sweet

always wanted a nice old lever gun, looked long and hard at a decent '73 rifle in 38-40 at an antique show a few weeks ago. :whistle:

one of these days.

Dean you don't need to hunt dangerous game to use enough gun. I have taken Whitetails with my .416 Taylor. Big hole in big hole out and with very little meat damage. I've torn up a deer worse with a 270 than the Taylor.

I used a .458 Win Mag to take a doe here on my farm. Despite derogatory articles by certain gun scribes over the years, the .458 proved to be a perfectly adequate caliber for this arduous task ...use enough gun...

I couldn't agree more Don. I shot a doe with the Taylor using a 325gr Hawk soft point, it hit her in the chest and exited her back ham. One very dead deer no meat damage to speak of.

I used the Taylor in Africa for everything from Warthogs to Buffalo:)

Rick, my gun show table mate has a very nice refinished Model 73 in 32-20. It is a blued frame gun that looks original from just a few feet away. Nice wood and bore. Where are you located? I believe the gun is priced to sell.

I guess it all depends on bullet placement. A double-lung shot or a heart shot will do little damage to meat (although I do enjoy the heart) but the best for dropping your game in it's tracks is the spine shot - preferably high on the shoulder blade or close to the head. A well placed broadhead will do even less damage to the meat... eh, Larry?

I hate to chase a game animal mostly because my Indian tracking skills suck. My favorite shot placement in on the point of the shoulder, you lose some burger but the animal drops in it's tracks.

This year it will be the 375 & 300 H&H's that go to the deer blind....maybe a 7x57AI also....maybe.

Any one use or have experience with a 45 110 on deer?

A compressed 110 gr. charge of#2 black powder under a 500 gr. bullet would really rattle your fillings.

I was out today at the range with the .375 H&H and the .470NE. I had put a new 30mm scope on the .375 and needed to start practicing with the double rifle. Luckily, after I set up the new scope with the collimator and leveled it, it only need 4 shots at 50 yards to get it set up. I let the rifle cool down My first 3 shots at 100 yards were 1 1/2" high above the bullseye and covered and a half dollar would have covered the group. This is very unusual (for me) so I put the .375 H&H away:eek:and shot the double. At an even 10 lbs. shooting off hand, it gets your attention:shock: so after a dozen rounds I quit. I put all of them in a six inch circle...also unusual so I packed up while I was ahead...the other young fellow at the range shooting his Glock and AR had never seen a double rifle. When I told him the cartridges were developed in 1908 and 1912 he asked if I was really taking antiques to Africa...kids...:crying: