PA doe

[faste350]

shot a doe with my 62 cal on Saturday, the last day of our general rifle season and now I am looking forward to our flintlock only season starting on Dec 26. I still have 2 tags, 1 doe and 1 buck or doe. we are getting cold weather now and it looks like we will have plenty of snow for the season, can't wait!

 

[Wes/Tex]

Photos required! :wink:

 

[faste350]

never have been able to post them on this site.

 

[RC]

well done!!! rifle or smoothie? good luck flintlock season!

 

[jrmflintlock]

If you have photos, I'll gladly post them for you if you email them to me. PM me.

Congrats!!

 

[Britsmoothy]

We need shot details.
Smoothbore?
Congrats.

B.

 

[faste350]

well to start out, it was one of things that I thought needed to be done. had a deer come in right under my stand and thought: boy this deer sure looks small. after watching it at 20 feet for 5 minutes I could see it had a problem with its front leg and shoulder. the more I watched, the more I thought: this little fellow is not going to make it through the winter and I need to do the right thing. let it get out to about 35 yards and put it right down. I had 3 tags, so that wasn't a problem and figured I saved it from a long winter.
anyhow, the rifle is a Christians Springs, Edward Marshall I finished a year ago. 37" .62 cal Colerain barrel, Davis lock, double set triggers, grade 4 maple stock ect. very good shooting rifle. .600 prb, 90 gr 3F @ 1490 fps.

 

[faste350]

I shot deer for 25 years with a trade gun I had built and decided to build a .62 cal rifle for my moose hunt back in September. that would give me better sights and extend my range over the smooth bore. shot a 3" 3 shot group with it on my 140 yard steel target from the bench. with these old eye's I quit at 3 shots, didn't want to mess up that group!

 

[jrmflintlock]

Here are some photos of the fine rifle used to harvest the fine venison!

Very Fine Rifle!!

 

[azmntman]

:thumbsup:

 

[Phillip McDonald]

That thing is beautiful.

 

[James Stella]

Nice rifle. That would be nice to harvest a deer with a rifle you build.

 

[ny griz]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Congrats and a fine rifle.Griz

 

[Renegade Dan]

Congrats! :thumbsup:

 

[faste350]

thanks everyone. I hadn't built a rifle in 25 years, but was happy with the out come. finished a .36 cal Lancaster this spring and have the parts for a .54 and a .32 waiting in the gun room for a
winter projects. thanks for posting the pictures! our flintlock season starts Tuesday, so hopefully I can get 2 more in the freezer

 

[jrmflintlock]

You are most welcome! Feel free to send me pictures anytime if you need me to post them!

Good Luck on the Hunt!!