Painful but fun
 

I ran a few loads through the NULA including a 325gr FTX and 130gr of BH209. The rest are smokeless with 275gr bullets.

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Can you tell which one was the 325gr FTX? :D


On the sled a few weeks ago with a near max load and a 260gr PT Gold was a cream puff.

i wish I had the land you guys have, to shoot 100 yards it would be like 3 yards here in rhody maybe four lol. first pic looks like a good kick lol

Very nice looking pictures. Looks like a nice place you have.

The third shot.

DING DING DING....BINGO and good eye.

I used one of the dirtier SML powders (5744) on the second shot and it actually made more smoke than BH209. The NULA was flawless with all the powders and it really liked the heavy BH209/325gr FTX load. Its still buried deep in the berm. I got tired of digging after about 16-18 inches.

I shot a bunch of the 50x475 275gr Speers. Those shot amazingly well and that was the impact video. I should have zoomed out because it was much more "dramatic". Parts of the wet media flew everywhere and all the Speer 275s held over 230grs even with a near max load of smokeless. The lightest one went through nearly 6" of wood first and still blew right through the phone books and i had to dig it out of the berm.

Dem GoldDot/DeepCurls are sum tuff little boolats.


BTW anyone that doesn't know....CLICK THE PIC for the videos. I added that to the first post too.

Not to be critical, but getting all the butt of the gun into your shoulder would help felt recoil. :confused0024:

Thank you, here is what we have been working on all summer. Most has been for the kids as you can see in these pics. I finished the wiring and a french drain Thursday also. All the plumbing is roughed in and now we just need a septic and 2 more "civilized places to sit on the "throne" and shower. :D The ladies want a nice place to poop and shower next. :p

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We used this for years and now its the "guest house"


This is the view from the 2nd floor window for our new "climate controlled" range. The cam is on 24x zoom so it appears much closer. BTW...we are moving or removing the outhouse before its "officially open for use. You can barely see the upper window in the previous 2 first pics.

This is actually a bit over 100 yards and simulates the angle of the tree "house" stand we built.


300 yards past that target is the tree "house" we used last year. We have just over 1000 acres we either lease or own along the Meremac river. We built a pond about a mile away but hunting is off limits there except for Seniors or handicapped. We also don't allow ANY deer hunting within 300 yards of the food plots.

There are two shooters and... if im not mistakin the one you are commenting on was my buddy that learned that very quickly. He is a big guy (over 6'3" and 230lbs) though and the NULA does not fit him well. I think you can tell he made adjustments in his other shots.

Steve is a excellent marksman and the only one who has beat me when we are competing. I could post a vid right after his first shot but its no G rated. LOL

It looks to me like only that one wasn't well planted on the shoulder. I intentionally let the 325gr push me. It didn't hurt but it did have a nice push instead of a sharp rap to the shoulder. We worked for a hour or two and this was more about having fun and testing a few loads for sabot failure and bullet performance when pushed hard.

lol I never seen the video.....nice

Ok, I should know you know better. It just jumped out at me when I saw it.

My shoulder has gotten so bad i've gone to the Plains Pistol, and gave up big game hunting. Kind of a bummer, but I knew it was coming. Now I have something new to learn.:D

Before I would give up big game hunting I would set up a blind in a hot spot and put a led sled inside the blind and keep hunting without the gun touching anything except my trigger finger.that would be better than not hunting deer at all.

My plan was to hunt rabbits with the pistol this year to see how accurate I can get with it.

If I can get good with it. I might hunt deer with it next year, and keep my distance 25 yds or under. That would mean deep timber hunting which I love.

We'll see how it goes.

It would be fun.I bought the same pistol in 54 cal a couple years back to hunt deer only to find out afterwards that we Can't hunt with a bp pistol. Real bummer but I learned a lesson.check the regs before not after.

I think we can, but i'll check.

Muley Hunter

Im not far behind you in the amount i can tolerate anymore thanks to being broadsided by an uninsured driver. That aggravated a previous injury and even kept me off my Ducati for most of the year. Smokeless actually kicks less if you load it down to upper BH209 levels and proper bullet selection. The 275gr BE and the most accurate amount of N110 is very pleasant to shoot and its so accurate its boring out to 175 yards. 40 yard bugholes are just not worth taking pics and i needed some FUN time. ;)

FELT Recoil is very similar to my 200gr 45cal hunting loads with BH209 in my Elite 45. I also made a fun load with the 225gr FTX at over 2300 fps in the NULA that even the kids enjoyed. None of the kids are into hunting but they love to shoot them if they are not getting rocked every time.

When i know they are going to be there, i have to take 3 guns just so they all have enough time to cool down but still keep the kids occupied and supervised. One of them is about ready to reload SUBS on his own. He hasn't made a single mistake yet and he listens/learns fast....plus he is a crack shot. :D

Ahhhh..to discover how much fun guns were as a kid.

Life was good.

Now, it's just pain.

As long as we don't give up, and find something we can shoot. Life is still good. :cool2: