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Post by FromTheWoods on Jan 31, 2017 0:37:47 GMT -7
Gas-checked bullet did its job.
Still-hunting in Oregon's Coast Range, shots are usually close--5 to 70 yards is just about as far as one can see most of the time. So this buck and I stopped in our tracks at the same time 20 or so yards apart and head-on. No hesitation--He swapped ends; I raised the rifle. He trotted straight away. He wouldn't give me a shot at the back of his neck/head, so I waited. At fifty yards he started up a slow rise--and what do you know! One of Daniel's bullets dropped him into the freezer.
The bullet was one for a .32 WS. The rifle is '94 26" Octagon Takedown, 114 years old. And you know, while that buck was trotting and I was aiming, I didn't even think about how the bullet would perform. When I seat and crimp Dan's bullets while reloading with them, that is when I think of bullet performance. And when I wipe the case-lube off another completed cartridge, I think, "Oooh, there's a nice one." And another, "Aaaaah yes, that one will hit right on." And another, "Whoa, there's a pretty one."
As I close the box on another set of cartridges topped with your bullets, I thank you, Dan. You provide us with excellent bullets.
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Post by missionary on Feb 1, 2017 7:47:53 GMT -7
Greetings
Thank you for posting this write up. And yes.. Dan's bullets are like little jewels waiting to be displayed and put to work.
Mike in Peru
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Post by Bullshop on Feb 4, 2017 13:11:24 GMT -7
Aw gosh I just love happy endings. Thanks for sharing that Grant ! I shot a fork horn WT with that same bullet from my Marlin 32 special. Thanks for buying that mold for us!
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Post by FromTheWoods on Mar 1, 2017 13:32:38 GMT -7
Isn't a "Marlin" a fish?!
Nice job on the Whitetail, Daniel. But, a Marlin? Didn't know that was a legal projectile.
Paper patch or Sabot to fit the bore? I can see how its fins would help to aid a smooth, straight flight. And that point out front has its advantages too. Sounds as if you had good penetration, bringing down that deer. Probably pinned that buck solidly to the desert floor when you tipped it over.--No need for tracking.
Can't wait to hear what next season's deer will be downed with. A Narwhal looks to be another step up in revolutionary projectiles, but the Feds might frown on that. How 'bout a Unicorn! They aren't protected. Trouble figuring Drag though--all those legs flailing through the air. But I have confidence in you; you'll get it figured out.
Or maybe just use a WINCHESTER!
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Post by missionary on Mar 1, 2017 16:15:13 GMT -7
Funny man ! About like a member who throws a spear and tries to explain to a fellow hunter it is nothing more than a long arrow....
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Post by Bullshop on Mar 1, 2017 19:08:04 GMT -7
Good thing I didn't use a crappy.
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Post by FromTheWoods on Mar 1, 2017 21:43:27 GMT -7
Good one, Daniel! Has me laughing here. New meaning to "spray and pray."
Haven't tested the .38-40's yet. Waiting for a gun to come back home to use in the tests.
And about the mold, You are welcome. I'm pleased to know you downed your deer with that bullet--yummy meat in the freezer.
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Post by Bullshop on Mar 2, 2017 8:40:11 GMT -7
Long long ago in a place far far away I had for a time a beautiful pair of Winchester (the other gun) model 92 rifles both chambered in 38-40 wcf. That is when I acquired the mold that I sent the sample bullets from. Those two long barreled Winchester rifles shot wonderfully well with this bullet giving the most pleasing accuracy anyone could ask for from a rifle with buckhorn type sights.
Being so much younger at the time I failed to be impressed with the power level of the 38-40 cartridge, after all I had a Marlin in the MAGNUM dirty Harry cartridge.
Well you know as they say " with age comes wisdom "
Now today thinking on it I have an intense desire to kick my own butt especially knowing that I sold them for what a couple boxes of factory ammo costs today.
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Post by FromTheWoods on Mar 2, 2017 16:26:14 GMT -7
Maybe add a '92 to your Christmas list? Santa still recognizes the kid in us.
For me, by the time I sold/traded/was fleeced, those teenage-years' guns weren't in good shape. One was a tad battered; at a downhill stop sign, it took a header off the roof/hood of a car and rattled away down the asphalt: sickening. Another, my older brother managed to get in a wreck, and his shoulder bent the barrel four inches out of line. (That story I wrote here. But it reeks of negative-waves, so I cut it out. If you want to hear it, it would fit in a "Daily Dose of Piss and Poison" thread. Not so good for the Soul.)
New and shiny dazzles young eyes. In my twenties, there were guns I knew I NEEDED, but money for them was still in someone else's pocket.
And speaking of dazzling--As with guns back then, I was fortunate to not have jumped too far when a sparkly woman wafted by. A natural Beauty with a pure Spirit chose to marry me, and her radiance grew brighter with each year. (No need to sell her for the latest model!)
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Post by Bullshop on Mar 2, 2017 18:41:52 GMT -7
"" No need to sell her for the latest model!) ""
Agreed ! Mine is so low maintenance sometimes I have to pinch her to be sure she is still with me.
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