Harvested a deer with my 86

jjh501 · Post by **jjh501** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:09 pm

Took my 86 Winnie (DOB 1887) 45-90 out to the deer woods yesterday afternoon. A six point came out late about 70 yards away. He was facing me and never turned broadside. When he lowered his head to graze I shot hime at the base of the neck. He was DRT. I was using a 300 grain gas check bullet and 30 grains of Accurate Arms 5744 and I was amazed at the penetration. The bullet pulverized 2 vertebrae then went completely through the chest and abdominal cavity finally fracturing the left femur. Put it another way, I shattered its femur by shooting it in the neck.
Sorry, no pictures this time. I think venison will be part of Thanksgiving Dinner this year.

Walker · Post by **Walker** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:12 pm

Nicely done

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:17 pm

Cool and Grats.

CowboyTutt · Post by **CowboyTutt** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:31 pm

Now that's a good clean and humane kill. No adrenalin in the meat and if he was eating a lot of green grass I bet he will taste particularly great. Nice work. -Tutt

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:35 pm

Wow! The penetration of that round is very good. Congratulations on harvesting a deer with a classic Winchester.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:37 pm

Well done, enjoy your venison at Thanksgiving

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:15 pm

Sounds like you did OK. I sure do like that 5744 powder, use it for 38-55 and 32-20.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:58 pm

Congratulations!
Sounds like you weren't underguned.

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:03 am

very interesting...an old cartridge and levergun doing what a bolthandledscopemountedshortmagnum can do...me like... :)

86er · Post by **86er** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:45 am

Nice - that'll work.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:05 am

Very good! Congrats.

hightime · Post by **hightime** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:55 pm

A plan that came together. Ya can't beat that.

Owen

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:22 pm

It would have been deader if you used one of them new-fangled super-short belted-magnum hyper-velocity rounds with a titanium-cored, H-framed, swaged-core, welded-jacket, laser-guided, computer-balanced bullet, fired from a respectable bolt-action that was of a far more modern design...providing you used a tactical scope with an illuminated reticle that had built-in ballistic aiming points customized to your cartridge...

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:23 am

Sounds about like what I've been huntin' with. 'Cept mine was made in '16 and I use a tad more 5744. Don't you just love it?

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:29 pm

love it. That round would not be considered adequate over here!

N.

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