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casterpollox

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What's the worst sound in the world for any hunter? Nothing.... especially when there should have been a boom.

I know a lot of people BS when they talk about the one that got away, but today I saw the biggest mule deer of my life. It looked like it had a rocking chair strapped to its head and it was just 75 yards away from me.

My buddy pulls up the muzzleloader, pulls the trigger, and click. Dead primer.

The deer didn't move an inch so I toss him another one. He re-primes, pulls the trigger and poof... silence for a second... and then boom! The round came us at least 20 feet short of the deer.

Now the massive buck bolts and we're left thinking... I need a drink.
 
The new Savage bolt action muzzleloader. We've had it to the range several times and have had nothing but supreme accuracy with it and not a problem in the world.

But isn't that they way it goes...
 
casterpollox said:
The new Savage bolt action muzzleloader. We've had it to the range several times and have had nothing but supreme accuracy with it and not a problem in the world.

But isn't that they way it goes...
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I'd guess you had it loaded and it's gone back and fourth into a hot car and then out into the cold. If it's been loaded for a few days, and gone home with you, that would be worse yet. It was probably due to condensation forming inside the barrel, and contaminating the powder charge. Sorry about your luck, but that's hunting. Have a drink on me.
 
pharaoh2 said:
I'd guess you had it loaded and it's gone back and fourth into a hot car and then out into the cold. If it's been loaded for a few days, and gone home with you, that would be worse yet. It was probably due to condensation forming inside the barrel, and contaminating the powder charge. Sorry about your luck, but that's hunting. Have a drink on me.
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Actually, it was freshly loaded and the first time out of the truck today.

But I will have the drink, :cheers::cheers:
 
and the two loudest sounds in the world are a boom that goes click ........and a click that goes boom. That sucks when that kinda stuff goes wrong.
 
303carbine said:
That is exactly the reason I will never use a front stuffer for hunting.
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Not much of a choice. The area that we scouted and found some nice big bucks was a muzzle only zone.

It was still a good day, I bagged a nice white tail buck. It might score 140ish.

My buddy with the dud primer got a really nice mule buck at the end of the day. HUGE neck! It was a fighter for sure. All of the tips of the antlers were broken off from fighting. That would explain the big neck as well. If it weren't for the broken ends it might score 150.

Sorry no pics just yet.

We had fun, we got out hunting, and as we all know... you couldn't ask for much more out of life.
 
Sounds like you had a good time anyway. All rifles can miss fire. I had a bad Remington primer in my .30-30 once, and on a cold day, a little too much oil in the bolt of another rifle once. After 20 years of muzzleloading [side lock] I have had had one hangfire and one missfire. If you hunt long enough, it will happen.
 
Why does that always happen on a trophy?
Murphys law at its best.
The good news is hes still around some place? And when he is on your wall you will have that storry to tell about him.
 
I feel for you. Maybe you'll find some concellation in knowing that you're not alone. My partner took a 50 yard shot on a huge WT and missed. His 30-06 hit a barbed wire about 10 yards ahead. Some deer are just luckier than others.

Cheers :cheers:
 
i had that happen twice on me this fall with some reloads i made.think i seated the primer to deep.two does in front of me and click repump another round and click again.pull clip out take two remaining rounds out and refill with some factory rounds i had but deer ran away
 
I got out Thursday with a buddy who has never taken anything in the last 4 years...now I know why,way too darn slow,but was very comical too watch none the less...

Coming across an open field with old Christmas tree(oops,Sorry...Holiday Tree...kidding) plots on either side,I spot some deer on the hill about 200 yards..he bails outta the truck like a bolt of lightning.

I figured he dropped to one knee and was getting ready to shoot.
He tells me to spot the buck for him....I said "if you can't tell from here, ya better stop hunting"..(I am blind ,but I could see this critter easily).
On the hill,broadside at 200 yards was a dandy 4x4 whitey,was about 25" tall and about 20" wide with a perfectly oval shaped racked,really nice looking deer....

I am wondering why there is no shot yet.. By this time buck has had enuff and ventures off up the hill a bit and is watching us...still no BOOM...I am thinking what heck is going here..Out of the corner of my eye,partner is ambling his way over to a tree to use as rest about 50 feet away,meanwhile I'm muttering to him "shoot the bloody thing"....."I said ya better hurry,it ain't gonna stand there forever".....I watched this buck for a good 10-12 seconds,just straing at us..LOL...he was directly across from us,open patch on the hill with nnothing much for cover..the perfect shot for anyone....

Well he gets all rested up on this tree,then pops in his mag,then he adjusts his scope,turns it up to 9...loses sight of the deer...he hollars back at me,"which one is it,where did he go,I can't see him anymore"...I said "he got bored and left,was tired of ya watching"

I didn't get out because I really wanted him to shoot it..woulda been a dandy one for a mount
He gets back in the ruck and says the clip wouldn't go in, the scope was out of focus,couldn't get rested...everything under the sun...LOL..I said "that's the way she goes"....he claims this is the fourth time this has happened to him this year

I was frusterated,mad and laughing to myself all at the same time
 
I've never had it happen with a muzzleloader, but I've hit a sapling branch about 25 yeards out on a 150 yard shot on a really big WT and I've had the rounds be twisted in a 700 mountain rifle and fail to take one into the chamber resulting in a click. That time the deer didn't wait for me to play with the cartridges to get one in the chamber. That was the same year, the last time I eat tag soup.
 
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