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What's the most ridiculous thing you have ever shot with a big bore?
26 June 2009, 07:01
Big Bore Boar HunterWhat's the most ridiculous thing you have ever shot with a big bore?
I am pretty sure squirrels will be tops on the list but lets see what's out there
For me a Jack wabbit and squirrel with a 375 HH and a squirrel with a 458 win.
John
A turtle with a 416 rigby, Bullfrog with a 505 gibbs, shot the back of a carp with a 338 win mag, that was pretty cool, even though it not a big bore
Ed
DRSS Member
26 June 2009, 08:06
Kyler HamannLike many people I've shot tons of ground squirrels with big bores up to and including the .460 Wby. Maybe one or two with the .470NE, I don't recall.
If "rediculous" takes in bullet weight compared to critter weight I did pretty well with a 50 gr. HP on a grasshopper at 100 yards one time.
The funniest one was one time in college the professor wanted us to do museum mounts of small animals and I told him I'd bring in a chipmunk. I had a few shot capsules for my .44 Desert Eagle, but I hadn't bothered to mention to my hunting clients what I was doing. One day after a morning hunt I spotted a chipmunk and took off running after it with the Desert Eagle in hand... scared my clients half to death, they thought I'd lost it. Got it too, but it took me two shots. Luckily it didn't charge because I only had two shot capsules.
26 June 2009, 08:24
CRUSHERdragon flies 458 lott and a small pond loads of fun
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26 June 2009, 08:26
dirklawyerPrairie dogs with 505 Gibbs
"An individual with experience is never at the mercies of an individual with an argument"
26 June 2009, 08:32
firemansmall rat with a .44 mag...does that count?
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26 June 2009, 09:04
Big Bore Boar Hunterquote:
Originally posted by JPK:
My chronograph.
I got such a chuckle out of that. I was developing loads for a 300 win, my wife was shooting with me. I handed her the 300 to try a shot (just before magnumitus bit her). I told her to be mindful of the skyskreens on the chrony and handed her the rifle. She setup her shot, about 5 of us watching to see how she did, and she fired. Half of the range erupted in laughter, she looked up half dazed and wondered why everybody was laughing. I pointed to the chrony as it was blinking ERROR, ERROR, ERROR. She missed the skyscreen and drilled the chrony right through both of the sensors. Evidently I should have been more specific. I now know a 300 win makes a good stopping rifle for charging chronys.
John
26 June 2009, 09:09
Big Bore Boar Hunterquote:
Originally posted by Kyler Hamann:
Like many people I've shot tons of ground squirrels with big bores up to and including the .460 Wby. Maybe one or two with the .470NE, I don't recall.
If "rediculous" takes in bullet weight compared to critter weight I did pretty well with a 50 gr. HP on a grasshopper at 100 yards one time.
The funniest one was one time in college the professor wanted us to do museum mounts of small animals and I told him I'd bring in a chipmunk. I had a few shot capsules for my .44 Desert Eagle, but I hadn't bothered to mention to my hunting clients what I was doing. One day after a morning hunt I spotted a chipmunk and took off running after it with the Desert Eagle in hand... scared my clients half to death, they thought I'd lost it. Got it too, but it took me two shots. Luckily it didn't charge because I only had two shot capsules.
Somehow I could see you doing that
I still remember our trip out when my wife pierced the ear of a jackrabbit with her 338. If you happen to see a jackrabbit with holy ears, snap a pic I'll tell her its hers. Oh, and lets not forget the squirrel and her 338. This year may be off on pig for her, evidently she has the urge to procreate and may be in the too woddley state to chase pigs in the fall. We shall see.
John
26 June 2009, 09:19
mwm464Gopher at 120 yds w/ a friends 450 Dakota Mag.
It was wrong.
26 June 2009, 09:21
James CardwellThis is off thread, but some of you were talking about things your wifes have shot. So, let's see we are set up on a ridge line and I have my electroinc varmet call set up with a critter gitter decoy. I've made a couple of calls and notice her raise the rifle then shoot. She then reloaded and shot again. I wispered, Well did you get it? She looks over at me with a strange look and says "its still moving". Oh Shit, she has put to rounds into my decoy!! Those things are pretty tough. She could bring down to hits from a 22 mag. I'm just glad she wasn't shooting her 375. JC
26 June 2009, 09:27
RobgunbuilderMy old computer with a .600Ok! It died Hard!-Rob
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers to do incredibly stupid things- AH (1941)- Harry Reid (aka Smeagle) 2012
Nothing Up my sleeves but never without a plan and never ever without a surprise!
26 June 2009, 09:35
Michael RobinsonI have killed flies at 50 yards with a .22.
But I have to say I like Rob's style much better.
I have never owned a computer that I didn't want to shoot at least once every day.
Thank God Elvis died before PCs became so common - or they would be an endangered species!
Mike
Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer.
26 June 2009, 09:38
surestrikeElephant with a 45-70.
26 June 2009, 09:44
Tyler Kemp45-120 "Nitro" on a possum. It was sooo much carnage.
Love shooting precision and long range. Big bores too!
Recent college grad, started a company called MK Machining where I'm developing a bullpup rifle chassis system.
26 June 2009, 09:51
HogLeg458I shot an old riding lawnmower with my .458 Lott, it was indeed "enough gun"
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"-Carl Sagan
26 June 2009, 09:53
Hog KillerA copperhead with a 458 Lott.
Keith
IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!!
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A computer montior with a dead salmon out of a 3" air cannon. The plastic case remained intact but the screen and salmon were pretty much a mish mash of salmon burger and glass.
A buddy and I were devote fans of the show "Junkyard Wars" and after the pumpkin chunkin' episode, we had to build a cannon of our own. Needless to say, if we could get it to fit down the 10' barrel, we launched it at something.
26 June 2009, 10:21
Wm.S.LaddSeriously --
Dirt bank behind the house with a .458 Lott, just to remind me that I'm alive and own a big bore.
26 June 2009, 10:22
Big Bore Boar Hunterquote:
Originally posted by Robgunbuilder:
My old computer with a .600Ok! It died Hard!-Rob
Video?
26 June 2009, 10:46
Omnivorous_Bobquote:
A computer montior with a dead salmon out of a 3" air cannon.
PWS, I declare you the winner, that one is going to be hard to top!
DRSS
"If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?"
26 June 2009, 10:48
bigdoggy700Jpk,
I am also a successful chronograph hunter. They are sly and just sneak up on you sometimes. I winged it with a 50-110 revolver. My little brother finished it off later that day with a 700 AHR that was shot rather casually.
.729 V's Wasp.
What Wasp!
I hate lttle crawly things with 6 legs or more, worse if it flys!
26 June 2009, 18:01
WhitworthI have shot armadillo with my .454 Casull......oh, and a chipmunk with my .475 Linebaugh.....
"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"
26 June 2009, 18:26
Doug TurnbullI use to drive flies on targets at 100 yrds with my 17-223. It was easier on the targets than to shoot the thumb tacks off the corners.
I tend to use more than enough gun.
26 June 2009, 18:42
WyoJoePrairie dogs with .375 H&H & 10 ga shotgun. Either one makes a big splat.
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26 June 2009, 18:55
tiggertateA bloated, swollen dead cow with a 550 Mag. You know what peer pressure can make ya do....
"Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson.
26 June 2009, 19:04
phurley5I have a garden across the creek from my shooting range. Three years ago a groundhog was devestating my beans. One day as I prepared to shoot my .416 Rigby with 370 grain North Fork flat head solids, mr. groundhog choose the wrong time to appear. I snuck up within 20 yards and blasted him through the chest. Until this day that was one of my proudest trophies. Since I have used my Ten Gauge goose gun with #2 Hevi shot to keep them at bay enough that I get most of my garden produce. Good shooting.
phurley
26 June 2009, 20:45
465H&HPoachers dog in Zim with a 458 Lott.
465H&H
A Chevy van with my 404 Jeff, Swift A Frames went thru both doors and both sides. We shot some Woodleigh solids into the engine but did not look for penetration. Buddy owns a body shop and this one was going to the scrap yard.
BigB
26 June 2009, 21:25
mstarlingTook out the engine block of an old car with a 44 caliber MC bullet fired from an AutoMag pistol. Did work ... just silly.
Most of the other really silly stuff has been with medium bores ... lengthwise penetration of a car with a .357 AutoMag ... single round destruction of a tripod holding the chrono with an open bolt M60 ... TV set at 500 yards with several bolt rifles.
Mike
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DRSS, Womper's Club, NRA Life Member/Charter Member NRA Golden Eagles ...
Knifemaker,
http://www.mstarling.com 27 June 2009, 01:40
chuck375Shot a 55 Buick through the radiator and into the block (on blocks) with a pre-64 M70 in 375 H&H in 1977 at a benefit in Seely Lake Montana. We had the usual bake sale, etc, but the "Shoot The Buick" for a dollar (bring your own gun and ammo) was the big money maker. It was my first big bore shot, using a friends rifle he got from his father. Open sights only, he used it for deer and elk hunting lol ...
Chuck
Regards,
Chuck
"There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit"
Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness"
27 June 2009, 02:42
boom stickThe ground when I missed
27 June 2009, 02:51
gumboot458A Rambler , an old Rambler that was abandoned on the Lake Louise road in 87 . I don,t know when it was abandoned , prolly 10 or 20 years earlier ..
I found out that a 500 A-Square 600 gr Dead Tough factory load will go thru the body / fender ,thru the engine and shear off a con rod inside ,then smash the shock hanger off the other side of the vehicle and keep going !!!!. I think it was like a 66 Rambler ..It was made of steel .........
.If it can,t be grown , its gotta be mined ....
27 June 2009, 02:58
CrazyhorseconsultingA skunk one time with a warm load out of a Marlin Model 95 45-70 using 300 grain Hornady HollowPoints.
I hit the skunk running at about 25 yards, square in the ass.
Biggest chunk I found was a little over half of its tail.
Javelina with 350 grain Hornady Roundnose out of my CZ550 in 458 Win Mag.
Even the rocks don't last forever.
27 June 2009, 03:33
jeffeossogolf ball with a 50 BMG?
Raccoon with a 416 AR?
pint water jug with a 550 express?
"the bullet bomb" with a 550 express+hawk bullet
27 June 2009, 03:33
jeffeossoquote:
Originally posted by tiggertate:
A bloated, swollen dead cow with a 550 Mag. You know what peer pressure can make ya do....
LMAO
27 June 2009, 03:42
tiggertatequote:
Originally posted by jeffeosso:
quote:
Originally posted by tiggertate:
A bloated, swollen dead cow with a 550 Mag. You know what peer pressure can make ya do....
LMAO
SSC: secret society chuckle...
"Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson.
27 June 2009, 03:44
fla3006Alligator gar from high river bank, Lott.
NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS.
Shoot & hunt with vintage classics.
27 June 2009, 04:18
jimatcatdoes hogkiller's coke-can cannon count????.... we could hit the tree-line about 300 yds away....
go big or go home ........
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