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bouldersmith
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Big gun, small deer
#348705 - 31/12/20 11:57 PM

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.

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Tom_H
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: bouldersmith]
#348707 - 01/01/21 01:00 AM

Great gun and nice shooting.
With a stalking safety and a set trigger. That gun check a bunch of boxes right there.

Tom

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Ripp
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: Tom_H]
#348708 - 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

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DarylS
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: Ripp]
#348712 - 01/01/21 04:25 AM

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.

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Trooper
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: DarylS]
#348847 - 05/01/21 06:18 AM

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

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Louis
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: Trooper]
#348887 - 06/01/21 04:24 AM

Congratulations, Bouldersmith; I don't think size matters in that case and I hope you enjoyed your hunting to the full!
Louis

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lancaster
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: Louis]
#348933 - 07/01/21 06:20 AM

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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93x64mm
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: Louis]
#348936 - 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!

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NitroX
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: bouldersmith]
#348996 - 08/01/21 04:28 PM

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?

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DarylS
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: NitroX]
#349015 - 09/01/21 05:22 AM

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.

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szihn
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Re: Big gun, small deer [Re: DarylS]
#354040 - 05/06/21 03:23 AM

Overgunned?
Maybe, but the deer don't seem to know (or care) if they die from a ball bigger then needed.

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