Crusty Deary Ol'Coot
11-03-2010, 04:13 PM
Sorry no photographs, nothing worthy of such.
However, my months long quest to join the Cast Boolit rifle hunters has now bore fruit.
I didn't get the hoped for cow moose tag this year, hunted elk and saw tracks, and was asleap at the switch when it came to applying for my extra deer tag.
So, unless I draw the lucky number in the local bullalo shoot, or some of you have some rouge elephants needing culled from your garden, my hunting is over for 2010.
Yesterday, about 10:30am, my RUGER #1s - 45/70, loaded with a 355gr LBT /WFP powered by 55gr. RL#7 did the trick on a shot of about 100yds. [smilie=w:
The yearling buck was "DRT" - "Bang Flop" and the results to say the least, were unquestionable.
I hit a bit high and took the critter through the spine with the expected instant results. Had hoped for a through and through on the behind the shoulders shot.
A bit more damage then I expected, but the flat nose of the LBT really produced the shock value. Part of the damage would be due to the bone fragments being shoved out by the boolit.
I suspect the hair seen in the wound channel would be due to the fact that the boolit is, because of the WFN, already "expanded" at impact rather then beginning expansion after impact.
Anyway, the rifle is bloodied and from what I have seen, once I get my groups tightened up a bit and providing velocities stay about the same, a 200yd shot should be a "give me."
Not one question about the potential effectiveness of that LBT/WFN boolit at 2290fps muzzle velocity.
Keep em coming!
Crusty Deary Ol'Coot :cbpour:
However, my months long quest to join the Cast Boolit rifle hunters has now bore fruit.
I didn't get the hoped for cow moose tag this year, hunted elk and saw tracks, and was asleap at the switch when it came to applying for my extra deer tag.
So, unless I draw the lucky number in the local bullalo shoot, or some of you have some rouge elephants needing culled from your garden, my hunting is over for 2010.
Yesterday, about 10:30am, my RUGER #1s - 45/70, loaded with a 355gr LBT /WFP powered by 55gr. RL#7 did the trick on a shot of about 100yds. [smilie=w:
The yearling buck was "DRT" - "Bang Flop" and the results to say the least, were unquestionable.
I hit a bit high and took the critter through the spine with the expected instant results. Had hoped for a through and through on the behind the shoulders shot.
A bit more damage then I expected, but the flat nose of the LBT really produced the shock value. Part of the damage would be due to the bone fragments being shoved out by the boolit.
I suspect the hair seen in the wound channel would be due to the fact that the boolit is, because of the WFN, already "expanded" at impact rather then beginning expansion after impact.
Anyway, the rifle is bloodied and from what I have seen, once I get my groups tightened up a bit and providing velocities stay about the same, a 200yd shot should be a "give me."
Not one question about the potential effectiveness of that LBT/WFN boolit at 2290fps muzzle velocity.
Keep em coming!
Crusty Deary Ol'Coot :cbpour: