[crazydave]

OK - it's Sunday evening, range date is Monday.....

Looks like 1868 Trapdoor .50-70 and 1895 .405 will go....

Get your votes in! .44 Evans or Beaumont or ?....

I'll check @6am Eastern Monday - after that it's up to me and whatever I have loaded....

 

[crazydave]

Well, the 1868 Trapdoor Springfield .50-70 is SWEET @100yds! What I had loaded were from my brother:

530gr Lee w/40gr AA2495 & WLR at OAL=2.25" is going 1203fps w/SD=4. Just over 2"@100yds with the issue sights.... This dude is going to Ossabaw!

And YES - the boring old VTR is one-ragged-hole @100yds, so she goes, too - along with the Ruger Mountain I did the Scout conversion on.

 

[Chief RID]

Excellent!I'm sure a good time will be had by all. Can't wait for a report, with pics. You know haw I love pics. I will be heading to the midlands for my hunt this weekend. The guys got a little buck last weekend. I have two stands that should produce this year. I need meat in the freezer. Camping and hunting. My favorite combo.

 

[Combat Diver]

Remington Rolling Block would be what I'll reach for. I do love a good Winchester 1886, 92 or 95. JMB sure knew how to design firearms.

CD

 

[crazydave]

Well, no luck or love for the Trapdoor....

The VTR, however, accounted for 2 deer and 3 pigs. Due to requests fröm "the gentler souls" among us, pics NOT showing blood-n-guts were difficult. Why? "Sniper rifles demand head-shots." I held-off of this mantra for the 8-pt, however, as the guys on the island would've been "irritated" if it got the same B-T-E treatment as the fork-horn spike.

ANYWAYS, here's the only two pics "fit for the PC world":

 

[crazydave]

BTW - turned out there wasn't too much wasted neck-meat on the 8-point....

Pig 1 = 7yds
Pig 2 = 23yds
Pig 3 = 338yds
Deer 1 = 183yds
Deer 2 = 26yds

 

[Combat Diver]

crazydave,

Enjoyed the pics and sounds like a wonderful weekend.

CD

 

[Water-Man]

1892 .38-40

 

[Chief RID]

Way to go, crazydave. I am glad you had a good hunt. Thanks for the pics, the pole and including us. I have never heard our forum as being in any way PC and I know all kill pics will be displayed , unedited.

 

[crazydave]

Way to go, crazydave. I am glad you had a good hunt. Thanks for the pics, the pole and including us. I have never heard our forum as being in any way PC and I know all kill pics will be displayed , unedited.

Well, I picked up a vibe on another thread here that went into the whole "hunters-as-ambassadors-to-the-world" spiel, and I didn't want to make anyone cry over meat-in-the-fridge, so....

 

[baddad457]

The 86 in 45/90 or the 95 in 405. No sense in taking chances with a single shot with hogs. Many times you'll be far out numbered and the extra magazine capacity comes to good use.

 

[crazydave]

The 86 in 45/90 or the 95 in 405. No sense in taking chances with a single shot with hogs. Many times you'll be far out numbered and the extra magazine capacity comes to good use.

Thanks for your input.

I'm planning a pig hunt this week & next week at Ft.Stewart, GA - I'm thinking I'll need to try a few of my "Old-Schoolers" down there.....

NEVER discount a single-shot, btw. A hunter with a single-shot and several targets can place extra rounds in the fingers of his/her support hand to make for a quick 2nd-or-3rd kill in a "group-grope" situation....

Of course a repeater helps speed things up a bit....

 

[baddad457]

Thanks for your input.

I'm planning a pig hunt this week & next week at Ft.Stewart, GA - I'm thinking I'll need to try a few of my "Old-Schoolers" down there.....

NEVER discount a single-shot, btw. A hunter with a single-shot and several targets can place extra rounds in the fingers of his/her support hand to make for a quick 2nd-or-3rd kill in a "group-grope" situation....

Of course a repeater helps speed things up a bit....

Never underestimate how fast a hog (or hogs) can move. Nobody's that fast with a single shot. If you do chose to use a single shot, make sure you're in an elevated stand. I've been on the ground in the middle of about 20-30 Hogs with only a 94 30-30. It got interesting to say the least. Especially since I was hunting with a broken leg and couldn't run if I'd wanted to. Four shots in less than a minute on one hog (it was just after sundown) to put him down. Only one connected. The rest ran wild in every direction. Good luck though.

 

[shane256]

I agree with the above, but we kill hogs with muzzleloaders fairly often (one WMA we hunt allows only bows and black powder all season long)

 

[BarkBuster20]

Well, I picked up a vibe on another thread here that went into the whole "hunters-as-ambassadors-to-the-world" spiel, and I didn't want to make anyone cry over meat-in-the-fridge, so....

sounds like a good weekend, i have had people bicker at my pics because there was some blood coming out of the nose (not much at that)

 

[crazydave]

Leaving Wednesday for another Ossabaw hunt, this time hog-only....

The VTR .308 is going, as well as the .50-70 Trapdoor....

I'm up in the air over my 3rd gun (I like to have three along in case I kill a bunch early & feel like changing tactics). Either the 9.3x74R Chapius double OR the .38-40 Remington 14 1/2....

Probably the Remington - just because I've killed with the double already....

 

[Combat Diver]

Have fun and may your tags be filled........

CD

 

[crazydave]

Have fun and may your tags be filled........

CD

Thanks - yours, too. But above all BE CAREFUL OUT THERE....

 

[Chief RID]

Good hunting to both, Crazy and Combat!

 

[crazydave]

OK - Hunt Report

1) Sow @40yds taken w/Rem 700VTR .308 150gr SST & 46gr IMR4064 behind the ear - DRT.
2) Boar @80yds quartering away as fast as he could run - not fast enough! Springfield 1868 Trapdoor .50-70 530gr Lee pure lead & 24gr(?) AA 2495 through aeorta & neck (as seen in pic) - chased 30yds w/finisher in top of skull (I was tired of running)....