| bouldersmith |
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| 31/12/20 11:57 PM |
Big gun, small deer
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Spent some more time chasing big bucks, no luck on them but I did put this guy in the freezer with my 14 bore William Moore belted ball gun.
| Tom_H |
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| 01/01/21 01:00 AM |
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Great gun and nice shooting.
With a stalking safety and a set trigger. That gun check a bunch of boxes right there.
Tom
| Ripp |
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| 01/01/21 02:35 AM |
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Great gun and nice shooting.
With a stalking safety and a set trigger. That gun check a bunch of boxes right there.
Tom
Agreed--great photo and great hunt..congrats..
Very cool firearm
| DarylS |
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| 01/01/21 04:25 AM |
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Very nice - well done. That rifle is in really nice shape - almost as nice as my Bro's Joseph Lang.
Would you please send me (or post) more pictures of it for my file if you have them, please?
PM or E-mail would work too. That is a really nice rifle.
Weight of ball, patch thickness, powder charge - inquiring minds would like to know.
| Trooper |
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| 05/01/21 06:18 AM |
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bouldersmith,
OUTSTANDING! The rifle and results. Would you be so kind as to provide the external barrel measurements? I'm doing some research for a stalking rifle project myself.
Many Thanks
| Louis |
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| 06/01/21 04:24 AM |
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Congratulations, Bouldersmith; I don't think size matters in that case and I hope you enjoyed your hunting to the full!
Louis
| lancaster |
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| 07/01/21 06:20 AM |
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bullet energy is maybe between .223 and 308 win so you did no overkill
what distance do you shoot? was the deer dead immediately?
a very nice rifle, everyone would like to have
including myself
waidmannsheil
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| 07/01/21 08:17 AM |
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Congratulations, Bouldersmith; I don't think size matters in that case and I hope you enjoyed your hunting to the full!
Louis
No one could have put this better!
Well done mate, absolutely marvellous old piece of kit by the way!
NitroX
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| 08/01/21 04:28 PM |
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Waidmannsheil, Bouldersmith.
Some good venison for the table. And taken with a nice old traditional method and gun.
BTW I don't think a 14-bore BP ML would be all that big excessive or over gunned for deer? Quite an appropriate calibre?
| DarylS |
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| 09/01/21 05:22 AM |
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I think so, however a 14 bore does "stagger" moose at 100yards.
My buddy's .75 (11 bore), on the other hand, might be a bit of an overkill, on deer.
| szihn |
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| 05/06/21 03:23 AM |
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Overgunned?
Maybe, but the deer don't seem to know (or care) if they die from a ball bigger then needed.