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Beast down but with rifle #196057 11/23/2018 10:00 PM
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I had my 41 mag and carried a rifle as well. long story but I had to turn in my seat and shoot over my shoulder to get him.

24" inside spread


with the custom 450


showing his tines. He is so wide they look short in the front on pic. I ate the oatmeal creme pie and here he came.



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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: reflex264] #196058 11/23/2018 10:05 PM
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oofta!

Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Snyd] #196059 11/23/2018 10:37 PM
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Outstanding!


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Russell] #196065 11/23/2018 11:18 PM
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Tremendous buck with any kind of gun! Would like to hear the full story. Congratulations on a great whitetail.

Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Seminole Wind] #196068 11/23/2018 11:39 PM
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Awesome Buck!

Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: racksmasher1] #196070 11/24/2018 12:16 AM
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Holy crap!!!


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Zee] #196073 11/24/2018 12:41 AM
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That is awesome, well done! Great buck!

Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: pistolpat] #196076 11/24/2018 1:52 AM
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Lord-a-mercy what a deer!!


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: pistolpat] #196077 11/24/2018 1:53 AM
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Wow! Beautiful deer. That is a trophy of a lifetime.

Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Brenden] #196078 11/24/2018 2:06 AM
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Wow! Great buck! Lever actions are most certainly acceptable!!


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Whitworth] #196085 11/24/2018 2:50 AM
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Well done.


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Whitworth] #196086 11/24/2018 3:14 AM
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hell of a nice buck!


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: BBwheelgunner] #196090 11/24/2018 5:13 AM
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That is one helluva trophy!


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: JDK] #196123 11/25/2018 12:41 AM
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He's absolutely a beast!


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Chance Weldon] #196152 11/25/2018 4:04 PM
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You could have shot him with a grenade launcher, and that would still be an awesome buck!

Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Whitworth] #196157 11/25/2018 4:58 PM
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NICE!







Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Whitworth] #196160 11/25/2018 6:35 PM
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Beautiful buck!


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Whitworth] #196161 11/25/2018 6:45 PM
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Mercy. Congrats on a behemoth.


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Randy M] #196162 11/25/2018 7:15 PM
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nice deer


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: jamesfromjersey] #196170 11/26/2018 10:14 AM
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Buck of a life time! CONGRATS

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Congratulations - Very nice buck!
Tell us about your Custom 450 and bullet used.


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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Whitworth] #196177 11/26/2018 7:02 PM
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Thanks fellers. I heard from one of the guys at the processor that it was over 300lbs live weight. We normally weight them and process a lot of them but I was in a hurry. The rifle is a totaly custom 450 that was used to do the load workups for the very first pressure tests in the 450 with bullets over 400 grains. When it was still blued but all other work done Marlin copied it to build the gbl. Quite a rifle. The load used was 300 Sierra JHP over a stiff charge of H4198 for 2150fps. Kills deer like lightning.

Last edited by reflex264; 11/26/2018 7:05 PM.

"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"

I was a handgun hunter, when handgun wasn't cool.....
Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Whitworth] #196209 11/28/2018 9:44 AM
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A wonderful buck, thank you! What kind of range finder do you use, by the way?

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"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"

I was a handgun hunter, when handgun wasn't cool.....
Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: reflex264] #196227 11/28/2018 8:31 PM
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Wow, what a hog! Love leveractions too!!! That is an awesome deer. No doubts about the 300lbs + part either.

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Good gracious! STUD

Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: reflex264] #199996 06/05/2019 11:44 AM
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That scope must have been a charm. I would be happy to show my collection of scoped, I pay good attention to choosing scopes. I prefer a scope that suits a rifle's size and purpose, rather than a scope that is simply attached with no thought to the hunting rifle/scope as a system. I did my research on many riflescopes and I got to know what is considered what. A low to medium powered scope in the 2.5x and 4x fixed power or 1-3, 1-4, 1.5-5 and 2-7 variable power ranges is all that's needed or wanted and helps to preserve the rifle's inherently fine handling traits.

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Re: Beast down but with rifle [Re: Whitworth] #200003 06/05/2019 5:15 PM
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Wow! I somehow missed this. That?s and awesome buck, reflex264 - congrats!


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Nice rifle. Nice buck.


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