly accurate and creates such violent hydrostatic shock that the animals never know what hit 'em.

Phillip Rizzo

Thanks so much for the info. I love my rifle, shoots great! Harvested another deer on New Years Day. Not a great shot angle but he dropped in his tracks. Thanks for all you do for the shooting sports.

Glen Cowan

I recently harvested a nice 5 x 5 mule deer in South Dakota with my new Hot Tamale rifle made by James Ferguson. The Buck was standing approximately 150 yards when I suddenly introduced him to my .257 "Hot Tamale." I've never seen anything like it in all my life. The buck dropped so hard it knocked him over the edge of a cliff he was standing by. We had to winch him straight up a 30 ft drop off to get him out. When the buck was field dressed, the internal organs looked like angry marines went postal in downtown Fallujah. You could not tell what was what. The devastation inside from the hydrostatic shock of this rifle was enormous. Even the guide said he had never seen such performance internally in all his years of hunting. My days of tracking animals with 300 calibers have been retired

Anthony Goss