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xausa
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Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog?
      19/11/07 03:21 AM

I took my .358 Winchester built on a pre-War Mauserwerke Mauser out late yesterday afternoon, the first day of deer season. I was almost back to the house, when I came to the open field behind it and stopped to glass it before moving on out. In the last rays of the sinking sun I could see something reflecting light between me and the hill the house is built on. A quick glance through the scope revealed a six point buck looking at me.

I went to one knee, released the safety, used my hiking stick to steady my rifle, settled the post reticle of the Lyman 2 1/2X All American scope on the buck's shoulder and squeezed the trigger. Immediately following the report of the shot was the satisfying "whop" of the bullet hitting. The buck took off in a dead run and topped the rise to my direct front. A short search revealed him piled up in the middle of the field 150 yards away. The bullet had struck exactly where aimed, had missed the heart but destroyed the lungs and the near shoulder. How he made it that far on a broken shoulder remains a mystery.

The 250 grain Silvertip bullet is too much for the comparatively low resistance of a deer rib cage. It exited, leaving a quarter sized exit hole. In the future, I will stick to the 225 grainers, and leave the 250's for bigger stuff.

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* 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Woodbeef 07/01/07 01:00 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? jro45   24/11/07 11:26 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? xausa   19/11/07 03:21 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Nakihunter   19/11/07 07:44 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 333_okh   19/11/07 08:38 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   20/11/07 02:24 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? xausa   20/11/07 08:49 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   20/11/07 10:22 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 333_okh   23/11/07 02:37 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   24/11/07 04:09 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? jro45   01/12/07 12:20 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   01/12/07 01:40 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? FourWinds   24/11/07 05:13 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? xausa   25/11/07 12:51 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? hoppdoc   25/11/07 01:42 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   25/11/07 01:33 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? bonanza   24/11/07 06:58 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? allenday   24/05/07 11:46 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   26/05/07 01:54 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Blacktail53   26/06/07 01:24 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   27/06/07 03:46 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   27/06/07 11:34 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Blacktail53   27/06/07 11:53 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 4seventy   13/03/07 12:58 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   20/05/07 11:32 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? NE450No2   22/05/07 04:40 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DM   03/03/07 03:23 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Woodbeef   03/03/08 07:55 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   10/01/07 07:19 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 500grains   15/01/07 12:15 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 400NitroExpress   25/11/07 07:31 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 500grains   01/12/07 02:50 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? bonanza   18/12/07 02:17 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Blacktail53   31/12/07 02:05 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? bonanza   03/03/08 11:05 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   03/03/08 12:59 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? JabaliHunter   01/01/08 03:05 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   06/02/08 08:19 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 12FVSS260   06/02/08 06:10 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   01/12/07 01:39 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 400NitroExpress   06/12/07 05:30 PM
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. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 475Guy   07/01/07 05:29 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? blackberry9   08/01/07 12:01 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? BFaucett   07/01/07 02:14 PM

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