Old rifle still knocks them down!

Hunting pictures of your Remington Autoloader
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SC7902
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Old rifle still knocks them down!

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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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Great pic.
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What caliber?
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Very cool! What state/county? What caliber?
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Pretty cool to take the old 8s out and score with one. Great pic.
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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
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"OL Thumper" haha I love it. Some say these guns are thumpers on both ends! haha

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now that is cool,,,,,,,,,,
I have never harvested an animal, but I have killed quite a few.............
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Very cool, thanks for sharing.
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