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01/31/2014 7:23 PM
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jamesfromjersey
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Walked out the door to minus 9 degrees. Cold..real cold... Long story short, my guide was able to push a sounder to me while I staked out a small hilltop and from a sitting position with sandbag on my knees I made a 90 yard or so shot on the bigger boar using my Freedom Arms Stalker with Hornady factory 475 Linebaugh XTP ammo. Blew through the boar who took off but the cold temps turned the blood trail to a fine mist as it froze very fast. He traveled about 75 yards and as I made my way to him I spot a smaller boar nearby, and since I wanted to test a Swift .50 caliber A-frame, I pulled out my iron sight Freedom Arms 500WE with a 6" barrel that carried my A-frame handload. Had to lay down in the snow, in a kind of Creedmoor position, because the boar was behind quite a few blowdowns. Got the sandbag on my knee and was able to make a 30 or so yard shot that flipped the boar on his back. Recovered the 50 cal A-frame that weighed an even 30 grains and opened up to 0.802"......   
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"I have more guns then I need but not as many as I want" "Handgun hunters HAVE to be good"
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Re: Minus 9 plus 500...
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01/31/2014 7:55 PM
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Whitworth
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Nicely done, James! Congratulations!!
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Re: Minus 9 plus 500...
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01/31/2014 7:58 PM
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Raptortrapper
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SWEET!!!! I sure wish I had hogs here....
A lot of people are like a slinky: Not much fun till you push them down the stairs!
Lifetime Member of the NRA! Wish I'd a done it sooner.
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01/31/2014 8:03 PM
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Russell
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Admire your fortitude! Congrats on the hogs, too!
It's not the gun, but the man behind it.
Sheriff Russell Cottle, Ret.
USMC; 1967-1970; Vietnam-'68-'69
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01/31/2014 8:45 PM
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Big Todd
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Congrats on the pork! That bullet looks perfect.
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Re: Minus 9 plus 500...
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01/31/2014 8:59 PM
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The Swift did great! & you didn't do too bad yourself brother! Great shooting as always!
The Eyes are Useless, When The Mind Is Blind
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Re: Minus 9 plus 500...
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01/31/2014 10:39 PM
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500WE
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Looks great, James. Where were you hunting?
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01/31/2014 10:52 PM
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SChunter
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Congratulations James - I like the way the A-frame mushroomed. How hard were you running them?
Pigs at 9 below? Cold cuts...
Now that duck season is over, I'm gonna take a page out of your book - and go chase some swine!
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02/01/2014 2:12 AM
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GlennS
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Cool! Love the recovered slug!
"Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt"
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02/01/2014 2:51 AM
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KRal
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Very nice, James! Great looking bullet. I too would like to hear the detail on that load.
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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02/01/2014 3:42 AM
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Dave Tarbell
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Congrats on the hogs,looks like fun except for the weather.
Dave Tarbell
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Re: Minus 9 plus 500...
[Re: jamesfromjersey]
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02/01/2014 4:34 AM
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s4s4u
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Damn that can make a hole. You have too much fun for one soul James ;-)
Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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02/01/2014 2:03 PM
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Mikewin
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Great shooting James!
And typical performance of that Swift A-frame. The .44s I've tried looked the same after meeting half a meter (or a foot and a half+) of wet newsprint. Surprised that they didn't exit though. Hell of a boar, probably...;-)
As a European, I prefer my latte in my NRA coffee mug
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02/01/2014 7:23 PM
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ahandgunhunter
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02/03/2014 1:01 PM
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Good shooting as usual James. We definitely a detailed story.
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