Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Mechslasher on July 31, 2011, 11:32:43 pm
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this was probably one of the best shots i've ever made. this was a free handed 63 yard shot on a 75# sow. the bullet hit exactly where i was aiming and took out both lungs and opposite shoulder. not sure if it was luck or skill but it's in the cooler. got him on tim beach's alexacarrie plantation. we all had some luck this weekend. hopefully the rest will post their pics.
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Nice, great shooting!
George
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Good shooting Chris. You mean Hillbilly actually got one. :o
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oh no, he got two! loading and skinning them almost wore him out.
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What was he shooting? I'll bet it was steamy down there!
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That is one heck of a shot for that distance, I would have to have a rest to even think of shooting 63 yards with a pistol. Nice looking handcannon. What load were you using? thinking of trying for a hog with the super blackhawk this year.
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Nice shot Chris,meat in the freezer. :)
Pappy
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I'll get some pictures up when I get home this afternoon. And Steve Parnell got his first pig, also.
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j, i'm using winchester factory load these days. these are giving me a 4" group at a 100 yards with this pistol. when i reloaded, i used 25gr. of 296 behind a 240gr xtp bullet. it was a hot load and i used it to take over 30 deer and a black bear with this pistol. this pistol has been fine tuned to be a long range gun. i replaced the factory trigger with a 2.5# custom trigger and all the internal parts have been polish to slick up the action.
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Looks tasty! ;)
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Chris, is that a GP100 or 686. looks like the gp to me in the pic. Fine pistol, i killed an antelope at similar range with mine 2 years back. Great shooters.
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Mighty fine shooting well done
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Pat, hog hunting's not hard if you use something besides a pointy rock tied to a stick to kill them with. :D They were too scattered and skittish this time of year to get bow shots, but we all took something a bit more modern and accurate to bring some meat down with this time. >:D I'll post pics tonight.
Yeah, that was a helluva shot Chris made. We went over there and stepped it off. I was impressed. I'd be doing good to hit a volkswagon at sixty three yards offhand with my .44.
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That was a heck of a shot. He could have probably stretched it out a little farther if he had been wearing a Hawaiin shirt and flip-flops. ;) Here's the first one I shot,#166 and maybe Chris can post Steve Parnells first pig, another good shot for someone that has never fired a high powered rifle and my second pig I got Sunday morning in less than an hour from pants on to pig hanging. The setting got changed on my camera and I can't reduce them enough.
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thanks fellows!
trigger, it's a s&w 629 classic with a 6.5" barrel.
here are some pics of steve's first hog and eddie's. not even gonna go into how lucky that little b@*&$ is. it took eddie about 15 min. from the time he put his boots on to when he killed this one on sun. morning. steve made a heck of a shot on his hog, concidering is was the first time shooting at a hog.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Steve1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/Mechslasher/Eddie1.jpg)
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You guys sure did better than I did, congrats. Good looking pigs for sure. If you want pictures reduced Eddie I can PM you my email address.
George
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Thanks, George. Chris just did it.
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Here's mine. I decided to go Rambo on 'em Saturday evening and broke out the bacon-o-matic rifle. ;D >:D Sow was 110# and the boar was 63# (4.5 stone. ;) ) We had a really good time even with the near-100-degree heat. Not too often you get to hunt in shorts.
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Nice pigs guys. Everyone scored!!! 8) ...and a special congrats to you Parnell. Good shooting!!!
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629 is 44right? I thought you were using a 357 if thats a 44 then that was an incredible shot! I'd like to have seen the sight picture, must've aimed pretty high or sighted in at long range. Well done
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Hey hillbilly. Were you using expanding bullets or fmj in your sks? I have a ton of fmj and have wondered at their hog killing efficiency. If fmj did you have to track them?
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Looks like a good hunt,sorry I missed it. :)
Pappy
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We were talking about how to get you down there, Pappy. Pigs were everywhere.
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yep, the 629 is the 44 mag. when hillbilly was down last we zeroed it at 50 yards which made it 6" low at 100 yards. i just installed a metrolight tritium sight on the pistol. when i was hunting with tim back in dec, i had an aimpoint red dot scope on the pistol, and a 200+# boar stepped out about 20 yards away. when i aimed the red dot was dead. made me look and feel fairly stupid so i switched back to iron sights. the sight pic was fairly tight, i guessed the hog a little over 50 yards so i lined up the sights and split the hog horizontally a shade passed center and squeezed. she did a quick flip and staggered off into the brush. she was slightly quartering away so the bullet took out both lungs and the far side shoulder. i knew it was a good hit when i saw pieces of lung on the grass when i began tracking her. the rest is in the pic.
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Hey hillbilly. Were you using expanding bullets or fmj in your sks? I have a ton of fmj and have wondered at their hog killing efficiency. If fmj did you have to track them?
I was shooting 154-grain soft points. Both of them dropped in their tracks. I shot the boar running from a bad angle, had to finish him off with a knife. The sow was a broadside shot tight behind the shoulder, she dropped like she was pole-axed.
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Man those look tasty mmmm well done steve
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Hey Stirling they are quite good it's like the difference between store chicken and free range chicken. My son killed one last week and we bbq ed his but saturday night.MMMMM MMMMM
Ron
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Yes Sir,
Fine Shooting, and some Fine Pigs...
I see some Tasty Vittles in your future. :)
-gus