Doughty
11-27-2005, 01:45 PM
You just never know.
My wife of twenty some years, Nancy, retired from her nursing career this year. For the first time she has had the time to relax and enjoy things alittle more.
She grew up in a hunting household and has hunted herself, but it seems to have always been more of a chore, like getting firewood in, than a relaxing enjoyment. She never was one to consider the pros and cons of chainsaws, Stihl vs Homelite say, and thats pretty much how it was with guns and, dare I say it, bullets. She always just used her Marlin .30-30 and jacket bullets, like "Daddy" did.
Anyway, this hunting season we took a little vacation over to one of our favorite places, Lewistown, Montana. We were going to visit with some of our friends and hunt on their ranch, which is over populated with whitetail deer. We would be shooting from a blind, with a seat and a coffee cup at hand. Real comfortable like.
Anyway, as it turns out we both took a "management buck" at a range of about 75 yards, she using the .30-30 with Hornady 170 soft points and I with my .33 Krag and cast 225 tempered bullets. Both shots where almost identical in placement, behind the shoulder going in, hitting the top of the heart, then nicking the shoulder blade going out. Both ran less than 50 yards before going over. When we dressed them out though, what a difference. Mine had about a 3/4' hole all the way through with a small bloodshot ring around that. As they say, "Good eatin, right up to the hole." Hers ruined a good part of the near side ribs, most of the off side ribs and a good part of the shoulder. One of the reasons we like Lewistown is, they have a good Bar-B-Q restaurant there. We like Bar-B-Q ribs. Well, in my opinion, soft point bullets are not part of a good rib recipe. Nancy is now a believer in that also.
Anyway, she now wants to know what the difference was. After years and years of me casting bullets, using cast bullets, talking cast bullets, now she wants to know. Well the upshod is that she now wants cast bullets for her rifle. Says the rest of the Hornadays can go on the back shelf, (unless you know someone that wants them) and we got a year to come up with a cast load for the .30-30. She says she'll help.
You never know.
My wife of twenty some years, Nancy, retired from her nursing career this year. For the first time she has had the time to relax and enjoy things alittle more.
She grew up in a hunting household and has hunted herself, but it seems to have always been more of a chore, like getting firewood in, than a relaxing enjoyment. She never was one to consider the pros and cons of chainsaws, Stihl vs Homelite say, and thats pretty much how it was with guns and, dare I say it, bullets. She always just used her Marlin .30-30 and jacket bullets, like "Daddy" did.
Anyway, this hunting season we took a little vacation over to one of our favorite places, Lewistown, Montana. We were going to visit with some of our friends and hunt on their ranch, which is over populated with whitetail deer. We would be shooting from a blind, with a seat and a coffee cup at hand. Real comfortable like.
Anyway, as it turns out we both took a "management buck" at a range of about 75 yards, she using the .30-30 with Hornady 170 soft points and I with my .33 Krag and cast 225 tempered bullets. Both shots where almost identical in placement, behind the shoulder going in, hitting the top of the heart, then nicking the shoulder blade going out. Both ran less than 50 yards before going over. When we dressed them out though, what a difference. Mine had about a 3/4' hole all the way through with a small bloodshot ring around that. As they say, "Good eatin, right up to the hole." Hers ruined a good part of the near side ribs, most of the off side ribs and a good part of the shoulder. One of the reasons we like Lewistown is, they have a good Bar-B-Q restaurant there. We like Bar-B-Q ribs. Well, in my opinion, soft point bullets are not part of a good rib recipe. Nancy is now a believer in that also.
Anyway, she now wants to know what the difference was. After years and years of me casting bullets, using cast bullets, talking cast bullets, now she wants to know. Well the upshod is that she now wants cast bullets for her rifle. Says the rest of the Hornadays can go on the back shelf, (unless you know someone that wants them) and we got a year to come up with a cast load for the .30-30. She says she'll help.
You never know.