the Black Death
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steelbuttplate
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the Black Death
I got tired of carrying my first Kentucky rifle that was the weight of a piece of drill steel, so in '92 I think I gave $90 for this little feller. He's been a real killer , two kill shots over 100 yd but most 20-50 yd. I keep the back sight black and the front filed silvery. 90 gr. Pyrodex and a .325 gr. buffalo bullet .
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Re: the Black Death
Nice but it looks like you ran out of paint when you got to the buttstock. Do you use a buffalo bullet when rabbit hunting?
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Re: the Black Death
Cool, I still have my 70's era CVA Kentucky .45, plus a few I have picked up since then.
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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Re: the Black Death
I have a CVA Bobcat I paid $50 for a a backup .50 cal.
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
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steelbuttplate
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Re: the Black Death
I use a .410 with #4 Winchester super X when rabbit hunting.Longcolt44 wrote:Nice but it looks like you ran out of paint when you got to the buttstock. Do you use a buffalo bullet when rabbit hunting?
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steelbuttplate
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Re: the Black Death
Probably the same barrel/trigger. With the load I mentioned, I hold full bead out to 50 yd, half the front sight extra full for 75, and the whole blade extra full for 100 +. "Hillbilly ranging". The last one I shot with it was the Muy Grande of Glade Valley, he survived with front leg damage.entropy wrote:I have a CVA Bobcat I paid $50 for a a backup .50 cal.
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I've only shot the Bobcat at 50, same hold as you. I took a doe at 125 with my Traditions Hawken. I held the sight regular, just put it on her shoulder, missed the aorta (always my target on a deer) by 1/2" high, put the 385 gr Buffalo Bullets HBHP through both lungs, she went over the top of the hill, laid down about 50 yards over the hill. I Reloaded the 1100 (my backup gun-shotgun/muzzelloader/pistol area at the time) that I missed the other four deer that were on that hill with (she was the closest) , waited about 10 more minutes, topped the hill, she stuck her neck up to look, I broke it with a Brenneke Black Magnum.
"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." -Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
Murphy was an optimist.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a
sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an
equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects - Robert A. Heinlien
Re: the Black Death
I rely love the name & the notches are killer-PUN INTENDED!! every one says that they are under gunned but back in the day that is what they used-for squirrel and ROEBUCK.so why not? keep banging them!.
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steelbuttplate
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You shoot a squirrel with this, nothing left but hide & hair. .36 cal round ball was the squirrel rifle in the Blue ridge.toot wrote:I rely love the name & the notches are killer-PUN INTENDED!! every one says that they are under gunned but back in the day that is what they used-for squirrel and ROEBUCK.so why not? keep banging them!.
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