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Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:50 am
by SC7902
I bought this rifle last yr...mfg date 1912. It may be old..but it sure knocked this deer back and dropped him in his tracks 100 yds
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Re: Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:55 am
by Hardrada55
Great pic.

Re: Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:09 pm
by Bandersnatch
What caliber?

Re: Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:18 am
by 81police
Very cool! What state/county? What caliber?

Re: Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 7:18 am
by ranman
Pretty cool to take the old 8s out and score with one. Great pic.

Re: Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:53 pm
by SC7902
Its at 35 Rem caliber. My sons laugh at me when I call it OL Thumper!... but this deer was knocked 3ft backward and dropped... This was a 12 ptr taken in Scott Co Indiana

Re: Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:41 am
by 81police
"OL Thumper" haha I love it. Some say these guns are thumpers on both ends! haha

Congrats again!

Re: Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 6:54 am
by olskool
now that is cool,,,,,,,,,,

Re: Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2019 11:20 am
by billy_56081
Very cool, thanks for sharing.

Re: Old rifle still knocks them down!

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:38 pm
by SC7902
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