A little of topic but worth it..Just finished shoveling snow 9 inches..Having food and going with the 450#2 to hunt down a whitetail with a double rifle...

Mike

Mike

Sounds like fun and great practice. Nothing beats practising on fur, hair and skin in the field.

You sure a 450#2 has enough grunt for a whitetail?

Really Sure?

As long as someone is backing you up with a .500

Regards

Mike, I should've had that 450 to blow holes in the 10" we got down here! While sipping coffee after clearing it I was watching 8 does and a legal buck in my corn field behind the house. can't believe no one has laid him low as of yet. TLM

Have killed a couple of deer with the Seary .470 and a couple with the Chapuis 9,3x74R. However, I could never quite bring myself to haul either out in the snow.

Good luck with the deer hunt!

Mike what load are you using in your 450 No2 for deer?

Well guys I drew my first blood with my double rifle..
Took down a doe after a stalk she gave me a good shot at 60 yds...Put her right down..

Tony I am shooting 88grs of RL 15 with a Woodleigh 480 softpoint.. It worked...

Mike

Congratulations!

What a grin!!

Mike
Nice shooting.
That is the load I use with 480/500 grain bullets in my No2. Try 81 grains of IMR 3031 with the Hornady 350 RN, with filler of course. Hits the same place as the 480/500 grainers out to 200 yards. Has a little less recoil. Velocity @2330 fps in my 28" bbls.
Killes deer and wild pigs very good.

Mike
How you like the 450#2 on deer. Still trying to decide if I am brave enough to getmine converted. Make sure you keep those rl15 results for me thats most likely what ill use if I convert.
Dean

Way to go Mike! That will help the 'ol confidence come Tanzania.

Gentlemen, thank you..

Dean, that is the first time I used a 40+ caliber for deer a supersized 45/70...Recoil was like nothing...

Not a big exit hole but you can put your thumb in the entrance hole...
Not bad for a guy who really does not shoot open sights..More practice will be in order...

Mike

Mike:

Like you and any humane hunter I have never believed in being undergunned for North American game. I have seen some New Brunswick whitetails that looked like elk compared to the runty whitetails this Southern NY hunter was used to. Come to think of it, I would have preferred the 470, N.E.