cast boolit buck

[244ack]

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Here is the wife's buck this fall.
rattled in and shot from 60 yards in the thick timber
Rifle is a 1895 cowboy, had the barrel shortened to 24"
load was 28 grains of 4744 and a 330 grain HP in the 45/70. Very mild recoil and shoots great.
Mold is from CBE and it is pretty much a copy of the old Lyman Gould mold with a bigger HP
50/50 with 3% tin, 1485FPS

[sonoransixgun]

Nice animal....Congrats! Must feel great....

[richhodg66]

Nice!

I killed a good doe a few years ago with a very, very similar loading in my .45-70, she took two or three steps and fell down. I always wonder why guys think they need to turn the .45-70 into a fire breather, it's powerful even when it's not.

[244ack]

Nice!

I always wonder why guys think they need to turn the .45-70 into a fire breather, it's powerful even when it's not.

I couldn't agree more, it seems to kill just as well at the lower speeds and a lot more fun to shoot

[Kylongrifle32]

Congratulations on a fine job of rattling him in and closing the deal.

[Nathanj]

Congrats on filling the freezer. Always nice to have a spouse that enjoys the outdoors too

[Hickory]

I always wonder why guys think they need to turn the .45-70 into a fire breather, it's powerful even when it's not.

Some people suffer from a gun related illness called magnumitis.

[koger]

Outstanding job, nice buck for anybody. My wife is a hunter also, makes life a little easier.

[Tripplebeards]

That’s why I’m still single I can’t find a woman that likes to hunt.

[Texas by God]

My wife and I have watched nice bucks walk away while urging each other to shoot until it's too late LOL
That is a great buck that your wife shot, and the means and Methods made it even more special.

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[marshall623]

Thats a beautiful buck , great shooting

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[Traffer]

Some people suffer from a gun related illness called magnumitis.

Low testosterone. hahahahaha

[Brett Ross]

I shot a big bodied but small rack buck on Saturday with my 45-70 CVA. I used the lee 457-340RF, powder coated to .459, 32.5 gr of 3031, .5 gr dacron. Should be traveling, 14-1500 fps, recoil is very manageable. The deer was quartering to me, the shot entered at the shoulder and exited the ham, one end to the other. This was my first bang-flop ever, in over 40 years of deer hunting. I do love this new straight wall law in Iowa as 100-150 yard shots are just now doable.

[244ack]

Congrats on the deer. Very satisfying getting it done with a bullet you made yourself

[sharpsguy]

A lovely lady with a very nice buck taken with a 45-70 and a common sense load. And she rattled him up to boot! Congratulations to both of you.

[siamese4570]

I shoot that boolit at 1300-1400 fps cast from stick on ww. Works just fine, doesn't lead the barrel or loosen your fillings from recoil.
Siamese4570

[444ttd]

great buck!!!!!!!!

[Smoke4320]

Congrats to her and you.

[Gray Fox]

I'm fortunate in that my wife likes to shoot and I have some .45-70 rifles to shoot. Other than the fact that she, too, was in the Army, she took me to see a piece of property that her dad said we could hunt on. I gave her an early '94 AE in .30-30 as a belated wedding gift. I have a Lyman 330 Gould mold that I cast medium soft and enlarge the HP with a slightly larger drill bit. I either load them with BP or to the equivalent with 5744 or 2400. Nice loads all. Have a great Christmas, Gray Fox.

[missionary5155]

Good evening and Congratulations on your first corn cruncher !! Nice looking buck you were provided with.

[Jedman]

NICE !

Jedman

[NorthMoccasin]

253046

Here is the wife's buck this fall.
rattled in and shot from 60 yards in the thick timber
Rifle is a 1895 cowboy, had the barrel shortened to 24"
load was 28 grains of 4744 and a 330 grain HP in the 45/70. Very mild recoil and shoots great.
Mold is from CBE and it is pretty much a copy of the old Lyman Gould mold with a bigger HP
50/50 with 3% tin, 1485FPS

I use the Lyman version of the Gould HP cast of 2.5/2.5/95 alloy with s similar load of 5744. I shot a good size WT buck on the point of the near shoulder and found the rear 1/2 of the bullet under the skin of the opposite ham. DRT. One does not need 500 grain bullets or 2000fs to kill deer with a 45/70. The Gould at BP velocities is MORE than up to the task. except for the above example, I have never recovered a bullet, always an exit wound. Any more bullet is just wasted lead.

[244ack]

Thats what I love about the 45/70, you can load it to what ever power level you need. BP velositys work great and if you need the extra horsepower it is there. At BP speeds it is very comfortable to shoot and the women and kids can shoot it as well.