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Offline Pike60

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1894 did the job
« on: December 04, 2009, 08:21:10 AM »
Last Friday I used my (new to me) 1894 44mag to harvest a nice doe. We stepped off the range of the shot at 83 yards and she ran only 50 or so DOWN the hill. I used Winchester 240 grain  white box ammo and am impressed. I topped this gun with an old Tasco 4x scope and can clover leaf at 100 yards if I do my part. This is by far my favorite gun and will now be retiring my old Brit 303 after close to 30 years of hunting with it.
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Re: 1894 did the job
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2009, 09:32:19 AM »
They are fun guns, congrats on the doe. I am currently working on getting mine ready for a little hog hunting.
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Re: 1894 did the job
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2009, 09:39:14 AM »
Nice going Pike60,  I've been using the Winchester white box and PMC 240 gr SP, for a few years on feral hogs from my 1894 CBII.  I have a box of Magtec, but haven't tried them out yet..
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Re: 1894 did the job
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2009, 05:30:39 AM »
If you reload try the 240 grn Hornady XTP over 21 grains of IMR 4227. My throws those just beautiful and I have had excellent results on Iowa whitetail. If you don't reload send me a PM and I will buy your brass so you can purchase some more of your favorite rounds.
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