6pt-sika
01-17-2007, 01:15 AM
I had a pretty decent year with cast bullets this year .
First gun out was my Marlin 1895 in 40-65 WCF (circa1896) . I was shooting the Lyman #403169 bullet cast from WW's and lubed with Thompson's Blue Angel.
It was loaded in a Starline 40-65 case primed with CCI200 primers and loaded with 24 grains of XMP5744.
Went out one morning to a 16' ladder stand , about 10-15 minutes after first light a doe came up from a thicket on my left . And she stopped broadside at 36 yards . With the open sights I lined up on the pocket behind the front leg and touched off .
She headed back in the direction from which she came and folded in about 20-25 yards . When I got to her she was dead .
The following week I took my Marlin 1895 in 38-56 WCF (circa 1897) out in the woods to the same stand . This one is loaded with the Lyman #375449 GC bullet cast from WW's and lubed with Thompson's Blue Angel . I was using Quality Cartridge brass and again CCI200 primers . The powder charge was 20 grains of XMP5744 .
Again I was out before daylight and again I had a doe come up out of the thicket to my left . However this time I missed .
So I got down and made sure and looked for a ways back to where the doe came from . After looking for awhile I then headed back to pick up my stuff . This stand happens to be about 30 yards from a fence into a pasture field that has horses . Anyway the horses were standing at the fence watching me as I came back . Then I noticed them looking back into the field . So I sat down quick beside a tree about 25 yards from the fence .
And in a couple minutes 3 does came trotting up to come over the fence into the thicket . I already had the 38-56 up on my shoulder and rested on my knee . When the largest doe stuck her head thru the fence I aimed and shot her in the temple . Needless to say she dropped on the spot . I was hoping the bullet would stay in the cranium , but unfortunately it didn't .
Well it wasn't a perfect season but I got two deer with 3 shots from the "old" cast guns . :drinks:
First gun out was my Marlin 1895 in 40-65 WCF (circa1896) . I was shooting the Lyman #403169 bullet cast from WW's and lubed with Thompson's Blue Angel.
It was loaded in a Starline 40-65 case primed with CCI200 primers and loaded with 24 grains of XMP5744.
Went out one morning to a 16' ladder stand , about 10-15 minutes after first light a doe came up from a thicket on my left . And she stopped broadside at 36 yards . With the open sights I lined up on the pocket behind the front leg and touched off .
She headed back in the direction from which she came and folded in about 20-25 yards . When I got to her she was dead .
The following week I took my Marlin 1895 in 38-56 WCF (circa 1897) out in the woods to the same stand . This one is loaded with the Lyman #375449 GC bullet cast from WW's and lubed with Thompson's Blue Angel . I was using Quality Cartridge brass and again CCI200 primers . The powder charge was 20 grains of XMP5744 .
Again I was out before daylight and again I had a doe come up out of the thicket to my left . However this time I missed .
So I got down and made sure and looked for a ways back to where the doe came from . After looking for awhile I then headed back to pick up my stuff . This stand happens to be about 30 yards from a fence into a pasture field that has horses . Anyway the horses were standing at the fence watching me as I came back . Then I noticed them looking back into the field . So I sat down quick beside a tree about 25 yards from the fence .
And in a couple minutes 3 does came trotting up to come over the fence into the thicket . I already had the 38-56 up on my shoulder and rested on my knee . When the largest doe stuck her head thru the fence I aimed and shot her in the temple . Needless to say she dropped on the spot . I was hoping the bullet would stay in the cranium , but unfortunately it didn't .
Well it wasn't a perfect season but I got two deer with 3 shots from the "old" cast guns . :drinks: