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ORIGINAL: corey012778

No miss, no freeze up, no glar, and the only problem I have. I gotta make some deer steaks:D

I went out after I got off work, worked over and had to go to the bank, set up in my "hunting partners" stand, still in my work cloths, raw beef, chicken and pork smell,

Lined my scope up, BOOM, started cussing thought I missed, it ran closer to me, reloaded in less the 30 secs (not bad, for someone that has not worked on that). THOUGHT it was a another deer put it in my crosshairs, BOOM. watched it flop around and run. claimed down. looked, too dark to find any blood trail. grabbed my head lamp. went in to a farm that I can not hunt. found a the doe I shot. My uncle came up and help me get it back to the house. Cleaned it up, found 2 SETS of bullet holes in it. both where lung shots NO MEAT HIT AT ALL.

I am going to change bullets next year, I want some blood trail. I got lucky I found it.

Knight usak
85 grs pyrodex p
.430 240gr xtp
tasco bucksight 3-9 x 40
#11

I am hoping to have some picks later.

I got some corn feed, hay feed, apple feed, barly feed, meat on the table.

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ORIGINAL: corey012778

thanks I think chap, I have read every theard on it. barnes and noslers are little out of my price range/bullet. I do have an handful of 250grs golds that a member sent me to try, I may try one of those out of it. they group the same as the xtps I use now at the same charge. also have some shockwaves that fire well. also got some 45 cal xtp 250gr I may use.

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ORIGINAL: frontier gander

Congrats Mr. Unlucky;)

Have you tried a Hornady great plains conical or even a powerbelt? I say you need to sell that picky shootin inline and buy your self a PRB shootin sum'gun :D:D

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ORIGINAL: wabi

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!
I've had good luck with 300 grain XTPs so far. 2 for 2 with them, but I prefer Barnes Expanders if the rifle will shoot them accurately. As for cost, $1.00 each isn't bad if you don't waste them all on targets. I like to get the rifle on paper with cheaper bullets, then switch to the Barnes and fine-tune the adjustments. ;) When I get it zeroed I save the rest for hunting.

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ORIGINAL: corey012778

chap, I am planning on getting percussion sometime next year. and keeping the knight. I love how the knight shots. just want a little more fun.:D;)

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ORIGINAL: gt2003

Corey, I had the same problem that you are describing. Lost 3 deer after hours and hours of searching. I switched to the all lead precision rifle dead centers and have not lost a deer since. None have run over 30-40 yards. I kept hearing "it's the shot placement, blah, blah, blah". Bullet holes consistently touched with the XTP's, they just didn't kill deer quickly. I seriously doubt my shooting has improved that much at close range, less than 40 yards. It all had to do with the bullet for me. I don't like to be an a** but Iget sick of people talking s**t. I now use the precision rifle dead center 220 grain bullets and 80 grains of 777. I'm sure you've seen the posts but here is a picture of a bullet recovered from a buck that I shot this year, probably 25 yards, straight through the shoulder. It held together extremely well and he went down withing about 25 yds of where I shot him. I bet the 220 grainers will shoot pretty close to where the 240 xtp's shoot. If you want, email me and I can send you a few but they aren't cheap. Spend a little more on your bullet andfind one that will do thejob. Here's the bullet from "shoulder boy". See ya, Greg

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