DanWalker
10-01-2006, 09:13 PM
Got an antelope today with my 45LC blackhawk.
I was shooting the catshooter keith style group buy boolit cast from ACWW and lubed with the homemade lube 357 maximum sells.
The powder charge was the classic 9 grains of Unique, which clocks out of my 5.5"bbl at 1000 fps.
It was a VERY small yearling buck, which we mistook for a larger doe at long range. Turns out it was a lot closer than we thought. I shot over it's back with the first round, then held lower as it faced me, and hit it low in the chest and off center.
The boolit went in just in front of the shoulder joint, traversed diagonally and exitied in front of the hip. Animal stood there for a few seconds, obviously hit very hard, then turned, and I hit it a second time behind the shoulder, but high in the body. The second round dropped it. Field dressing revealed an excellent wound channel that took out one lung, and caught the lobe of the other, before traversing through the liver and exiting. Second round hit high and clipped the bottom of the spine.
Please don't think I'm posting here trying to brag. This was a small yearling, shot at what turned out to be around 40 yards. Just thought people would be interested to know how well the boolit worked.
I was shooting the catshooter keith style group buy boolit cast from ACWW and lubed with the homemade lube 357 maximum sells.
The powder charge was the classic 9 grains of Unique, which clocks out of my 5.5"bbl at 1000 fps.
It was a VERY small yearling buck, which we mistook for a larger doe at long range. Turns out it was a lot closer than we thought. I shot over it's back with the first round, then held lower as it faced me, and hit it low in the chest and off center.
The boolit went in just in front of the shoulder joint, traversed diagonally and exitied in front of the hip. Animal stood there for a few seconds, obviously hit very hard, then turned, and I hit it a second time behind the shoulder, but high in the body. The second round dropped it. Field dressing revealed an excellent wound channel that took out one lung, and caught the lobe of the other, before traversing through the liver and exiting. Second round hit high and clipped the bottom of the spine.
Please don't think I'm posting here trying to brag. This was a small yearling, shot at what turned out to be around 40 yards. Just thought people would be interested to know how well the boolit worked.