Not a Sharps, but a great BP hunt with a roller!
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Not a Sharps, but a great BP hunt with a roller!
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!
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!
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You Bet!!
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.
Using an original rifle adds spice, for sure. Congrats on the old roller. Shoot straight, rdnck.
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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.
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