.58 Colonial is a heart breaker

[Buff1958]

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[The Crisco Kid]

How far did it go after that heart shot?

Too bad you wasted the heart and not the liver!

 

[snakebit]

There is a tunnel on an active road in West Virginia smaller than that entry wound that rifle definitely called down the thunder. Well done

 

[Dutch7]

Sweet!

 

[Buff1958]

How far did it go after that heart shot?

Too bad you wasted the heart and not the liver!

50 yard half circle

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

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Good clean kill! Hope you weren't planning on the family eating heart.

Larry

 

[deerstalkert]

that right there is why we always shot deer in the head back in the 50's and 60's! blow up a heart like that and momma would take a strip off with a willow switch.
that is some definite medicine right there. biggest hole i have made in a critter was .54 going in. didn't check the going out size.

 

[FF1612]

Sweeeeeet!!

 

[RiverRat]

Great shot! Congratulations and another flintlock kill.

 

[BJHabermehl]

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That’s why I aim for the center of the heart-lung “ football”. Usually taking out the aorta and both lungs. I like my pickled deer heart. I also hunt with a .58 cal flintlock rifle. Usually they go down in sight. BJH

 

[aussie pete]

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Some of you lads are having some wonderful hunts lately. That's a good amount of protein there @Buff1958. Great shot too - no use lamenting it; some meat loss is usually expected.

Cheers, Pete

 

[Blitz]

How far did it go after that heart shot?

Too bad you wasted the heart and not the liver!

To each there own . For me there is Nothing better than fresh deer liver.

 

[Spikebuck]

Congrats!

As the character "Marv" from the movie "Home Alone - Lost in New York" said: WOW...WHAT A HOLE!!!

 

[Blitz]

That’s why I aim for the center of the heart-lung “ football”. Usually taking out the aorta and both lungs. I like my pickled deer heart. I also hunt with a .58 cal flintlock rifle. Usually they go down in sight. BJH

I got one from a steep slope once killed it three times with one shot spine, aorta, lungs exit lower chest rt frnt leg , dead befor I heard the shot 25 to 30 yds. A very nice forked horn largest fork antlers I ever saw. Near Shelter Cove Calif . About 140# at final dusk, barely time to field dress.
Back to Eureka for fresh liver.

 

[HighUintas]

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Is that the entry? What was the load and how far was the shot?

I'm planning on loading 125gr 2f in my 58 for my first hunt with it. I'm wondering what to expect at 50 yards on a deer. Similar to a slug, or total destruction?

 

[Eterry]

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As Elmer Keith used to say, " you can eat right up to the bullet hole!"
Don't let the chest-beaters bring you down. While they're waiting for the perfect Liver shot , which according to anatomy is in the Guts, you brought home the venison.
Great job, I'm going in the morning.

 

[Eterry]

Is that the entry? What was the load and how far was the shot?

I'm planning on loading 125gr 2f in my 58 for my first hunt with it. I'm wondering what to expect at 50 yards on a deer. Similar to a slug, or total destruction?

I shoot several muskets and use minie balls, for me my most accurate load is 60grs fffg with a 500gr Lyman minie. . It'll shoot under 3 moa all day.
I think many use WAY MORE powder than is needed for iron sights.
My best friend uses 50grs fffg in his 54 with prb, has nothing but pass through shots.