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Post by sixshot on Sept 19, 2018 10:55:14 GMT -5
David, some of this sagebrush is so tall you can't see the fences or the ditches like when I almost tipped my 4 wheeler over because I couldn't see it. Fact is, I can't even see a steel post at 61 yds, much less hit it. Now you might be able to hit it but I need a little bigger target. I should have taken a photo of the post, didn't think about it until I was eating breakfast. I did look in the body cavity this morning & I can see why she dropped so fast, because of the angle she was standing the bullet clipped a bit of the spine, that drops anything pretty fast.
Dick
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wgg
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Post by wgg on Sept 19, 2018 14:02:32 GMT -5
Good job, glad you did not run into a grizzly bear.
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Post by Cholla on Sept 19, 2018 14:24:07 GMT -5
Good shooting!
Regarding the naysayers, I'd MUCH rather see a man in the field hunting with a handgun than a bow.
Cholla
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Post by dougader on Sept 19, 2018 14:52:25 GMT -5
2Dogs told me the deer was actually in front of the fence post and, at the shot, walked behind it for cover... the gist being the bullet was going so slow that the doe had time to take cover. But, you know how 2Dogs can be, hehehe...
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Post by sixshot on Sept 19, 2018 20:40:05 GMT -5
dougader, he told me the load was so slow that just after I fired the local ranch hand ran out there with a post hole driver & sank a steel post just in time to block the shot......... dang dawgs always yapping!!!
Dick
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Post by dougader on Sept 19, 2018 20:41:20 GMT -5
dougader, he told me the load was so slow that just after I fired the local ranch hand ran out there with a post hole driver & sank a steel post just in time to block the shot......... dang dawgs always yapping!!! Dick Ha!
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callshot
.327 Meteor
Living another day in the worlds largest playground
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Post by callshot on Sept 21, 2018 15:42:31 GMT -5
We all just call you the meathammer because we trust you! Trust me because I've seen you do it more than once. If you keep it up the deer will be on the endangered species list.
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Post by bushog on Sept 21, 2018 15:51:46 GMT -5
Great work Dick!
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Post by 500fksjr on Sept 21, 2018 17:19:47 GMT -5
Nice Work...Thanks for sharing...
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Post by bagdadjoe on Sept 22, 2018 12:42:21 GMT -5
The obvious question everyone seems to have missed... What do you cook in the pot with a fencepost and how long do you cook it?? 🤣
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Post by 38 WCF on Sept 22, 2018 22:49:18 GMT -5
I have shot a few Deer size animals with the traditional, Keith type bullets and frankly was not impressed with the results. I was younger and heavily influenced by Elmer Keith and others. I just supposed that was the way to go. If I were to shoot Deer today with a handgun in a large caliber, I would use a slightly heavy for caliber cast Hollow point.
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Post by sixshot on Sept 22, 2018 23:21:03 GMT -5
I've been shooting deer with six guns since the 60's & almost always used solids with great satisfaction, seldom has a deer, elk bear, antelope or any other critter ran very far without going down. Most went down within sight. The thing I've always liked & expected from cast solids is that I could shoot them from any angle & reach the vitals. It's only been in the last few years that I've decided to do some experimenting with cast HP's. I jumped into this experimenting at about the same time I started powder coating my bullets, not exactly but close. First I found out that cast HP's worked best with gas checks so I could dial down the hardness of the alloys I had settled on, then powder coating came along & I found that I could get by many times without the gas checks, not always but most times & that has held true. Powder coating changed the game for sure. My goal was to see how the HP's worked on deer size game, which includes antelope of course & now that I have several under my belt I'm seeing that the HP's are showing a slight edge in dropping the animal faster, really not a surprise but something I had to prove for myself. If you include half a dozen more animals I've taken with soft nose cast (similar to HP's) then the test samples get quite a bit bigger. If you're using an alloy that isn't high in antimony for your HP's & your speed is correct for your alloy I think you will find that a quality cast HP will serve you well on deer/antelope size game with great satisfaction. I'm not quite there yet but I'm really liking the results of these bullets so far. Some one else's results may be different. I would caution anyone, at least in my limited experience that the one thing you can do with them is to "over drive" & get over expansion & lose penetration. Only you & your alloy can change that. If you want that extra 200 fps you have to bump up your BHN a bit to compensate & I would suggest you do it with tin instead of antimony.
Dick
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Post by 45MAN on Sept 23, 2018 11:31:22 GMT -5
DICK: I AM THINKING THAT YOU MAY BE THE "MIDAS" OF CAST BULLETS. I AM STRICTLY A HANDGUN HUNTER, AND PREFER REVOLVERS, AND FOR MANY YEARS NOW, WITH REVOLVERS, I HAVE BEEN A "BULLET INTEGRITY" GUY AND I PREFER TO SHOOT ALL ANIMALS DEAD CENTER IN THE SHOULDER, HOWEVER I FIND YOUR HP EXPERIMENTING, ESPECIALLY USING LOADS THAT DON'T HAMMER THE GUN NOR THE SHOOTER, TO BE FASCINATING. I AM THINKING THAT FOR SOME OF MY S&W 45 COLT REVOLVERS SOME HP LOADS AT UNDER 1,100fps MAY BE THE WAY TO GO.
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lobo
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Post by lobo on Sept 29, 2018 13:56:24 GMT -5
Congrats Dick!
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Post by leftysixgun on Oct 14, 2018 21:35:38 GMT -5
I hope to get a few deer with my 44spl (Reeder has it right now) and my 45 colt this coming season. The handgun hunting story's inspire me.
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