First Cast Bullet Buck -WV

[Dman75]

My first self cast boolit buck or deer actually. Marlin 1894 44 mag. Shooting 240 gr WFN powder coated with 20 gr of 2400. Fire sights on the rifle as my eyes aren’t good enough for brass bead. Shot was about 80 yds. Deer got what we refer to as negative yardage. Flipped him sideways over a blow down. Boolit combo worked perfect. Shot was a tad low but took out lower heart. Sooo much fun hunting this way.

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[versa-06]

Big Congratulations coming at ya!

[pworley1]

Congratulations

[white eagle]

Nice work
good looking deer
congrats
I am looking to get one with my trip 4 as well

[Dman75]

Thanks! Exciting day for sure.
Learned so much from this site. Loads of great information and probably thousands of years of combined experience. Never would’ve got this accomplished so well without Cast Boolits!

[Friends call me Pac]

Feels good doesn't it. Now you are hooked for sure. Nice buck.

[stubshaft]

Yup, nothing like harvesting an animal with a boolit you made! Excellent job!

[Dman75]

Definitely hooked. Casting bullets and shooting iron sights is just an entire challenge all to itself. So much fun just to punch paper but then throwing in the hunt is a another level. There’s a lot of sportsmen that don’t know what they’re missing.

[marshall623]

Good shooting , nice being able to hunt in some snow .

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[4719dave]

well done! doesn't get better then loading your own

[Bazoo]

Congratulations. Pretty sweet setup. That old marlin is a jewel.

[Midohhntr]

Good job, nice deer!

[jeffsmith13]

Congratulations, I’m a big fan of the .44 myself.

[sigep1764]

Lever guns and open sights! Good looking gun and deer!

[Markopolo]

Woooo Hoooooo… way to go!!

[smoked turkey]

Dman75 Good job and great shooting for that distance and open sights you did good. That is a nice buck and looks a little on the heavy side. You are going to be getting some choice meat there, and done properly it will be very tasty and some of the best red meat you will eat. I went today for the last day of our regular season. Nothing seen at my stand. I did jump one up on the way in but no chance for a shot. I'll be doing our up-coming doe season soon so I get to keep after them. I'm using my old Marlin 444 this year. It is a great rifle and a great caliber. I have put a Skinner "peep" on it and it is my first time to use a sight of that type.

[Texas by God]

Way to go! Using your own bullets adds to the experience, for sure! That's a nice rifle- is the loading gate gold plated?

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[Dman75]

Thanks for all the replies! Great day for sure.
The loading gate is the Ranger Point Precision anodized gold gate. Also added the quick takedown screw for lever and RPP trigger. It is a sweet little setup now. Loading gate and trigger are awesome. Gate is so much easier to load now.
Learned so much about casting boolits from this site. Boolit fit to the chamber and bore. Powder coating. List could go on and on. This wouldn’t have happened if not for this awesome site. I would’ve been shooting some jackets for sure. Now I look at those Sierra Gamekings and Hornady XTP’s and wonder when I’ll use them.

[sloughfoot]

Congratulations very nice

[Hickok]

Always good to see a West Virginia fella' do good!:redneck:

Montani Semper Liberi

[4719dave]

Congrats, it's been a pleasure being on here. must are willing to share and even teach which I love.

[Beaverhunter2]

Well done! Congratulations!

John

[MrWolf]

Congrats! Just keep the snow on your own side of the state :drinks:

[Smoke4320]

Congrats on the cast bullet kill.. .
man it is nice when you kill with bullets YOU made

I have gotten 2 so far this year
1 with 50 cal muzzleloader (45 cal bullet and 50 cal sabot) and 1 with 45/70 both using a NOE 460 -350 HP

[CastingFool]

Congrats on your first cast boolit buck! Fresh venison is always good!

[Dman75]

Thanks guys. It truly was a great satisfaction casting my own bullets to take my deer. So much goes into this. Checking bore dimensions and doing a pound cast of chamber to get correct boolit size. Playing with different loads to get all the accuracy I could. Getting the 44 mag to shoot well is a challenge with the oversized bore but I’ve got some decent accuracy now. Best thing it did was make me practice more. Shooting more is never a bad thing

[wvmedic]

@Dman75 good job and it is addicting. What alloy are you using, I'm getting ready to start loading for my Marlin .44 Mag using the NOE 432-265. I'd like to use it for Black Bear next year.

Jeff

[Dman75]

WVMedic - I use range scrap lead with a little solder added to help fill out. I do air cool also. Hardness is 12-13 after casting. Air cool after powder coating also. On my gun I checked bore size and also did a pound cast for the chamber. Those results showed I needed a boolit size of .4335 so I opened up a Lee push thru sizer from .431 to .4335. Accuracy is good with most loads. I can hold about 2” at 50 with open sights. Probably as good as my older eyes can do.

[missionary5155]

Good morning ad Congratulations !
Thank you for the good photo of your 1st Home Brewed Cast Slug" young tender buck! Good "0 dark early" reading.
Hunting with your own ammo is another step to the joys of real hunting / shooting independence. Keep heading down the trail.

[wvmedic]

Dman75, thank you and I absolutely understand about poor eye sight. I have to use optics, seems that my eye sight has steadily degraded since I turned 50.

Jeff

[trapper9260]

You done great. Nice deer , enjoy it you will be wanting to get more. I was happy when I first got a deer with my own cast . Happy for you and I have the same type of rifle also, but I do the early muzzle loader season here .