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Took the Sabatti out tonight for a little fun and some target practice but ran into a bunch of rock chucks. I shot this one at 98 yds and was well pleased. Tyler  | ||
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Tyler, a Rockchuck at 98 yards with a DR and open sights? That says a lot about both you and the rifle! Good job! | |||
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Nice. It would be hard for me to see that bugger at 98yds, let alone accurately hurl lead at him. That's some good lookin dirt too. I know that sounds funny, but if you have livestock, you inevitably become a grass farmer....our dirt is very poor in comparison.... Bailey Bradshaw www.bradshawgunandrifle.com I'm in the gun buildin bidness, and cousin....bidness is a boomin | |||
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Nice shot!!! | |||
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Good stuff, well done. . | |||
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Great shot! Love the shirt. People Eating Tasty Animals  Keith IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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I wondered if anyone would notice the shirt. I thought it appropriate when posting the photo. | |||
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Tyler, That’s some nice shooting. Bill Member DSC,DRSS,NRA,TSRA A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -Mark Twain There ought to be one day - just one – when there is open season on Congressmen. ~Will Rogers~ | |||
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Good Shooting. Perfect cal for up there. You do realize if you had used a 470 or 500, real dangerous game rifles, there would but nothing left but tail and ears (just throwing it into the fan ,cause it'e too quite here)Good luck and enjoy your rifle JD DRSS 9.3X74 tika 512 9.3X74 SXS Merkel 140 in 470 Nitro | |||
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Tyler: Excellent shooting! Mark Sullivan told me when he was living in Arizona he would practice on jack rabbits with his doubles as it taught him to "feel" the sear as it let go with the trigger pull and this was a great help in his big game hunting. Also, I hope you send in this photo to PETA and maybe they may pay you a stipend for the poster-boy advertisement. Your shirt should be an inspiration to all of us who hunt--wear PETA gear to give the low-life, no-life bastards a slap in the face. Last of all,if you hit the little critter with a .500 there would be a .500" diameter hole in the chuck as the bullet would not even begin to expand. Enjoyed your post greatly! Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Tomorrow night I'll grab my father-in-laws's 470 Chapuis and see what becomes of the little critters. They're really tearing up a hay field. Besides, walking through knee high grass at ready-low with a double and pretending you're after a wounded animal is still loads of fun. | |||
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Tyler, great shooting. I am a ground hog hunter from PA. Yes I let them have it with my 450#2 Famars. Mike | |||
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A good shot and a quick study! Now that you are poperly armed(just kidding) If you reload try some 474 hornady xtp pistol bullets over your normal charge. They shoot well and come apart. JD DRSS 9.3X74 tika 512 9.3X74 SXS Merkel 140 in 470 Nitro | |||
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Took the Chapuis 470 out this morning for a little shoot at some whistle pigs and had a blast. I shot 5 times and took 3 rock chucks. I was shooting practice rounds and missed the first shot low, but after using the 100m sight I took 3 in a row. Also, for all who are wondering, a 470 will blow up the chucks. My dad was shooting a 223 and the 470 actually had a better 'blow up' factor than I expected. | |||
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Tyler Firstly off, Good shooting. I have been using my rechambered Ruger #1 in 450 NE on woodchucks, I think the running total is 9 now. The first was 40 yds with irons and a 500 Gr woodleigh, talk about blow up factor. Lately I have been using the Hornady FTX 325 Gr bullets, they are very soft and also blow up pretty good. They are clocking ~ 2300 fps over 96 grains of IMR. I have to admit I am now using a 1.25 - 4 X scope, cheating I know. Lots of fun. Cheers Nitro PS: Noticed and loved the shirt, "If we aren't suppossed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat ?" or " Why are they so tasty ?" "Man is a predator or at least those of us that kill and eat our own meat are. The rest are scavengers, eating what others kill for them." Hugh Randall DRSS, BASA 470 Krieghoff, 45-70 inserts, 12 ga paradox, 20 ga DR Simson/Schimmel, 12 ga DR O/U Famars, 12 ga DR SXS Greener | |||
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At a DRSS hunt in north Texas a few years back I took the head clean off a jack rabbit at about fourty yards with my .500 NE Merkel. Fun! 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Just an update on the wistle pig hunts. I've been busy remodeling my kitchen and last night was the firt time that I've been out hunting in a couple of days. This time I took out the Chapuis and had some fun. After handling both the Chapuis and Sabatti double rifles over the last couple of days and shooting both, I've come upon a dilema. I actually like the feel of the Sabatti over the Chapuis. Now to some extent we're comparing apples and oranges, but when I throw the guns up the Sabatti feels more comfortable to me. The top of the stock above the cheak rest on the Chapuis feels a little sharp on my cheak bone and is a little uncomfortable. I was wondering if anyone has had this type of 'problem' before. Tyler | |||
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Tyler, The Stock on the Chapuis 470 hurts me the same way. I had the opportunity to buy one at a great price, but passed do to this problem. The gun hurt me to shoot it. This is also the reason the owner decided to sell. I like the guns but the stocks need a lot of work. If you can get your hands on one the the chapuis 9.3x74r rifles I think you will find them a joy to carry and shoot! Cheers ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | |||
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