Ohio hunt with new load

[DJ_Brutus]

Made the most of a quick opportunity yesterday evening. He popped out of the brush dogging a fawn. 90 yards away and he dropped where he stood. Shooting a 350 grain monolith copper bullet, designed for subsonic .45-70 loads (.458).

Similar bullet was reviewed earlier: Maker Rex Subsonic Bullet

Used Harvester Crush Rib (orange, for .458/.50) with 90grV of BH209 and CCI 209M primer. This setup has a muzzle velocity of 1715 out of my Optima, which would give a velocity around 1400fps at 90 yards. Appears bullet opened as it should without breaking up. Broke ribs going in and out, as well as taking out bottom half of spine. Large, single hole exit. Think I’ll stick with it. Hopefully try it out on some Florida hogs this winter.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Congrats!

 

[HC]

Nice Deer, congrats.

 

[Nit Wit]

Way to go!
NW

 

[Dom]

Waismannsheil on a good buck, Congrats.

 

[jims]

Nice deer. I hunt Ohio and found the bucks still chasing does on Thursday.

 

[Widude]

Yes, very nice.

 

[HV-Muzzleloaders]

Great combination of components, and a great deer.

Nice work!

 

[MrTom]

Apparently the new load works just fine. Congrats on the nice buck.

 

[Idaholewis]

NICE Buck! CONGRATS

 

[deermanok]

Congrats on a good hunt.

 

[JIMYJAC]

Great hunt! Congrats!

 

[doggzoe]

Thumbs up.

 

[Wilbar]

Sounds like you found a good combination, Congrats on your buck

 

[CedarPost]

Congrats, nice buck!