S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics38,498
Posts545,399
Members14,412
|
Most Online1,344 Apr 29th, 2024
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2021
Posts: 130 Likes: 21
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jun 2021
Posts: 130 Likes: 21 |
Guess we'll just have to use our imagination, hey Bill?? RWTF I used the link SKB posted above. Worth a look.
Caution: Hunting and fishing stories told here. Protective footgear may be required.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 607 Likes: 55
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 607 Likes: 55 |
Hello All, Today I tested some Cast Lead bullets. I think I've found my hunting load. With a muzzle velocity averaging 1160 fps, it developes 150 ft/lbs muzzle energy with over 110 ft'lbs remaining at 65 yards. (about max distance for a clean head shot given the accuracy)
|
2 members like this:
Dave Weber, Parabola |
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,020 Likes: 50
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,020 Likes: 50 |
A lovely weapon, complements to both Aaron Little and Buckstix.
The post creates real temptation to commission a small bore double rifle to play with too.
Michael Dittamo Topeka, KS
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 607 Likes: 55
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 607 Likes: 55 |
A lovely weapon, complements to both Aaron Little and Buckstix.
The post creates real temptation to commission a small bore double rifle to play with too. Hello old colonel, Thanks for the reply. Yes, you should do it. Many hours of fun to be had.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207 |
buckstix, I note that my 25RF REM. #4 gives 1060 fps with the factory 67gr bullet. This load was very well thought of as a small game cartridge, in it's day. Your rifle should be a "hoot" in the squirrel woods. Mike
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 607 Likes: 55
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 607 Likes: 55 |
Hello Der Ami, Thanks for the reply.
It should do well on any number of small game animals here in Wisconsin. I also intend to take a whitetail deer with it next fall, albeit at very close range.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,095 Likes: 335
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,095 Likes: 335 |
I also intend to take a whitetail deer with it next fall, albeit at very close range. Please don't try that stunt, buckstix. All you will do is wound the poor animal, to let it go off and suffer a slow death. The very idea is abhorrent. JR
Last edited by John Roberts; 02/02/22 01:26 AM.
Be strong, be of good courage. God bless America, long live the Republic.
|
1 member likes this:
Brittany Man |
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 11,343 Likes: 390
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 11,343 Likes: 390 |
I also intend to take a whitetail deer with it next fall, albeit at very close range. Please don't try that stunt, buckstix. All you will do is wound the poor animal, to let it go off and suffer a slow death. JR +1 John. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels a whitetail deer should only be harvested when a clean quick kill is the likely result. I have my doubts that anyone could be certain that a 52 grain lead bullet at 1160 fps muzzle velocity can be counted upon to reliably penetrate a deer's skull, and destroy a part of the brain that will provide a quick kill. I have no doubt that it could be done if everything was perfect. But there is really no margin of error or extra energy to help mitigate a less than perfect shot. A small head movement or slight sighting error could turn a shot behind the ear into a broken jaw. Several years ago, I helped a buddy recover a nice big whitetail doe that he had hit with a .338 Win. Magnum. It jumped forward as he pulled the trigger, and the 180 grain bullet went in behind the liver, and into the paunch. We tracked it in the dark for three hours, and he finally finished it with a head shot as I held a spotlight on it. Not sure how legal that was, but it finally ended the deer's suffering.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 4,463 Likes: 207 |
That story shows that it is not the cartridge, but rather the "hold". The trick is just don't shoot if the shot isn't right , especially when trying something like that. Mike
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,095 Likes: 335
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,095 Likes: 335 |
That story shows that it is not the cartridge, but rather the "hold". The trick is just don't shoot if the shot isn't right , especially when trying something like that. Mike Mostly true, Mike, but a .25 ACP is not nor ever will be suitable for deer. Even a duiker. JR
Be strong, be of good courage. God bless America, long live the Republic.
|
|
|
|
|