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MY son at 18 finally got his first buck this being his 4th year of hunting. This is his 5th deer and all have been taken with his Contender Carbine .25-35. I load either 80gr TTSX's or 100gr Partitions and at wood's ranges the outcome is never in doubt.
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Well that sure is a purty first buck! Congrats to your son!
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Congrats!
Pretty good way to start off on a buck, that's for sure.
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Congrats on a fine lookin buck for that young man!!
Love to here of your handload details with both bullet weights, i shoot the 25/35 in a 22" Contender Carbine also. great combo.
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Where's the pics of the gun? Congrats to him.
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Very nice and cool cartridge.
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Congrats to you and your boy! Glad to see he stuck with it and his efforts paid off.
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Nice one. Congratulations.
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That's some frothy lung blood right there...
Congrats to the young man.
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Good stuff. Congrats to your son.
Never shot a deer with that cartridge. I have a Win 94 safe queen in that cartridge tucked a way in a safe. Need to load it up and go hunt'n some day.
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SWEETTTTT, congrats to the young Man, good shooting Son.
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Now that is cool....congrats to all.
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I plan to mount the rack on a wood plaque with the empty cartridge case and a brass plate w/his name and date. Will save the shoulder mount for something bigger.
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Published .25-35 data is extremely limited, so I used .25 Remington data (Ken Water's Pet Loads) as a baseline. I figured I could safely push 80 gr bullets to 2,800 fps and 100's to 2,600 fps from the rifle's 24" barrel. My data is as follows...
* 80 gr TTSX 29 gr H4895 2,812 fps * 100 gr Partition 27.5 gr H4895 2,632 fps
The rifle wears a Zeiss 4X Conquest and his longest shot has been about 80 yds. All others were inside of 30 yds. He's always put the bullet in the vitals and we've never had a problem. At 18, I've offered to get him a bigger rifle, but he doesn't want one. His mom's .270 is there for him if he wants it, she doesn't hunt anymore.
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Congratulations young man!
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Congratulations to both of you!
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Awesome! Congrats to your boy on his first buck, he's a dandy.
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