Not everything is bigger in Texas

Ian

Ian

Notorious member
Figured I'd stick this here since I didn't put up a photo of the whole deer in the lead-free bullet thread. Rifle was my Mossberg MVP Varmint 24" 5.56 x 45mm, range was 95 yards off my shooting bench, NOE 22-67 FN MX3 @ 58 grains with 88/12/.75 Bismuth/tin/antimony alloy, LBT soft blue lube, 15 grains of RX-7. Front heart shot, flop, stumble ten yards and dead. I'm guessing about 80 lbs on the hoof. His two, much larger six-point cohorts that have been hanging around my property this year are now safe from me. I wanted a little venison this year but also like having the better deer around to improve our meager local herd and didn't want to harvest the better bucks. Then this guy showed up at the wrong end of a bullet testing session.

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fiver

fiver

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cut with a fork tender.
judging from those legs I think you got under me by about 10-15 lbs this year.
but you got me by about 1-1/2"s of antler length.
 
Ian

Ian

Notorious member
At least neither of ours had spots.

I had to use a knife to free the backstraps because they kept trying to tear in two. Might have to try your "Thai" sweet potato recipe as a side with this one.
 
fiver

fiver

Well-Known Member
you get the heat just right and you won't eat them any other way.
I tend to overshoot just a hair because the heat keeps climbing after the initial taste test and the starches start taking in the capsaicin.
so shoot low real low to start.
 
Winelover

Winelover

North Central Arkansas
Congrats, I passed on his twin, yesterday morning. Have at least 4 other spikes on my property. There was a three point rule, here till this season. CWD is in the next county and the rules have been relaxed to the point that anything is legal. I just can't bring myself to shoot the young ones. I still adhere to the three point rule. Passed on quite of few 4-5 points, this season. My field cams tell me there are plenty of 8 points, visiting the property, just not during the daylight hours. I'm still holding out. Modern gun season is over next Sunday. Archery runs till February 28th...................with another three day muzzle loader season, in December.
 
Brad

Brad

Benevolent Overlord and site owner
Staff member
Kevin, for more on the story look here. Ian got a bit carried away on day 1 of the potential use of lead free alloys for bullet casting and hunting. Can’t fault the results.

Lead-free bullet casting alloy

I want to continue the "Condor Cuddler" thread here but more to the point of attempting to find a lead-free substitute for cast bullets rather than resorting to the usual Barnes et alia solution for hunting in areas which no longer permit the use of lead bullets. As mentioned on the other...
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Rick

Rick

Moderator
Staff member
Kevin Stenberg said:
Ian was the bullet recovered? Its condition?
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Kevin, it was discussed here . . .

Lead-free bullet casting alloy

Still riding the back side of the learning curve here. I figured 385⁰F was safe to powder coat but it was just a little too much, my ten test bullets all bulged and slumped the bottom driving band. So I tried again, switching from 400⁰ powder at 385⁰ for 25 minutes to 350⁰ powder at 340⁰ at...
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Ian

Ian

Notorious member
Yes, but I had a little trouble getting the heart shot and last group on target overlayed properly. :p If the deer had only been about three inches taller.....LOL!
 
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