How many of your rifles have killed deer?

[oldwood]

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[hanshi]

Gotta think on thes one. I can think of at least 7 that I've taken deer with but I surely missed one or two. And most of those took scads (a "Southern" word meaning very many) of whitetails and often as many as three in a row in the morning before noontime.

 

[roundballman]

My 40 cal kentucky I built in 1977 has taken several, also 45 cal Yorktown from Cabin Creek. Looking forward to having a chance this year with the 58 smoothbore Kibler Colonial. Many others with the percussion guns.

 

[Skychief]

I'm remembering 5.

 

[Stantheman86]

0 with me shooting them, I'm sure I own a few that took many with previous owners

 

[wattlebuster]

Both my 62s have taken deer an coyote. The Bruton lots more than the Schell woodsrunner since I have had it lots longer. My newest 62 has a zero count being that it didnt come in till after deer season this yr. Its batter up this fall though

 

[cynthialee]

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My TC Hawken and my TC Renegade have both bagged 2 deer.
Next time I hunt I will go out with my CVA cobble together gun. Has a Pioneer stock, bobcat lock and trigger and a mountain stalker barrel. Shoots pretty straight and it is lighter than my TC rifles. Gonna mean a bit more recoil, but I tend to only need to shoot once to tag my deer.

 

[bronko220002]

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That's a fine looking rifle... I have several that I haven't killed anything with. I've been toting my .58 percussion and flintlock for both deer and bear hoping to get one with either. I also have a handful of inlines that haven't killed anything yet. I use them mostly for target shooting and having some fun at the range and for hunting when I can expect a long shot over 100 yards. I hear tell the .58 smacks the snot out of deer. I'm hoping soon to find out first hand.

 

[Hermit Tim]

Just two of mine are confirmed deer getters. A CVA Bobcat and a Traditions Deer Hunter. My wife gave each of them to me as Christmas presents back in the nineties. Funny thing, if I carry either of these two it seems like I am always more likely to get a shot. When I am packing a "better" rifle I never get the opportunity. I know it's all in my head but I'll take it as long as there is meat in the freezer.

 

[Hermit Tim]

One, my GPR in 50 cal. I only have two and one is just a severely abused CVA that I inherited which isn’t in shooting condition.

Just curious, what model is that abused CVA? I guess I'm an old CVA junkie...

 

[Rawhide67]

Of the several traditional guns I currently have, none have killed a deer. But, deer don't grow on trees where I hunt.

 

[Stykbow]

@Hermit Tim I think it’s a St. Louis Hawken. I’ll have to look when I get back home to be sure.

 

[Spikebuck]

Since my primary shooting goal is hunting, most all of the rifles I have owned have taken deer. My Pedersoli Rocky Mountain Hawken has seen the most action, by far.

I do currently own two rifles (of legal caliber) that have not taken big game.

I have a Brooks Colonial that I have hunted with and have passed on does and smaller bucks, but no game shots taken yet.

I also have my Haines, very well built to copy an original, by our own Dave Person. It is from a Chambers kit I sent him and hasn't been in the woods. I SO wish I had had him do the build from scratch to better fit me. That's the problem with kits that leave little leeway to build them to the shooter's needs. They can be perfectly executed but still not fit because they can't be altered enough.

 

[Loja man]

Since my primary shooting goal is hunting, most all of the rifles I have owned have taken deer. My Pedersoli Rocky Mountain Hawken has seen the most action, by far.

I do currently own two rifles (of legal caliber) that have not taken big game.

I have a Brooks Colonial that I have hunted with and have passed on does and smaller bucks, but no game shots taken yet.

I also have my Haines, very well built to copy an original, by our own Dave Person. It is from a Chambers kit I sent him and hasn't been in the woods. I SO wish I had had him do the build from scratch to better fit me. That's the problem with kits that leave little leeway to build them to the shooter's needs. They can be perfectly executed but still not fit because they can't be altered enough.

Dave does such a nice work! We are blessed to have his involvement in the community!

 

[exPAtriate]

I'm new to traditional black powder shooting, so none yet. Hopefully I can change that in October!

 

[Mad Professor]

58 Lyman and 54 Renegade. First ML deer was with the Lyman in the 1980s

Others I've not taken hunting deer. One is a rack queen a 54 TC hawken with unfired NOS 1-66 barrel, a 50 Renegade that's only been out a few times, and 12ga TC with a Toledo full choke bird barrel.

 

[sheriff john]

Jonathan Browning .50 killed 'em for decades until they ran out of replacement mainsprings, then he went away. Only one with my Ruger Old Army. Hatfield .45 flinter. Ithaca Hawken. H&A underhammer, originals, etc. killed the rest over the last 50 years. All patched round balls, .45 & .50's mostly.

The one that's frustrated me over the years is an original .54 over 12 gauge percussion that I've sighted in, loaded, and carried into the woods several times but never fired at a deer. It's simply too heavy to carry very long. Each time I've thought "okay, I can do this", but always swap it out come breakfast time.

 

[Rifleman1776]

For me with ml, haven't counted but only my Rev. style .45 flint longrifle. Several others with an unmentionable. For my wife, she took two in one day with her TC Seneca stocked/Douglas barreled 'Half Breed' .45" cal.

 

[Muddly]

I've 3 new to the cabinet that need to be blooded.
A .54 percussion Renegade
A .50 flintlock Renegade
A breechloader.
My unmentionable has 4 to her credit and my laminated stocked T/C Hawken has 2.
I like to hunt a rifle exclusively until it's blooded. Happily, it usually happens its first year out.
The Hawken, her first day out, took 2 an hour apart TO THE MINUTE.

 

[morehops52]

Most of 'em.