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Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? #6832987 09/02/12 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side G GuyM OP Campfire Tracker OP GuyM Campfire Tracker G Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side Have been out a couple of times for bear already. No luck. Had the .375 H&H Number One along. A few weeks back I checked the zero by whacking a rockchuck with a 300 gr Sierra SPBT. That worked... Suspect that it's up to hitting a bear again, if I can find one and take the shot! Hmmm. Not a bear. The doe seemed lonely and stuck around for a while as I glassed for bear. Best of luck to the hunters this season! Regards, Guy

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6832994 09/02/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana M maddog Campfire Tracker maddog Campfire Tracker M Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana Guy, cool pics! Been doing some squirrel hunting. Got 8 so far with my H&R Sportster, single shot .22. Will deer hunt this fall with my CVA Scout .44 mag single shot. maddog

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6833090 09/02/12 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,306 Likes: 2 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,306 Likes: 2 Southwestern Montucky You gotta get another nice bear with JBs rifle!! Keep at it! Cool pix.... "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? ingwe #6833261 09/02/12 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,776 South Dakota S stantdm Campfire Regular stantdm Campfire Regular S Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,776 South Dakota If eliminating feral cats at the farm is hunting then I have. Ruger No. 1 in .223 AI. I have two deer licenses for rifle season this year and will be using a Browning 1885 .25-06.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? stantdm #6833485 09/02/12 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,261 Likes: 2 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,261 Likes: 2 Oklahoma No season open here yet, but have busted a couple crows and a coyote with my 1-V 220 Swift. Will hunt my old 45-120 C Sharps this fall too. Gunner Trump Won!

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? gunner500 #6833714 09/02/12 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! I will probably take the .30-40 #1 for the deer opener this year, in two months...Although maybe the Princess will go with 53 TSX, too. "...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? tex_n_cal #6833731 09/02/12 Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,835 Fargo D Dan700mn Campfire Regular Dan700mn Campfire Regular D Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,835 Fargo My dad uses a h&r ultra slug 3 1/2" 20 gauge for deer. Loves it had a 12 gauge he used for a couple years also.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Dan700mn #6834320 09/02/12 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,788 Likes: 1 Ready Campfire Tracker Ready Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,788 Likes: 1 Member of the Merry Band of turdlike People.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6834523 09/02/12 Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 919 MISSOURI I IMR4350 Campfire Regular IMR4350 Campfire Regular I Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 919 MISSOURI I'll have my No. 1 in 45-70 out this November for deer.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? IMR4350 #6835497 09/02/12 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side G GuyM OP Campfire Tracker OP GuyM Campfire Tracker G Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side cmg - what cartridge for that Number One in the photo? Glad to see that some of us are hauling our Number One rifles afield. Pretty cool.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6835568 09/03/12 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,788 Likes: 1 Ready Campfire Tracker Ready Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,788 Likes: 1 6 mm Remington - 80 gr. TTSX @ 3450 fps from the 26 " barrel of the 1B configuration. Leupold 4x M8 scope That rifle goes afield a lot with me on roe deer hunts. Thanks for starting this thread. I enjoy seeing these No. 1 in the field as well. No bears here - just wild boar. Hunting regs call for 6,5 mm and bigger though, so that 6 mm is grounded :-( Member of the Merry Band of turdlike People.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Ready #6836161 09/03/12 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side G GuyM OP Campfire Tracker OP GuyM Campfire Tracker G Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side cmg - I'm a long-time fan of the 6mm Rem. Got one in 1974 and my youngest son still uses it regularly for varmints & deer. It's a bolt action Remington though. Sweet shooting little cartridge. Thanks for the info. That's a nice photo of your rifle & deer.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6836878 09/03/12 Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 322 Florida Panhandle 7X64 Campfire Member 7X64 Campfire Member Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 322 Florida Panhandle CMG, where in Europe are you? I bought a No. 1 in Germany a few years back.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 7X64 #6837062 09/03/12 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,576 Ontario Canada medicman Campfire Tracker medicman Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,576 Ontario Canada Two tags as well this jyear. If I get out which is probable first will be with my 1A 303 and second RSI 7x57. Not until Oct. Praise the Lord for full Salvation Christ Still lives upon the throne And I know the blood still cleansess Deeper than the sin has gone Lester Roloff

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 7X64 #6837063 09/03/12 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,059 Tates Hell, The Big Bend AJD Campfire Regular AJD Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,059 Tates Hell, The Big Bend The season here is still a couple of months out. When it does arrive, I plan to carry my 1A in 6.5x55. It's past time to give that rifle a go. Probably with a 120gr, perhaps a 100gr this is yet to be decided. Thanks for the thread, it is a good one. There is no accounting for taste. Experience is a great thing as long as one survives it. Generally, there ain't a lot that separates the two however, Barely making it is a whole lot more satisfying than barely not making it.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6837164 09/03/12 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico mudhen Campfire Outfitter mudhen Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico My 9.3x74R and .338 Win Mag are going to elk camp again this year--seven weeks to go! Ben Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6837865 09/03/12 Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 15 Australia R rufus New Member rufus New Member R Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 15 Australia I could not help but admire the No 1's shown here on the campfire. Where I live down here in Australia I am fortunate enough to have enough land to go for 30 minute stalk at dusk or dawn and get a chance to run into foxes, wild dogs or feral pigs or "hogs", & can do it all year round. Larger (meaning older) hogs are extremely alert, never stay still for more than a second or two, and are difficult to stalk. Generally there will only be the opportunity for one shot. I recently purchased a used 300H&H, the first No 1 I have owned. They are great rifles! I have loaded up some 165 NBT's, this is three sighting shots @ 55 meters, the rifle shoots nicely, better than I can. Some recoil off the bench... So far one hog taken last weekend Good Hunting Guys!

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6837930 09/03/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Just this back in June: Gun deer season doesn't open here for another two-and-a-half months, so it'll be the odd hog or coyote until then. Or loose housecat. (Though black powder deer starts near the end of October.) I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? stantdm #6838464 09/03/12 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,918 Where the Missouri & Big Sioux... Freedumb1 Campfire Tracker Freedumb1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,918 Where the Missouri & Big Sioux... Originally Posted by stantdm If eliminating feral cats at the farm is hunting then I have. Ruger No. 1 in .223 AI. I have two deer licenses for rifle season this year and will be using a Browning 1885 .25-06. Did it say "feral" on their collars?? Anyway, if things work out for me, it will be 2nd week of November with a new to me Merkel K-1 in .308 Win. If the weather isn't cooperating, raining, snowing etc., then it will be my 6.5 Swede Sako bolt gun. If there is any proof of a man in a hunt it is not whether he killed a deer but how he hunted it.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Freedumb1 #6838573 09/03/12 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 681 E evans1010 Campfire Regular evans1010 Campfire Regular E Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 681 Been out several times this year with the birthday present my dad gave me at 15 (14 1/2 years ago), a Savage 112 BVSS-S in .220 Swift. It has about 2000 rounds down the tube now but it still shoots 5 rounds of it's favorite load into a 1/2" (37gr. of IMR-4064 and just about any 52gr. bullet I can load). Nick

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? evans1010 #6838609 09/03/12 Joined: May 2010 Posts: 198 Armymark Campfire Member Armymark Campfire Member Joined: May 2010 Posts: 198 I just got back from my caribou hunt a couple days ago. I have this pic of one bull and I got another but I don't have the pic yet. It is on my buddies camera and he's out of town. So I'll post this one and then the other. I took 2 rifles, both Browning 1885s in 30-06 and 45-70. This pic is of the bull I dropped with the 1885 chambered in 30-06. This rifle is a bit new to me and I ended up using factory ammo which was Winchester 180grain XP3 Supreme Elite. I usually handload everything but I ran out of time. The shot was 382 yards as he was looking at me and entered center mass of the neck and exited through the lung on his right side. He was DRT like a bag of hammers! I usually try to get two caribou per season and my family willn eat on that and salmon through the winter. Just finished with all the meat. I had 60 pounds made into summer sausage and hunter stix,Yum! I'll post the other pics when I get them from my buddy. Anchorage, Alaska

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Armymark #6838772 09/04/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Very nice. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #6838852 09/04/12 Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,009 North Texas S Seven_Heaven Campfire Tracker Seven_Heaven Campfire Tracker S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,009 North Texas Missed a coyote with my 1V 220 Swift not long ago. Failed to hold into the 30+ mph crosswind enough and the shot went wide. That yote didn't hang around to see where the noise came from either. Hope to use the 1AH 25-06 on deer this November. Was working on a load for the Winchester Low Wall in 243 using 85gr Barnes TSX, but haven't come up with a combo it likes yet. Now with temps over 100 further load work may have to wait. "An open message for all Democrats; "Look you are nothing and your work is worthless. Anyone who chooses you is detestable." Isaiah 41:24 (HCSB)

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Seven_Heaven #6840113 09/04/12 Joined: May 2001 Posts: 4,641 Reston, VA, USA 1B Campfire Tracker 1B Campfire Tracker Joined: May 2001 Posts: 4,641 Reston, VA, USA Still 5 weeks or so from BP deer season opening. Congrats to all who have already 'made meat' or reduced the varmint population. 1B

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 1B #6840259 09/04/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 439 Boerne, TX 3040Krag Campfire Member 3040Krag Campfire Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 439 Boerne, TX I've just gone once so far, but the new 7x57 seems to work "All I want is to enter my house justified."

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 3040Krag #6840491 09/04/12 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,179 S.E. Alaska MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,179 S.E. Alaska Not from this year, but one of my coolest single-shot photos. Locals call these ghost deer with the light grey coloring.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? MuskegMan #6840600 09/04/12 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico mudhen Campfire Outfitter mudhen Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico Very nice photo! Ben Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Armymark #6844440 09/05/12 Joined: May 2010 Posts: 198 Armymark Campfire Member Armymark Campfire Member Joined: May 2010 Posts: 198 Originally Posted by Armymark I just got back from my caribou hunt a couple days ago. I have this pic of one bull and I got another but I don't have the pic yet. It is on my buddies camera and he's out of town. So I'll post this one and then the other. I took 2 rifles, both Browning 1885s in 30-06 and 45-70. This pic is of the bull I dropped with the 1885 chambered in 30-06. This rifle is a bit new to me and I ended up using factory ammo which was Winchester 180grain XP3 Supreme Elite. I usually handload everything but I ran out of time. The shot was 382 yards as he was looking at me and entered center mass of the neck and exited through the lung on his right side. He was DRT like a bag of hammers! I usually try to get two caribou per season and my family willn eat on that and salmon through the winter. Just finished with all the meat. I had 60 pounds made into summer sausage and hunter stix,Yum! I'll post the other pics when I get them from my buddy. So here is the rest of the story using the 45-70. This bull was down along the river braids and I spotted him from my perch on the side of the mountain. Put a jogging stalk on him to get to 124 yards according to my range finder. Settled down into a good position with my shooting sticks and put one through the boiler room. 350grain A-Frame on top of 63 grains of H335,Starline Brass and a Fed210 Match primer. Last edited by Armymark; 09/05/12. Anchorage, Alaska

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Armymark #6851893 09/07/12 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side G GuyM OP Campfire Tracker OP GuyM Campfire Tracker G Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side Nice!

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6858090 09/10/12 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 150 Oregon 1 1885boomstick Campfire Member 1885boomstick Campfire Member 1 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 150 Oregon been out a couple times.. too dry for my inept feet to leave the road much, but I'm still plugging away at it... my typical hunting area:

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Freedumb1 #6861350 09/11/12 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,776 South Dakota S stantdm Campfire Regular stantdm Campfire Regular S Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,776 South Dakota Originally Posted by Freedumb1 Did it say "feral" on their collars?? You might not know what a feral animal is. Here is a definition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 1885boomstick #6868951 09/13/12 Joined: May 2010 Posts: 198 Armymark Campfire Member Armymark Campfire Member Joined: May 2010 Posts: 198 Originally Posted by 1885boomstick been out a couple times.. too dry for my inept feet to leave the road much, but I'm still plugging away at it... my typical hunting area: Thats tree stand thick there. Anchorage, Alaska

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Armymark #6869951 09/13/12 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 150 Oregon 1 1885boomstick Campfire Member 1885boomstick Campfire Member 1 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 150 Oregon Originally Posted by Armymark Originally Posted by 1885boomstick been out a couple times.. too dry for my inept feet to leave the road much, but I'm still plugging away at it... my typical hunting area: Thats tree stand thick there. Thick and prime blacktail country :-)

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6878978 09/16/12 Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 483 A Adirondackbushwhack Campfire Member Adirondackbushwhack Campfire Member A Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 483 I've been bear hunting with my Encore in .444. Will use it for deer as well.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #6987471 10/19/12 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,416 Big Sky Country B BigSkyGuy Campfire Regular BigSkyGuy Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,416 Big Sky Country I dumped a big, dry antelope doe on Sunday. About a 150 yard shot with my Liberty marked No. 1 in 6mm REM. Shot her in her bed....ever knew what hit her! That little 100gr Partition did exactly what it does so well! Sorry no pictures... Todd

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? BigSkyGuy #6989437 10/20/12 Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 132 Indiana B brayh92 Campfire Member brayh92 Campfire Member B Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 132 Indiana ive got 2 does a spike and a red fox so far this year with my H&R .45-70 wearin a redfield and hopefully ill have a few hogs and a black bear with it by the end of november You dont hurt them if you dont hit them

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? brayh92 #6991873 10/21/12 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 75 fremont county, wyoming G gomerdog Campfire Greenhorn gomerdog Campfire Greenhorn G Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 75 fremont county, wyoming A Wyoming antelope in September with an H&R Handi-Rifle in 35 Remington and 200 gr. Beartooth cast bullets.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? gomerdog #7003407 10/24/12 Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,999 C carbon12 Campfire Tracker carbon12 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,999 Killed a grey with a .410cal Beretta break open single shot. It died hung up high in the tree it was in. To retrieve it, had to cut down the tree. The hard part of squirrel hunting is having to carry along a chainsaw. Good thing I've got a lightweight. At 14,500 rpm WOT, does a hellofajob skinning the buggers too. Last edited by carbon12; 10/24/12. Reason: uuuurp

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? carbon12 #7004386 10/25/12 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side G GuyM OP Campfire Tracker OP GuyM Campfire Tracker G Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side That's some funny stuff right there...

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7004497 10/25/12 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico mudhen Campfire Outfitter mudhen Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 14,104 Boot Heel of New Mexico Been hunting, but not killing. Carried my No. 1 in 9.3x74R, but the elk just didn't cooperate this year. Since I had lots of "spare time" this year, I took the obligatory "fence post" picture during a lull one morning: Would have much preferred to spend that time field dressing a bull. Ben Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? mudhen #7006951 10/25/12 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,785 A AZ Southpaw Campfire Regular AZ Southpaw Campfire Regular A Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,785 Well...this thread got the best of me. I was ready to move my last single shot rifle, a 1968 Ruger #1, out the door to pay for some camera equipment. And besides, I have a tack-driving 25/06 all ready to go which is perfection for the Coues' tag I have in my pocket. Plus, the #1 would fetch more dinero. Well, as of last night I lost my nerve and the scope went back on the #1 and I'm loading my old standby recipe tonight. I wanted to sell the #1 before I scratched it up too much and ruined too much of the value, but I suppose now I'm just going to put that rig back to work (I think)! Hopefully soon I can add trophy pics to this thread in December. Anyone looking for a really nice lefty 25/06?

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? stantdm #7006989 10/25/12 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,918 Where the Missouri & Big Sioux... Freedumb1 Campfire Tracker Freedumb1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,918 Where the Missouri & Big Sioux... Originally Posted by stantdm Originally Posted by Freedumb1 Did it say "feral" on their collars?? You might not know what a feral animal is. Here is a definition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral I am well aware of what a farm cat is. I think of feral cats being an issue to native populations in areas such as Hawaii, hard on birds, etc. If I shoot a "feral" farm cat it would be because I don't like cats. If there is any proof of a man in a hunt it is not whether he killed a deer but how he hunted it.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Freedumb1 #7019716 10/29/12 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,594 Likes: 1 Wyoming xphunter Campfire Regular xphunter Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,594 Likes: 1 Wyoming I hunt with single-shot 99% of the time. Of course they are specialty handguns Ernie "The Un-Tactical" http://sebrests-usa.com/

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? xphunter #7023570 10/30/12 Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,464 Likes: 4 Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canad... C CZ550 Campfire Regular CZ550 Campfire Regular C Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,464 Likes: 4 Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canad... My #1 Ruger in .45-70 Improved (long-throated)goes with me, at least a few times, on every hunt I do for anything from coyote to moose throughout a year. My conundrum is to decide on what load! In bullets I have 325gr Hornady FTX; 350s in Speer, Hornady and Barnes TSX. A half-box of 330 Barnes Banded; 400gr Speers and 400gr Barnes Busters; 405gr Remingtons; 450gr A-Frames; 465gr hardcasts; 480gr Hornady DGX and 500gr Hornady FMJ. Along with all that there are a few 400gr Hawk FPs and Barnes Original 400gr RN's! Plus the fact that any of these can be pushed out the muzzle from 1000 fps to 2200 for the 500s, 2300 for the 450 AF and 2550 for the 350 TSX! So you see my dilemma... or maybe not! Bob www.bigbores.ca "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul" - Jesus

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? CZ550 #7025774 10/31/12 Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 228 Drumheller AB 2 209jones Campfire Member 209jones Campfire Member 2 Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 228 Drumheller AB I have the next couple of weeks off to get out after deer and maybe an elk. Will take an 1885 Win in 300H&H, a Merkel in 7Rem Mag and a #1 in 450/400ne. The #1 is using cast bullets, I killed a lot of branches and trees with it last year, trying to thread the needle, a few times, in some cutblocks. The 300H&H will do stand duty on a couple of spots with longer shots that may crop up. And the Merkel will just be nice to carry around some of the cutblock areas. Like to blood all three this year if I can. The 450 gets first crack at it though.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 209jones #7025929 10/31/12 Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,576 Oklahoma F FyrepowrX Campfire Tracker FyrepowrX Campfire Tracker F Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,576 Oklahoma Trophy quality skunk, via my .414SuperMag carbine...that count as a hunt? first one i've busted in ages that didnt spray.... ============================================================

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? FyrepowrX #7027917 10/31/12 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! I'm probably going to take the .30-40 #1 this weekend for the opener, but I probably won't get serious about shooting until the rut is on. "...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? tex_n_cal #7028260 10/31/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest I bought a new old stock Uberti 1885 falling block 30-30 August 2005 in an on line auction ~ $500. I never shot it. In first 3 weeks of Sept 2012 I finally got around to working on it. I cut threads on a 26" Shilen #3 stainless select match .257 barrel. I chambered it for 257 Roberts Ackley Imrpoved rimmed. I necked down Norma 7x57mm rimmed brass and turned the necks. I spent a long time making an extractor relief cut. I spent a long time making a scope mount / bipod mount so that the barrel floated. The bipod and forstock are mounted to a 5/8" OD 1/2" ID Aluminium tube that is mounted to the scope mount. I made a prototype Cedar forstock, but did not get around to making a nice one or painting the barrel. I put an Atlas bipod on it. I drove 888 miles and started target practicing at long range in the second week of Oct. I zeroed it in with 115 gr Nos Bal tips moly 3050 fps at 200 yards. 300 yards was 3.5 moa elevation. 400 yards was 6 moa elevation. In the 3 week of Oct I started killing deer with it. By the end of the third week I had used up all my tags and drove 888 miles home. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Clarkm #7033543 11/02/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Do muzzleloaders count? I shot this 10-point buck this morning with my .50 caliber T/C Fox Ridge Outfitters Rifle (Renegade variant). I used a 320-grain Lee R.E.A.L. bullet I cast myself and 100 grains of G-O. I gambled and took a shot at 150 yards. He's hanging now and I'll clean my rifle and head back after a doe. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7033817 11/02/12 Joined: May 2010 Posts: 198 Armymark Campfire Member Armymark Campfire Member Joined: May 2010 Posts: 198 Originally Posted by Bricktop Do muzzleloaders count? I shot this 10-point buck this morning with my .50 caliber T/C Fox Ridge Outfitters Rifle (Renegade variant). I used a 320-grain Lee R.E.A.L. bullet I cast myself and 100 grains of G-O. I gambled and took a shot at 150 yards. He's hanging now and I'll clean my rifle and head back after a doe. Great shot, congrats. Anchorage, Alaska

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Armymark #7036161 11/03/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by Armymark Originally Posted by Bricktop Do muzzleloaders count? I shot this 10-point buck this morning with my .50 caliber T/C Fox Ridge Outfitters Rifle (Renegade variant). I used a 320-grain Lee R.E.A.L. bullet I cast myself and 100 grains of G-O. I gambled and took a shot at 150 yards. He's hanging now and I'll clean my rifle and head back after a doe. Great shot, congrats. Thanks. It was a farther shot than I realized, but I was happy with the end result. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7040474 11/04/12 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,940 Likes: 1 NW Alabama Skeezix Campfire Regular Skeezix Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,940 Likes: 1 NW Alabama Originally Posted by Bricktop Do muzzleloaders count? I shot this 10-point buck this morning with my .50 caliber T/C Fox Ridge Outfitters Rifle (Renegade variant). I used a 320-grain Lee R.E.A.L. bullet I cast myself and 100 grains of G-O. I gambled and took a shot at 150 yards. He's hanging now and I'll clean my rifle and head back after a doe. Hey Bricktop, Do dat be a left-hand percussion lock on dat Fox Ridge? I ain't never seen one o' dem. Tim Bring enough gun and know how to use it. Know that it is not the knowing, nor the talking, nor the reading man, but the doing man, that at last will be found the happiest man. - Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7040546 11/04/12 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,940 Likes: 1 NW Alabama Skeezix Campfire Regular Skeezix Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,940 Likes: 1 NW Alabama Here's what I did on Oct. 1st. I already posted this earlier, so sorry if you're already seen it. The particulars: Got this speed goat on afternoon of opening day in Antelope Area 16, east of Buffalo, WY. As a bonus it has an extra "sticker" point on the outside of each horn. Ruger No. 1AH in .25-06. I've installed a Clement's custom trigger, Moulds speed hammer, Blitzschnell mainspring, and Trop #1 custom safety. Scope is Nikon Monarch 2.5-10x with BDC reticle. Shooting my loads with 100gr Barnes Tipped Triple Shock X-bullet (TTSX) loaded to around 3400fps and still getting less than 3/4" groups consistently. Shot was taken from the ledge just below the horizon over my left shoulder in the first pic, with a crosswind gusting up to around 15 mph. Range was 320yds lasered with Leica 1600B rangefinder. The shot was just a fuzz further back than I normally like. I slightly over-compensated for the crosswind. Tim Bring enough gun and know how to use it. Know that it is not the knowing, nor the talking, nor the reading man, but the doing man, that at last will be found the happiest man. - Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Skeezix #7040557 11/04/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by Skeezix Originally Posted by Bricktop Do muzzleloaders count? I shot this 10-point buck this morning with my .50 caliber T/C Fox Ridge Outfitters Rifle (Renegade variant). I used a 320-grain Lee R.E.A.L. bullet I cast myself and 100 grains of G-O. I gambled and took a shot at 150 yards. He's hanging now and I'll clean my rifle and head back after a doe. Hey Bricktop, Do dat be a left-hand percussion lock on dat Fox Ridge? I ain't never seen one o' dem. Tim It be. T/C used to offer the New Englander and Renegade in left-handed variants. If you were right-handed, you could get a Renegade Hunter, with single trigger, swivel studs, and a recoil pad. If you were left-handed and wanted those things, you had to drop about $120 or so more with T/C's custom shop, the now-defunct Fox Ridge Outfitters, and get one of their rifles. I used to have two of these and kept the prettier of the two. I wish I had the other still, too. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7040602 11/04/12 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,940 Likes: 1 NW Alabama Skeezix Campfire Regular Skeezix Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,940 Likes: 1 NW Alabama Originally Posted by Bricktop Originally Posted by Skeezix Originally Posted by Bricktop Do muzzleloaders count? I shot this 10-point buck this morning with my .50 caliber T/C Fox Ridge Outfitters Rifle (Renegade variant). I used a 320-grain Lee R.E.A.L. bullet I cast myself and 100 grains of G-O. I gambled and took a shot at 150 yards. He's hanging now and I'll clean my rifle and head back after a doe. Hey Bricktop, Do dat be a left-hand percussion lock on dat Fox Ridge? I ain't never seen one o' dem. Tim It be. T/C used to offer the New Englander and Renegade in left-handed variants. If you were right-handed, you could get a Renegade Hunter, with single trigger, swivel studs, and a recoil pad. If you were left-handed and wanted those things, you had to drop about $120 or so more with T/C's custom shop, the now-defunct Fox Ridge Outfitters, and get one of their rifles. I used to have two of these and kept the prettier of the two. I wish I had the other still, too. Well I'll be kiss-my-go-to-damn! Dat sho nuff be purty. Bring enough gun and know how to use it. Know that it is not the knowing, nor the talking, nor the reading man, but the doing man, that at last will be found the happiest man. - Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Skeezix #7040608 11/04/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by Skeezix Originally Posted by Bricktop Originally Posted by Skeezix Originally Posted by Bricktop Do muzzleloaders count? I shot this 10-point buck this morning with my .50 caliber T/C Fox Ridge Outfitters Rifle (Renegade variant). I used a 320-grain Lee R.E.A.L. bullet I cast myself and 100 grains of G-O. I gambled and took a shot at 150 yards. He's hanging now and I'll clean my rifle and head back after a doe. Hey Bricktop, Do dat be a left-hand percussion lock on dat Fox Ridge? I ain't never seen one o' dem. Tim It be. T/C used to offer the New Englander and Renegade in left-handed variants. If you were right-handed, you could get a Renegade Hunter, with single trigger, swivel studs, and a recoil pad. If you were left-handed and wanted those things, you had to drop about $120 or so more with T/C's custom shop, the now-defunct Fox Ridge Outfitters, and get one of their rifles. I used to have two of these and kept the prettier of the two. I wish I had the other still, too. Well I'll be kiss-my-go-to-damn! Dat sho nuff be purty. It be shootin' purty, too. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Skeezix #7040616 11/04/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by Skeezix Here's what I did on Oct. 1st. I already posted this earlier, so sorry if you're already seen it. The particulars: Got this speed goat on afternoon of opening day in Antelope Area 16, east of Buffalo, WY. As a bonus it has an extra "sticker" point on the outside of each horn. Ruger No. 1AH in .25-06. I've installed a Clement's custom trigger, Moulds speed hammer, Blitzschnell mainspring, and Trop #1 custom safety. Scope is Nikon Monarch 2.5-10x with BDC reticle. Shooting my loads with 100gr Barnes Tipped Triple Shock X-bullet (TTSX) loaded to around 3400fps and still getting less than 3/4" groups consistently. Shot was taken from the ledge just below the horizon over my left shoulder in the first pic, with a crosswind gusting up to around 15 mph. Range was 320yds lasered with Leica 1600B rangefinder. The shot was just a fuzz further back than I normally like. I slightly over-compensated for the crosswind. Tim Very nice! I lived in Douglas, Wyoming many years ago and shot a few goats there back in the early and mid '80s. (I believe it was area 28.) I ought to try and do it again some day. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7048412 11/06/12 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,155 Likes: 16 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,155 Likes: 16 Texas A "twofer" for the Merkel this last weekend! Best GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7052011 11/07/12 Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,032 N n8dawg6 Campfire Tracker n8dawg6 Campfire Tracker N Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,032 Originally Posted by Bricktop Do muzzleloaders count? I shot this 10-point buck this morning with my .50 caliber T/C Fox Ridge Outfitters Rifle (Renegade variant). I used a 320-grain Lee R.E.A.L. bullet I cast myself and 100 grains of G-O. I gambled and took a shot at 150 yards. He's hanging now and I'll clean my rifle and head back after a doe. Nice work. I've got one of those Renegades in .54 with the left-handed lock. It likes roundballs and Goex powder pretty well. Have not had an opportunity to fire it in anger at a deer, but maybe this will be the year. Uber Demanding Rifle Aficionado

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? geedubya #7052409 11/07/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by geedubya A "twofer" for the Merkel this last weekend! Best GWB That's a lot of bacon. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? n8dawg6 #7052737 11/07/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by n8dawg6 Nice work. I've got one of those Renegades in .54 with the left-handed lock. It likes roundballs and Goex powder pretty well. Have not had an opportunity to fire it in anger at a deer, but maybe this will be the year. I've never shot round balls from mine, I've always stuck with conicals (never sabots) in this rifle and round balls in my Lyman GPR. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7054590 11/08/12 Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,171 Florida J JRS3 Campfire Regular JRS3 Campfire Regular J Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,171 Florida God blessed me with a great low country , South Carolina Buck! I shot this buck October 20th during the pre-rut in the middle of a white oak grove. The rifle is a #1 in 25-06 with a 4.5-14x44 Conquest that shoots factory, Federal 100 grain TSX's very well.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? JRS3 #7054968 11/08/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 439 Boerne, TX 3040Krag Campfire Member 3040Krag Campfire Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 439 Boerne, TX Haven't taken a deer yet, but I did blood the Super .30 Monday. "All I want is to enter my house justified."

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 3040Krag #7066475 11/11/12 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! I'm pleased at how the .30-40 #1C shot today, with 150 Nosler BT and Big Game, so it's headed to the lease next weekend "...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? stantdm #7069438 11/12/12 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,776 South Dakota S stantdm Campfire Regular stantdm Campfire Regular S Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,776 South Dakota Originally Posted by stantdm If eliminating feral cats at the farm is hunting then I have. Ruger No. 1 in .223 AI. I have two deer licenses for rifle season this year and will be using a Browning 1885 .25-06. I got out with the 1885 today. Shot a buck at 218 yards says the range finder. It was as close to a bang flop as I get with a heart shot. Spun in a circle and went down. Sorry I have no pictures but it was late, and cold. I am really pleased with the accuracy of this rifle.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? stantdm #7070384 11/12/12 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 653 Right where God wants me to be... 257ROBT Campfire Regular 257ROBT Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 653 Right where God wants me to be... Our season starts on Saturday and I will be taking a TC G2 Contender rifle in 30-30 that I picked up last January. I shot it last weekend and so far really like what I have seen. I think I could get used to carrying a single shot. I have been eyeing up another one for the past 6 years, but have been a iffy. That could very well change now. Dale The more you know, the less you need.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 257ROBT #7070440 11/12/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest I killed 3 deer in 2010 with a Ruger #1 7mmRM I killed 4 deer in 2012 with a Uberti 1885 257 Roberts Ackley From a bipod I can fire the #1 like a machine gun, because it has an ejector. The 1885 really lets me know it is a single shot when I have to pull the old case out of the way with my finger nail. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7085555 11/17/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Shot this 8-pointer about two hours ago with my 1A 7x57mm using a Hornady 175-grain RN over 40.7 grains of H4350 in a W-W case with a WLR primer. Velocity is in the 2300 FPS range. No second shot needed. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7085697 11/17/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest What Bricktop's buck would look like with night vision There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Clarkm #7085782 11/17/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by Clarkm What Bricktop's buck would look like with night vision I was headed in when the sun started going down when I saw this one trailing a doe. No sooner had he gone down than the coyotes started raising hell nearby. The house was a good half-a-mile away. I was sure I'd find them gnawing on my buck if I didn't haul ass. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7086868 11/18/12 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,612 Louisiana-U.S.A. J Joe Campfire Tracker Joe Campfire Tracker J Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,612 Louisiana-U.S.A. Congrats Brick, did he travel very far after being hit? Last edited by Joe; 11/18/12. Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Joe #7086968 11/18/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by Joe Congrats Brick, did he travel very far after being hit? No, he went down in a heap. Lasered distance was 135 yards. I was leaning across the fence in the picture shooting towards where I was standing while taking this picture. I like this load. A lot. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7087686 11/18/12 Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 133 alabama, on the warrior river P paulfish4570 Campfire Member paulfish4570 Campfire Member P Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 133 alabama, on the warrior river deer hunted the afternoon of opening day, yesterday. no deer-yet. paul foreman

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7087768 11/18/12 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,612 Louisiana-U.S.A. J Joe Campfire Tracker Joe Campfire Tracker J Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,612 Louisiana-U.S.A. Originally Posted by Bricktop Originally Posted by Joe Congrats Brick, did he travel very far after being hit? No, he went down in a heap. Lasered distance was 135 yards. I was leaning across the fence in the picture shooting towards where I was standing while taking this picture. I like this load. A lot. Now that just looks right! Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? paulfish4570 #7087783 11/18/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 140 South Texas R Rojelio Campfire Member Rojelio Campfire Member R Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 140 South Texas I took a large boar a few days ago with my martini in 33 Winchester.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Rojelio #7088522 11/18/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by Rojelio I took a large boar a few days ago with my martini in 33 Winchester. Very nice. What are your rifle's and load's particulars? I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7089703 11/19/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 140 South Texas R Rojelio Campfire Member Rojelio Campfire Member R Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 140 South Texas Hi Bricktop, The rifle started life as as a Nepalese Francotte Martini in 577/450. It was a wallhanger so I decided to make it usable (I'm not in to wallhangers). I bought an A&B blank 338 barrel and cut it half round half octagon, chambered it in 33 Winchester, and installed it on the action. The load was a Hornady 200 gr.sp at 2250fps. Thats the quick story. A lot of alterations had to be made to the action to get it to work with a smokeless round.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7089897 11/19/12 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,168 NE MS J jeffdwhite Campfire Regular jeffdwhite Campfire Regular J Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,168 NE MS Have been sitting rifle-less with my youngest daughter up until this weekend... She got her first last weekend, so she slept in and let me get out for myself a little First blood for this combo, a Bergara 308 barrel rechambered to 300 H&H. 130 Barnes TTSX over Rel-17, around 3300 mv +- 250 yards, lung shot. My first experience w Barnes, did the job well enough. maybe quarter sized exit, dropped at the shot.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Rojelio #7089942 11/19/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Rojelio, I admire that you killed that boar with a single shot rifle, but the face on that animal looks huge. That pic has some shock value. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Clarkm #7089999 11/19/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 140 South Texas R Rojelio Campfire Member Rojelio Campfire Member R Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 140 South Texas Originally Posted by Clarkm Rojelio, I admire that you killed that boar with a single shot rifle, but the face on that animal looks huge. That pic has some shock value. Sorry Clark, It was getting dark and my cell phone pics were crappy. Here's a complete view (albeit crappy).

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7090693 11/19/12 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,155 Likes: 16 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,155 Likes: 16 Texas Sometimes it's best to blend in with the herd. This calico hoglet stood out amongst all the others. So she got nailed. Talley one more for the Merkel! Best GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? geedubya #7091425 11/19/12 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good! #1C in .30-40 scored on a Texas 8 point: "...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? tex_n_cal #7092927 11/20/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana M maddog Campfire Tracker maddog Campfire Tracker M Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana Firearm deer season opened this last weekend, here in Indiana. I used my CVA Scout .44 mag/leverevolution ammo, to score on 2 nice does, the last 3 days. The pics aren't the best, but you get the idea. My son scored a small buck on the third day, with his handi rifle .44 mag/LE ammo, also. All my hunting this fall[squirrels/deer] has been with single shot rifles. maddog

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? maddog #7096906 11/21/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by maddog Firearm deer season opened this last weekend, here in Indiana. I used my CVA Scout .44 mag/leverevolution ammo, to score on 2 nice does, the last 3 days. The pics aren't the best, but you get the idea. My son scored a small buck on the third day, with his handi rifle .44 mag/LE ammo, also. All my hunting this fall[squirrels/deer] has been with single shot rifles. maddog What are those deer eating?!! Hell, even the does look bigger than my 10-pointer! I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7097061 11/21/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana M maddog Campfire Tracker maddog Campfire Tracker M Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana Brickie, we grow em big here in NW Indiana. My heaviest buck ever weighed 226 lbs. field dressed, and my biggest doe was 140 lbs. field dressed. Add 30-35% and you get real close to the live weight. maddog Last edited by maddog; 11/21/12.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? maddog #7097092 11/21/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana M maddog Campfire Tracker maddog Campfire Tracker M Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana Here's a pic of my buddy's buck that he took opening morning about sun up. he took it with his Knight ML. All three of us hunted with single shots on his property. maddog

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? maddog #7097213 11/21/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by maddog Brickie, we grow em big here in NW Indiana. My heaviest buck ever weighed 226 lbs. field dressed, and my biggest doe was 140 lbs. field dressed. Add 30-35% and you get real close to the live weight. maddog The heaviest deer ever killed in the county I hunt in southeast Oklahoma was a little over 170 pounds; my heaviest was a little under 130 pounds. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7097316 11/21/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest I don't know what my 2012 single shot take buck weighed, but I do know I am 5'9" 185 pounds, and I could only lift one end. To get him into the vehicle, I had to put a rope around his neck and winch him in. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Clarkm #7099276 11/21/12 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 6,671 Oklahoma City S Son_of_the_Gael Campfire Tracker Son_of_the_Gael Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 6,671 Oklahoma City Took a WT doe this morning at 9:30 with the 7x57 1A. 92 yds, broadside & clueless ain't hard but I didn't scorn her for bein' easy. 'Four legs good, two legs baaaad." ---------------------------------------------- "Jimmy, some of it's magic, Some of it's tragic, But I had a good life all the way." (Jimmy Buffett) SotG

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Son_of_the_Gael #7100199 11/22/12 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,059 Tates Hell, The Big Bend AJD Campfire Regular AJD Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,059 Tates Hell, The Big Bend I had my 1A 257R out this morning and a couple of does got a free pass. There is no accounting for taste. Experience is a great thing as long as one survives it. Generally, there ain't a lot that separates the two however, Barely making it is a whole lot more satisfying than barely not making it.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7102253 11/22/12 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,323 Buzzards Breath Wi. Chainsaw Campfire Regular Chainsaw Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,323 Buzzards Breath Wi. Shot this buck with a 20 guage NEF Tracker II using a 3" Winchester Partition Gold Sabot. @ 85 yards. When rifle hunting I mainly use Handi Rifles and Toppers. Maddog I have a CVA in 7mm-08 Stainless I am still working with to get consistent shot after shot performance. Take your kids and your grand kids huntin' and shootin'.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Chainsaw #7107551 11/24/12 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,946 Likes: 21 AK peninsula 458Win Campfire Tracker 458Win Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,946 Likes: 21 AK peninsula Just returned from Kyrgyzstan two weeks ago and the new Luxus 30-06 I took worked just fine on this mid-Asian Ibex. Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master Guide, Alaska Hunter Ed Instructor FAA Master pilot www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com Anyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 458Win #7107566 11/24/12 Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 13,000 Oregon O Oregon45 Campfire Outfitter Oregon45 Campfire Outfitter O Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 13,000 Oregon Originally Posted by 458Win Just returned from Kyrgyzstan two weeks ago and the new Luxus 30-06 I took worked just fine on this mid-Asian Ibex. Awesome!

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Oregon45 #7110819 11/25/12 Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,612 Louisiana-U.S.A. J Joe Campfire Tracker Joe Campfire Tracker J Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,612 Louisiana-U.S.A. Wow, just Wow! What a set of horns! Details? Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Joe #7113576 11/26/12 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,168 NE MS J jeffdwhite Campfire Regular jeffdwhite Campfire Regular J Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,168 NE MS Up to three now with the Encore/300 H&H after big doe Saturday evening. About time to safe it and let some other rifles play this season Hunted the Sabatti double last couple evenings, ya'll let me post pics here if I only shoot one barrel?

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? 458Win #7115263 11/26/12 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side G GuyM OP Campfire Tracker OP GuyM Campfire Tracker G Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side Wow.... Awesome Phil, simply awesome.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7115505 11/26/12 Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 887 Spencer, IN 5 54Woody Campfire Regular 54Woody Campfire Regular 5 Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 887 Spencer, IN Put it up in another thread but here is my buck from last Sat. Taken with a Ruger #1 in .460 S&W.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7118210 11/27/12 Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 430 Maryland T Top_Predator Campfire Member Top_Predator Campfire Member T Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 430 Maryland Bucks and squirrels with my Savage 24J 22mag/20 GA Last edited by Top_Predator; 11/27/12. Life Member NRA

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Top_Predator #7118605 11/27/12 Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 133 alabama, on the warrior river P paulfish4570 Campfire Member paulfish4570 Campfire Member P Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 133 alabama, on the warrior river my youngest son dropped a six-point whitetail this evening with his .45-70 handi-rifle. paul foreman

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? paulfish4570 #7130517 11/30/12 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 971 Likes: 1 just ridin along L Lonerider Campfire Regular Lonerider Campfire Regular L Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 971 Likes: 1 just ridin along I don't always hunt..but when I do I prefer single shots!!

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7136410 12/02/12 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... My third and possibly last deer for 2012. 85-pound doe with the ever-present 1A in 7x57mm. This was also a 125-yard (or so) shot that hit her at the front of her right shoulder and exited mid-chest on her left. She never knew she was done for and ran about 75 yards before piling up in a ditch. I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7136505 12/02/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana M maddog Campfire Tracker maddog Campfire Tracker M Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana Now that I'm basically done deer hunting for the year, I got back after the squirrels. Here's 3 I nailed yesterday, in about 45 minutes with my H&R Sportster. Got them between 10:45 and 11:30 am. maddog

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? maddog #7136551 12/02/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest maddog, This week I have been getting ~ 1 squirrel per day with the 45/70 handi rifle 1 gr Red Dot 150 gr .458" cast with Aluminium spacer. 400 fps sounds like a BB gun. I developed this for getting raccoons with body shots, but it only works from the side through the ribs. I can't get though a 10 pound coon's front shoulder to the vitals with sub sonic gas escapement loadings. But it has all kinds of penetration for 1.5 pound squirrels. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Bricktop #7136596 12/02/12 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side G GuyM OP Campfire Tracker OP GuyM Campfire Tracker G Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,173 Washington - dry side Bricktop - pretty classy rifle there, a 7x57 in a Ruger 1A... Nice. Congrats on the doe! Maddog - looks like you're going to be cooking up some tasty grub with those squirrels soon enough... Clarkm - that's pretty neat... But, is it legal to hunt squirrels in Washington? I don't think so - not sure why though - there's a zillion of 'em. Guy

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7137442 12/02/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest WA state web site: Quote Shooting tree squirrels may be helpful if a small, localized population of introduced species is problematic. For safety considerations, shooting is generally limited to rural situations and is considered too hazardous in more populated areas, even if legal. The Eastern Gray Squirrel has been invading WA since 1925 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_gray_squirrel My experience is that even if it is legal to shoot, the neighbors don't want to hear it. And at night, the wife does not want to hear it. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Clarkm #7230234 12/26/12 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,059 Tates Hell, The Big Bend AJD Campfire Regular AJD Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,059 Tates Hell, The Big Bend Well, I let two different bucks walk today. One was, I believe the nicest shootable buck I have ever seen. It was, I know, at least a 10 and I believe a 12. I never could get a count that satisfied me, but it was at least a 10, I could count that plainly. I was able to watch him for about an hour from about 100 or so yds. He would come and go, appear and disappear, keeping tabs on the other buck and on the doe in the thick stuff. Rut is in full swing and he had a bad case. The other was somewhat scraggly in comparison. I have an 11 on the wall; this one had a superior rack. He is a truly magnificent WT buck. There is no accounting for taste. Experience is a great thing as long as one survives it. Generally, there ain't a lot that separates the two however, Barely making it is a whole lot more satisfying than barely not making it.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? AJD #7239266 12/29/12 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana M maddog Campfire Tracker maddog Campfire Tracker M Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 6,799 Indiana My son shot this gator, in south florida, right after Christmas. It's not a big gator, but it's a gator! He used his H&R handi rifle, 44 mag and LE factory loads. maddog

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? maddog #7239493 12/29/12 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 725 Downeast maine T Trappererick Campfire Regular Trappererick Campfire Regular T Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 725 Downeast maine I hunted with my Ruger #1 RSI in 30-06 almost exclusively for the last 20 years. This year a nice 7 point whitetail fell victim to the #1 . Nothing better than carrying that short #1 here in Maine and it sure does raise a lot of eyebrows from other hunters as this is the land of the 7400 and 7600. Last edited by Trappererick; 12/29/12.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Trappererick #7243238 12/30/12 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,104 Mississippi schoolmarm Campfire Tracker schoolmarm Campfire Tracker Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,104 Mississippi A big 8pt with .35Whelen #1, a 7pt, 8pt and a big doe with .45/70 Browning 85. Was shooting 225s in the Whelen and Leverevolution 325 reloads in the 85. Squirrels with a .22 SS old German falling block. Single shots get used more than the rest here..

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? schoolmarm #7243996 12/30/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Got a pic of the German falling block? There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Clarkm #7244411 12/30/12 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,104 Mississippi schoolmarm Campfire Tracker schoolmarm Campfire Tracker Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,104 Mississippi Originally Posted by Clarkm Got a pic of the German falling block? don't do pics real well but will try.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? schoolmarm #7245635 12/30/12 Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,387 Likes: 3 TX B BobbyTomek Campfire Tracker BobbyTomek Campfire Tracker B Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,387 Likes: 3 TX [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/BobbyTomek/hog-2-nov-15-2012.jpg[/img] There have been a couple other 'yotes and 1 other hog in the past 6-8 weeks, but I have no pics of those. These were all taken since the current whitetail season began. The 'cat was taken yesterday with a 25-35 (actually the gun is set up for our 9 year-old twins but I used it!) and 87 grain Hornady SP. The stainless barrel is a 30-30 AI while the 20" blued is a 7mm Bullberry. The buck was taken with the 7mm BB and a 140 grain BT from 230 ayrds with a frontal chest chot. Last edited by BobbyTomek; 12/30/12.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? BobbyTomek #7246320 12/30/12 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,104 Mississippi schoolmarm Campfire Tracker schoolmarm Campfire Tracker Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,104 Mississippi like those laminate stocks. Brand?

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? schoolmarm #7246459 12/30/12 Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,387 Likes: 3 TX B BobbyTomek Campfire Tracker BobbyTomek Campfire Tracker B Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,387 Likes: 3 TX Thanks! The laminates were made by highplainsgunstocks.com with the exception of the green camo forend, which was made by Dave Dolin of West Virginia.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Clarkm #7251275 12/31/12 Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,999 C carbon12 Campfire Tracker carbon12 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,999 Originally Posted by Clarkm maddog, This week I have been getting ~ 1 squirrel per day with the 45/70 handi rifle 1 gr Red Dot 150 gr .458" cast with Aluminium spacer. 400 fps sounds like a BB gun. I developed this for getting raccoons with body shots, but it only works from the side through the ribs. I can't get though a 10 pound coon's front shoulder to the vitals with sub sonic gas escapement loadings. But it has all kinds of penetration for 1.5 pound squirrels. ClarkM, Interesting .45-70 spacer gizmo. Details?

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? carbon12 #7251414 12/31/12 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest I have a history of building guns to get low noise, the most power, no suppressor, and legal. The trick is to get the powder compressed, the expansion ratio high, and the barrel long. Use soft Lead bullets. Seal the gas behind the bullet by cramming the bullet into the lands. The threshold of super sonic gas escapement [Loud gunshot bang vs BB gun spitting sound] is one atmosphere above ambient. The stock 45/70 chamber has riflings that are way out there. I want to compress the 1 gr of powder, but I do not want to jump to the lands. A jump to the lands would allow gas to make a bang and also it would ruin accuracy with soft Lead. I want a Lead seal on pressure at the lands. So I needed to make a spacer. I made a formula for the outside of the 45/70 case. I measured the thickness of the case wall at 0.1" intervals starting at the case web. I then used a spread sheet to tell me the diameter of a spacer. With DRO, not CNC I made spacers. At first from Steel, but later from 6061 Aluminum Alloy. The flash hole must be big enough to get a decapping pin down. It is a home made decapping die made with drill rod. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Clarkm #7255946 01/01/13 Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,999 C carbon12 Campfire Tracker carbon12 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,999 ClarkM, Thanks for posting some of your experiments in low noise firearms. What do you think of casting the spacer with lead in situ ? A brass tube clamped in position would become the elongated flash hole. I imagine casting might be easier to do considering the work involved in individually machining spacers for each cartridge case.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? carbon12 #7256303 01/02/13 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest I don't know if Lead will work, but epoxy resin will not. It breaks up. It takes my 20 minutes to make one from Aluminum, once I get going. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? Clarkm #7257821 01/02/13 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,168 NE MS J jeffdwhite Campfire Regular jeffdwhite Campfire Regular J Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,168 NE MS First with the 1885 375 H&H, 235 Speer over 82 grains of Rel-17, about 2900 fps Oh yeah, hammer!

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? jeffdwhite #7259014 01/02/13 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Bricktop Campfire Tracker Bricktop Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,467 With your mother..... Originally Posted by jeffdwhite 375 H&H, 235 Speer over 82 grains of Rel-17, about 2900 fps Ouch! I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. Originally Posted by safariman I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. Originally Posted by Fireball2 The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? jeffdwhite #7259772 01/02/13 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,104 Mississippi schoolmarm Campfire Tracker schoolmarm Campfire Tracker Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,104 Mississippi Originally Posted by jeffdwhite First with the 1885 375 H&H, 235 Speer over 82 grains of Rel-17, about 2900 fps Oh yeah, hammer! dammm jeff, did you run over that ol' doe or shoot it. I take it that's one of our "primative" rifles..

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? schoolmarm #7260001 01/02/13 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,412 West Virginia O OldRooster Campfire Tracker OldRooster Campfire Tracker O Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,412 West Virginia Speaking of which, I just saw an 1885 for sale chambered in 348 Winchester. The guy is selling it because of the recoil.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? schoolmarm #7261681 01/03/13 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,168 NE MS J jeffdwhite Campfire Regular jeffdwhite Campfire Regular J Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,168 NE MS Yep, put that together for MS primitive. yeah figured somebody'd say something about shooting it in the road... private dirt road runs from one box blind to the next. Sure do love it when they fall like that, just back the ranger right up to them. BT, had it pushed over 3,000 easy with no problems, other than the groups seemed to gradually open up the more powder I fed it. Had hoped to shoot 260 Accubond, but so far it doesn't like them as well. Needs lots more tuning n tweaking!

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? jeffdwhite #7266005 01/04/13 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,401 Likes: 4 WA rain forest I met a guy that hunted deer with a 375. He had had a bad experience with .223 and so compensated. He was a PhD candidate in mining engineering. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GuyM #7266936 01/04/13 Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 9 G GoPokes New Member GoPokes New Member G Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 9 Got a nice 4x4 Mule deer buck with my 1885 Hi Wall. 38-55 caliber with open sights and shooting Black Mag powder. 183 yards with open sights. This is my first post here so will have to figure out how to put up a picture.

Re: Who's been hunting so far this season - with a single shot? GoPokes #7268653 01/04/13 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,918 Where the Missouri & Big Sioux... Freedumb1 Campfire Tracker Freedumb1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,918 Where the Missouri & Big Sioux... Originally Posted by GoPokes Got a nice 4x4 Mule deer buck with my 1885 Hi Wall. 38-55 caliber with open sights and shooting Black Mag powder. 183 yards with open sights. This is my first post here so will have to figure out how to put up a picture. Pictures aren't easy to post, but there is a tutorial in the "photography section." If there is any proof of a man in a hunt it is not whether he killed a deer but how he hunted it.