Not a Sharps but a side hammer and Swiss...

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Lazer
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Not a Sharps but a side hammer and Swiss...

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33 yards this morning....
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That works. I'm taking a flinter on Tuesday for the same. May stick with the Ballard though.
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Lazer congrats, a fine looking buck. Can almost taste a bacon wrapped fillet from here. bobw
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Well done. Nice buck and photo. It appears to be a Hawken but the patch box is similar to a Leman, can't really tell from the photo. Man you were stretching the range weren't you :D. It's a source of pride getting close to these guys sometimes.
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Nice.
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Boy, I guess you ought to be proud -- of the buck and for getting so close. How about details on your rifle and load?
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Bill:

It's a Lyman GP I built from their kit. Browned steel. I added the faster twist hunter barrel and put the patch box in. Lyman hooded front sight and rear peep site on the tang.

The load I use is 100 grains of Swiss 1.5 under the Lee REAL bullet cast in pure lead. You can get most of the bullets to touch each other on paper at a hundred yards. Drops 6" at a hundred and twenty five and shoots 4" high at fifty. Kicks like a mule with that curved butt plate (best to place it on your shoulder joint, not in tight) but I never felt a thing when I touched it off on that 'lope.

It was a frontal shot on the lope... I was hoping it would turn broadside but things were going to happen too fast for that luxury. About zero bloodshot meat with that slow moving bus of a slug.

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Nice work.


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Lazer: Your harvest has to be even sweeter since you put your rifle together yourself. I like the Lyman GPRs. Good barrels and good bones.
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.50 or .54? Very cool and nice going! Where you over a water hole? MD
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.54 ... no water... they water outa creeks in that area... his demise was the same of many a buck... the rut. :?
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