Buck surrendered

[missionary5155]

Good morning and Congratulations !
Thank you for getting the photo up !
Fine looking buck ! Fine looking Trapdoor ! Handsome hunter in a marvelous wide brim !
Did you write up your work on this Springfield ?
Mike in LLama Land

[jwhite]

Very nice, great choice of rifle.

[MrWolf]

Way cool.

I think I like that much better than that ridiculous 'harvesting' term that insults your intelligence.

Hehe. I use the harvesting term when "hunting" wasn't really applicable. Do not want to insult those that spend hours in the woods.

[waksupi]

Good morning and Congratulations !
Thank you for getting the photo up !
Fine looking buck ! Fine looking Trapdoor ! Handsome hunter in a marvelous wide brim !
Did you write up your work on this Springfield ?
Mike in LLama Land

Yes, I did a post on it.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-rebirth/page2

[Screwbolts]

congtats! My style also!

Ken

[Texas by God]

Well done, Sir. All around!

[Doughty]

Livin' the dream.

[Wolfer]

Nice rifle, nice buck, nice hat!

[ChristopherO]

Thanks for the reply and the links to your excellent work in refurbishing this old rifle. Very informative and enjoyable.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Ah yes, window hunting! No deer out my window, but I have scored a groundhog and a few rabbits. Dad shot a bear from the window once...

My grandmother always said everytime my grandfather and uncles went out hunting there were deer in the yard and they could have just stayed home...

[444ttd]

congrats!!!!!!!

[FLINTNFIRE]

Now please tell us more about the hat , I am guessing more then one of us here is curious about the style and the maker .

[Adam20]

Nice job on the deer, lets hear about the hat. Frist thing I noticed in picture

[Markopolo]

here... let me show you how its done....



ahhhhh... there is that purty deer.. real nice one!!!

[Winger Ed.]

Hehe. I use the harvesting term when "hunting" wasn't really applicable.

Yeah, I remember the term from when folks that should know better,
used it so they (hopefully) wouldn't offend people that hate us anyway,
and think all meat items should only come from the grocery store-
since no animals are harmed in the process of getting them there.

I guess their reasoning was if we used politicly correct terms, they might hate us a little less.

[waksupi]

Now please tell us more about the hat , I am guessing more then one of us here is curious about the style and the maker .

This is a copy of the hat Charles Bent wore when he was running Bent's Fort. John Stetson also used it as his original pattern, Boss of the Plains. Most hats companies sell under that name, but are nothing like the orginal. 4" brim, 3 3/4 " crown. I got it from H&H Hats in Darby, Montana. They use a form to fit to your head, and build from that. I think prices for a blended fur start around $650. Mine is pure undyed beaver, and ran more. Jimmy is at the Arizona shop this time of year, Rich runs the Montana shop in the winter. Call Jimmy for details.
https://www.doublehhats.com/

[waksupi]

here... let me show you how its done....



ahhhhh... there is that purty deer.. real nice one!!!

Thanks!

[Jtarm]

Took me a minute to figure out what rifle you’ve got there.

At first glance the bottom of the hammer looks like a bolt handle.

[taco650]

Short version. I looked out the window. There was the buck. I shot him. He rolled down the hillside within about 40 yards of the meat pole. I'm too crippled up to go out and chase them, and that was plenty far to move him.

Three years in a row, all shot within twenty yards of each other. I have some real well used travel corridors on the property.

I used my Trapdoor Sporter, as I figured it probably hadn't killed anything in a hundred years.
.45-70, .405 Gov. bullet, case full of WC860 over 5 gr. of kicker.

Nope, we've had snow a few times, but it keeps going away so far.

What powder is the "kicker"?

[waksupi]

What powder is the "kicker"?

I used 4064, just because I had a tiny bit left in a can I wanted to use up. Not satisfactory, as it leaves a lot of the 4064 powder in the chamber. Do a search here, there are much better kickers to use.