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Unread 10-03-2015, 12:22 PM   #31
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Craig, what distances are you taking these deer at ?
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Unread 10-03-2015, 04:32 PM   #32
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Craig, what distances are you taking these deer at ?
Anymore when I head to the woods in any of my "normal" spots I carry a shotgun and a rifle .

Generally the furthest rifle shot I can get is 75 yards at best .
When I pattern my buckshot loads it's only at 25 yards, so to date I've not fired on one with buckshot at over 30 yards . When I go out I also carry a range finder . But most of my stand sites I know well enough to know when the deer are inside or close to the 25 yard area . I suspect they'll do ok further out but I set that as my limit and so far I've stuck to it . But then if they ease on out a ways and I can find a reason to kill them anyway I'll go on and do it with the rifle .

I suppose you could say I bowhunt with a shotgun .

I am planning to go out Monday and shoot patterns with buckshot and #1 Bismuth in my new to me EH #3 .
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I've killed deer with buckshot so far only with 10's and a 16. Used homemade slug in an 1891 GH 12 this past year but so far no 12 buckshot deer .

I have a couple 12's I wanna blood . But the ones that are interesting me most at the moment other then the 10's are a trio of 20's I have . My little VHE 28" , a Philly Sterlingworth 28" and a Philly Sterlingworth 26" . The 26" is IC/M and the 28" guns are both M/F . For some reason the two tighter guns really like my handloaded #2 buck although they don't do bad with handloaded #3 buck .

Again all my buckshot loads are patterned at 25 yards .
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Well, I have the 40 cal rifle barrel liner in my 1882 Remington hammer gun sighted in so now all I have left is seeing how well my buckshot loads group. That should give me the best of both worlds.
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Well, I have the 40 cal rifle barrel liner in my 1882 Remington hammer gun sighted in so now all I have left is seeing how well my buckshot loads group. That should give me the best of both worlds.
Sounds like a decent plan . Since we had no DCP's this year I'm a little behind on my usual take . But I have faith in my luck to come from behind lol's 😉 At some point I wanna get a mold cut to closely resemble the Lyman 525 grain 12 gauge sabot mold but large enough to fit the Remington SP-10 wad like the 525 fits the Claybuster knockoff of the WAA12 wad .
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paul at what range would your rifle take a deer...what i mean is how far do you think you can kill a deer withthat 40.....that 10 ga buckshot loads will kill a deer at 40 yards real good but will usally go farther before they drop than one shot at 25 yards or less..up that close buckshot are really deadly...charlie
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Just finished loading some buckshot for trial in my new to me EH #3 frame gun .

All are in brand new Remington hulls with SP-10 wads and over cards . Also all have 30 grains of SR7625 and CCI209 primers .

For 000 I have eight pellets and six 9mm cases full of Grex .

For 00 I have 12 pellets and four 9mm cases full of Grex .

For 0 I have 12 pellets and five 9mm cases full of Grex .

For 1 I have 16 pellets and five 9mm cases of Grex .

For 2 I have 22 pellets and three 9mm cases of Grex .

For 3 I have 26 pellets and three 9mm cases of Grex .

Plan on trying them in the AM at 25 yards .
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