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I took this cow moose in Maine on Monday with my .500 Linebaugh. First shot was somewhere in the 100 yard range. Going to have a whole lot of steaks in the freezer!  More to follow...... "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | ||
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Sounds like a few hundred pounds of good eats to me! Did you hunt through an outfitter? | |||
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Yeah, I did, Brandon. There were a number of crop deprivation cow permits given out this year as the broccoli farmers are taking a beating. The outfitter was # 9 Lake Outfitters of Bridgewater, Maine. I got lucky and tagged out on day one. I couldn't be happier with the outfitter and their services. "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Any moose is a good moose, congratulations on a good hunt and a great game animal taken. Tell us more about how your gun did. velocity is like a new car, always losing value. BC is like diamonds, holding value forever. | |||
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Good Job! I see you have a scale on the end. What dd she weigh? Mark | |||
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Can't wait to hear more details, congratulations Whitworth!!!! | |||
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Congrats,nice shootin Whitworth.Lots a of good eatin right there!!! | |||
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I knew they were big, but never pictured that size.....congrats....  Is that an Ultra Dot on the revolver? "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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She weighed 629 dressed -- big girl! I was using Grizzly's 500 grain LFN load (rated at 1,100 fps). Shot her in the last couple of minutes of legal shooting time/light and she was merely a silouette, so I estimated where her shoulder was and squeezed. I hit her a little farther back than I had wanted to but it double lunged her in any event. She moved off a bit and I just continued shooting at what was now just a dark blob at least 125 - 150 yards away. I connected on a couple of the shots. I tend to shoot until they are down -- cuts on tracking and loosing game! She went down, and that was that. She was done but I still put one behind her ear. All shots were through and through. Thanks a bunch, guys! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Yup, Bill, that is an Ultradot 30 -- old faithful! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Here's the little beast.......  "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Great job Whit! Moose are great eating & one of the most unique animals out there for the handgun hunter. They react totally different from a hit than an elk or deer. Many times the moose will take a solid, fatal hit & just stand there, then they decide their dead & topple over. Out west its best to shoot them later in the season (moose season is 3 months) it takes ours a while to bulk up & really have any fat on them. We've taken one early in the season (Aug 31) & it was thin & tough even though it was a young bull. Fine shooting with the 500! Dick | |||
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Congratulations on the nice cow! | |||
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MARKO!!!!! EXCELLENT JOB BUDDY! That is an awesome accomplishment. I was excited to see a photo! Moose with a pistol! I remember going to the range with my Ruger SRH 454 Casull and it was tough without some good form/practice. Short barrelled .500 Linebaugh is awesome. "Let me start off with two words: Made in America" | |||
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Awesome! What is the barrel length? Landrum | |||
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So what'd that SRH start out life as and who did the converting to the 500JRH? Kinda making me want to put an ultradot on my 460..... | |||
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Landrum, it has a 5-inch barrel. Brandon, it started life as a .454 before it became a .500 Linebaugh. Thanks again, gentlemen! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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EW! I'll bet that left a mark!  Welcome to the club  Congratulations!!!Alan  | |||
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Thank you much, Alan! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Whitworth, Thats a great moose, gonna give you some great meals all year. Was wondering who did the conversion for your ruger to 500 linbaugh. Matt Simply, Elegant but always approachable | |||
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Matt, Jack Huntington (530-268-6877) performed the conversion on my .454 SRH, and I am exceedingly happy with it! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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You and Thompson were the inspiration for my mounting the Ultra Dot on my Blackhawk....I was going to apply for Shiras moose in Idaho until I saw the non resident tag fee. Damn, I didn't want to buy part of the state, just one critter. $2101.00!!!!  "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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Congratulations, Whit... Who said that a 5 incher can't reach out and take game.... _____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | |||
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I am so glad I opted for the shorter barrel -- so much easier to pack and evidently still very accurate. Thanks, guys! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Way to go Marko... I would love to get a moose tag. I have been putting in for one foe several years now for Maine.. If you're going to make a hole, make it a big one. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Member of the Delaware Destroyers Member Reeders Misfits NRA Life Member ENDOWMENT MEMBER NAHC Life Member DSA Life Member | |||
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Thanks a bunch, Alex! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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SUPER job!!! Congrats on some fine shooting on an AWESOME animal. "remember the code" | |||
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Great swamp donkey, Marco. Alex is so jealous of you he sent me to look. LOL. Congrats RETIRED Taxidermist | |||
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Very cool, Whitworth. Nice looking revolver too!! ______________________ "The heroes are dead but not all the dead are heroes." | |||
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LOL! Thanks, George! How've you been and where have you been? Thanks Big Muddy and big_foot! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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good job Whitworth man that is a big moose didn't realize they were so big unless you are three feet tall | |||
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2' 6" -- but who's counting! LOL!  "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Congratulations Whit! That's a BIG nanny! | |||
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Thank you, CarolinaHunter! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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I missed the post until Whit called me. Great shooting but I watch him shoot the steel chicken at 100 so I am not surprised. That little gun is something else and Jack did a good job. Whits problem will be freezer space so I expect a few steaks! | |||
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Thanks for the kind words, Jim. "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Whit, Congrats on the moose, and That is a very fine looking revolver. | |||
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Thank you very much! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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swamp donkey, now that just tickles me to no end. Good shooting and a good looking swamp mule Whitworth. Let's see, how much muzzle energy does that load generate; oh yeah, I guess moose don't read OGW charts. If ignorance is bliss; there are some blissful sonofaguns around here. We know who you are, so no reason to point yourselves out. | |||
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Oh, this load is a monster! It generates (or rather calculates out to) somewhere around 1,400 ft-lbs of muzzle energy!! Surely not enough for a swamp donkey! LOL! Thanks, Hitman! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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