WebMonkey
11-22-2016, 03:24 PM
new to the forum but not really 'new'
:)
hunting small/medium game for over 40 years.
reloading just over 40 years.
last couple seasons I used a mosin with store bought soft points.
they did ok but overkill for the place I hunt and unpleasant after awhile of rec shooting.
this year, though, was my FIRST EVER deer hunt with:
a projectile cast by my hand, loaded by my hand.
from the advice and comments garnered here, I hunted with the following:
ruger American predator version .308 bought new by me this year. other than some david tubb final finish, only cast projectiles have seen the bore.
lee c309-170-rf projectile using ww/pure+tin
tl,size/check,tl (lla+mineral spirits)
2400 powder at just a hair over 17gn giving 1600fps
Nikon buckmaster scope left on 3x
the result:
181234
a button buck for the freezer.
(10lb of 'hams' are brining for the backwoods brown sugar ham kit right now!)
paced at 74+/- yards and hit correctly.
he ran 20 yards and quit.
I would have liked to see a dead right there but 20 yards in the open was fine.
this was the only deer I sighted after 3 days, so I happily took it.
I don't look sideways at trophy takers but I'm just hungry :)
glad I did as there wasn't another deer the rest of the season.
thanks to all the help on the forum, I now have a tried, tested, and approved deer rifle for my neck of the woods.
it is light, a real pleasure to shoot, and easily repeatable hand loads of cast projectiles.
thanks!
'monkey
:)
hunting small/medium game for over 40 years.
reloading just over 40 years.
last couple seasons I used a mosin with store bought soft points.
they did ok but overkill for the place I hunt and unpleasant after awhile of rec shooting.
this year, though, was my FIRST EVER deer hunt with:
a projectile cast by my hand, loaded by my hand.
from the advice and comments garnered here, I hunted with the following:
ruger American predator version .308 bought new by me this year. other than some david tubb final finish, only cast projectiles have seen the bore.
lee c309-170-rf projectile using ww/pure+tin
tl,size/check,tl (lla+mineral spirits)
2400 powder at just a hair over 17gn giving 1600fps
Nikon buckmaster scope left on 3x
the result:
181234
a button buck for the freezer.
(10lb of 'hams' are brining for the backwoods brown sugar ham kit right now!)
paced at 74+/- yards and hit correctly.
he ran 20 yards and quit.
I would have liked to see a dead right there but 20 yards in the open was fine.
this was the only deer I sighted after 3 days, so I happily took it.
I don't look sideways at trophy takers but I'm just hungry :)
glad I did as there wasn't another deer the rest of the season.
thanks to all the help on the forum, I now have a tried, tested, and approved deer rifle for my neck of the woods.
it is light, a real pleasure to shoot, and easily repeatable hand loads of cast projectiles.
thanks!
'monkey