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Had a wild hair hit me earlier today and I just had to get out of the house!! I grabbed the 12.5" SBR and a few boxes of SSA 110PH (combat loads) and took off in the direction of a range about an hour northwest of me. I met a very nice older fellow at the range that was VERY interested in my SBR. Even more so when he found out it was a 6.8!!
Well, our chatting turned to hunting and he told me about a "no fail" field he had on his property. My arm was twisted and we took off towards his farm. With a borrowed orange hat and vest, not dressed at all for the 20 degree temps, I took off towards the field with my "super soaker" as he called it... :lol:
With only minutes of legal shooting left and dang near frozen to the bone... Out from the end of this L-O-N-G shelter belt pops this one lone doe. I dropped to one knee, put the crosshairs of the Accupoint just a bit above her back and squeezed the trigger. Through the scope I watched as she dropped like a sack of spuds!!! :mrgreen:
(Sorry for the crappy cellphone camera pic.
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I knew it was a rather long shot, but never guessed I'd walk off 317 paces!!! From what I could tell, the 110gr PH punched both lungs and top of the boiler and I think I felt the bullet trapped just under the hide on the far side!! I'll know tomorrow when I get to skinnin' and cuttin'.
Constructor!!! Ya built me a REAL shooter!!! And Art... All the deer in my neck of the woods are now VERY concerned!!! :wink: Thanks so much to the both of you for making this happen!!! And also to everyone here at 68Forums!!!
I have one tag left and will be using my 18" rig to see if TWO cherries can be popped in the same season!! :lol:

Well, our chatting turned to hunting and he told me about a "no fail" field he had on his property. My arm was twisted and we took off towards his farm. With a borrowed orange hat and vest, not dressed at all for the 20 degree temps, I took off towards the field with my "super soaker" as he called it... :lol:
With only minutes of legal shooting left and dang near frozen to the bone... Out from the end of this L-O-N-G shelter belt pops this one lone doe. I dropped to one knee, put the crosshairs of the Accupoint just a bit above her back and squeezed the trigger. Through the scope I watched as she dropped like a sack of spuds!!! :mrgreen:

(Sorry for the crappy cellphone camera pic.
I knew it was a rather long shot, but never guessed I'd walk off 317 paces!!! From what I could tell, the 110gr PH punched both lungs and top of the boiler and I think I felt the bullet trapped just under the hide on the far side!! I'll know tomorrow when I get to skinnin' and cuttin'.
Constructor!!! Ya built me a REAL shooter!!! And Art... All the deer in my neck of the woods are now VERY concerned!!! :wink: Thanks so much to the both of you for making this happen!!! And also to everyone here at 68Forums!!!
I have one tag left and will be using my 18" rig to see if TWO cherries can be popped in the same season!! :lol: