Not a Sharps, but a great BP hunt with a roller!

bpesteve · Post by **bpesteve** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:57 pm

Out with Lee Hawes for three grey, wet and chilly days with an original Remington roller as transformed by those fun-loving Swedes into a 12,7x42R (pretty much a .50-70) sporting rifle. I'll let the picture speak for itself:

I managed, much more by luck than skill, to end up in a perfect ambush situation after the herd changed course and I took the shot at about 60 yards. it's amazing what a 450 grain .50 caliber bullet can do even when started out at 1150 fps with the dinky Swedish cartridge. I like fat bullets!

A year of good eating ahead, yum!

rdnck · Post by **rdnck** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:03 pm

Steve--Way to go! You're right, there's about a year's worth of meat there. We just finished eating our last one.

Using an original rifle adds spice, for sure. Congrats on the old roller. Shoot straight, rdnck.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:29 pm

You know how to have fun. Nice bull.

Brent

Big Gun · Post by **Big Gun** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:03 pm

Looks like a two year old cow to me...

Stephen Borud · Post by **Stephen Borud** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:33 pm

BPESTEVE

Good job.

Stephen

mdeland · Post by **mdeland** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:13 pm

Man I like the looks of those old rollers! Very nicely done! MD

Johnny B. Good · Post by **Johnny B. Good** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:52 am

"PURE DEAD BRILLIANT"!!

bpesteve · Post by **bpesteve** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:29 am

Thanks gang - it was literally a blast with those 55 grs of FFg! This one was a fairly large cow that Lee estimated to be six years old. Somehow or other she had managed to get herself that mud facial and with her nice horns and long topknot I thought she was a real beauty. Well... you know what I mean.

rdnck · Post by **rdnck** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:56 am

Steve--I'm curious. Where did you hit her, and did you recover the bullet, or did it pass all the way through? Shoot straight, rdnck.

pete · Post by **pete** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:55 am

She does have nice long horns. Congratulations.

Oyvind · Post by **Oyvind** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:00 am

Very nice to see that those old 12 mm rolling blocks still can do the job! A great bunch of black powder shooters here in Scandinavia shoot original 12 mm Remingtons.

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Not a Sharps, but a great BP hunt with a roller!

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