The Final Whitetail deer gun...

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05 December 2005, 14:08

husky

The Final Whitetail deer gun...

Well,
What do you think?http://buckstix.com/howitzer.htm

/Husky

05 December 2005, 14:09

husky

http://buckstix.com/howitzer.htm

05 December 2005, 21:22

woodsracer

As a modern Confederate Red Leg, IMHO this is pathetic.

Very NON-Sporting!!!

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05 December 2005, 22:46

blah

quote:
Originally posted by husky:
http://buckstix.com/howitzer.htm

Those pics made me sick..... It's truly sad to see a game animal taken in such a pathetic way.

05 December 2005, 23:05

NEJack

WTH? Using grapeshot on a buck? That, and if I am not mistaken, a 12lb howitzer qualifies as a "crew served" weapon, and the ATF really frowns on that!

As an aside, a friend of mine that is an engineer at a machine shop once looked into building a cannon for a Civil War reenactment group. The paperwork required from the BATF was to much so he gave p.

06 December 2005, 00:06

N. Garrett

I don't own any blackpowder cannons, but they are popular here in Tenn., and legal to possess and shoot.

I don't see this as anymore unsporting than using a large bore rifle on deer.

Husky specified the ranges and conditions.
He didn't shoot into a herd.

Not my choice for deer hunting, but to each his own.

Garrett

06 December 2005, 00:28

blah

quote:
Originally posted by N. Garrett:
I don't own any blackpowder cannons, but they are popular here in Tenn., and legal to possess and shoot.

I don't see this as anymore unsporting than using a large bore rifle on deer.

Husky specified the ranges and conditions.
He didn't shoot into a herd.

Not my choice for deer hunting, but to each his own.

Garrett

My problem is with the probability of wounding an animal with such a weapon. I don't think that firing grape shot from a cannon is anything like using a large bore rifle to accuratly and cleanly take a game animal.

06 December 2005, 00:32

465H&H

This makes me sick. What's next claymore mines or hand grenades?

465H&H

06 December 2005, 00:34

N. Garrett

Looking at the pictures of the deer skinned, I would say that was a humane kill.

Husky said he knew the range and spread of the weapon.
Given that, how is it different from me taking a whitetail with my 12 guage (using buckshot) in the swamps of Florida?

Buckshot can be a real crippler of deer if you don't know it's limitations.

Garrett

06 December 2005, 01:18

vapodog

quote:
Originally posted by NEJack:
WTH? Using grapeshot on a buck? That, and if I am not mistaken, a 12lb howitzer qualifies as a "crew served" weapon, and the ATF really frowns on that!

As an aside, a friend of mine that is an engineer at a machine shop once looked into building a cannon for a Civil War reenactment group. The paperwork required from the BATF was to much so he gave p.

There's no paperwork at all....if it uses black powder and is muzzle loading it falls under the GCA 1968 and is considered a antique and needs absolutely no paperwork at all

I called before making mine and that's the reply I got from the BATF

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06 December 2005, 03:04

Jarrod

Interesting

07 December 2005, 13:26

BiggestGun

I think it's cool. Way more work than simply using a rifle. Sporting is mostly in the mind and this is as much that as many ways to hunt. Kinda heavy to pack around though.