I searched this and didnt come up w anything so forgive me if this has been topic before, what is your most memorable trophy taken wih cast. Whether game or nongame, ugly or beautiful, easy or difficult, bull or doe?
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I searched this and didnt come up w anything so forgive me if this has been topic before, what is your most memorable trophy taken wih cast. Whether game or nongame, ugly or beautiful, easy or difficult, bull or doe?
One of my personal best with a cast, although it was before I started hunting with cast in breech loaders. Lyman Plains Bullets cast of pure in front of 100 grains of Pyrodex. I killed one with a much wider rack a few years before this one which would have been a bigger deer in a few years, this one was older and heavier though.
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long before this board, I cast up some muzzleloader bullets and made my own lube.
When I tell them I cast my own bullet and got this deer, they usually forget the part about "cast my own bullet''.
THE biggest deer I've ever gotten.
I still have the gun, the hat and the truck, and that was about 13yrs ago.
One I shot with same rifle and bullet combo (the bullets were probably from the same casting session) a few years earlier, maybe 200 yards straight line distance from where I shot the other one.
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Blammer, that's a nice buck and rifle, what kind of rifle is it?
Grizzly bear, twice, both with B00 my 1895 Marlin 45/70. One was with the 525gn RCBS FNGC at 1550 fps and the other was a 500gn paper patch with the same load. Both were very close range and both were DRT. There has been too much other game taken with boolits to even try to recall but those two bears will always be very clear in my memory.
Bull moose, bull elk, bear, deer, african game, lion, antelope, etc, all with revolvers & cast. Blammer, thats a dandy buck, I think you got lucky, cast won't do that!! A couple of grizz would be way fun, good job on that, especially with the classic 45/70 & paper!
Dick
175 score mule deer in Nevada with a 429 - 260 gr SWC launched from a muzzleloader named "Sweet Thing" with a sabot. a couple elk have fallen to the same boolit from Sweet Thing.
Just some big ugly hogs, no trophy racks.
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Killed this doe a couple years ago with my as issued 1903, September 1909 vintage, killed it with a Ranch Dog 311-165 at about 1700fps. My dad and I crawled to about 60 yards before I took a shot.
What made it really memorable......Dad after he crawled through a cactus.
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I'm trying to hunt more with cast but the only thing I shot with cast boolits was a unexpecting skunk! Nailed it at 30 yards with a rossi 92 in 45 colt!
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Last edited by Alberta woodsman; 02-23-2014 at 12:02 AM.
This is my best trophy so far. Planning on heading to the hills in about two months to try this 285 gr cast 9.3X62 load at a bit over 2200 fps on a Spring bear.
Will report back, hopefully with pictures.
Ted
Last edited by Yukoner; 02-22-2014 at 10:47 PM.
thanks, that's a Lyman 50 cal flintlock Great Plains rifleOriginally Posted by richhodg66
My first home cast whitetail. 44 mag with NOE 265 RD. She was a great eating big deer.
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The two of them on the wall at my folks, they both came out of their woods about 1/4mile back of the house.
The Memory is from still being able to hunt opening day with my Dad with him over 80 years old on land that has been in the family for 120 years +
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Wow! Great deer and a great experience for you with your Dad. And both from the same stand, very cool.
A running jack rabbit shot a Lyman 457122 cast with a pure lead nose and caught on video by messy bear. And we dug the bullet parts out of the bank behind the rabbit
This my best with cast T/C System 1 370 Maxi Ball cast from pure ( by the coffee can full ) over 90 Gr. FF
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certainly not a trophy but i think this was my first deer with cast. lee 452-255 RF in ruger new vaquero 45 colt at 970 fps. There have been several since.
Last edited by Wolfer; 02-23-2014 at 07:49 PM.
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