My Son’s Whitetail

[Lefty Dick]

6.5x55 Swede Mauser, 140 grain Sierra Gameking, 300 yards…. One and done.



Not bad for a 84 year old rifle shooting a cartridge designed in 1891.

VXII, 3-9x40 LR duplex, Boyd’s Prairie Hunter in coyote laminate, Timney trigger.

Reloaded PPU brass, IMR 4955….2700 fps.

 

[Neo]

Gorgeous buck! Congrats to all involved.

 

[45ACPKING]

awesome !!
congrats to your son
real nice buck!!

 

[dtkb]

Cool buck with nice character. Nice buck! And a classy caliber to boot

 

[tigrr]

Wow he set the bar high for future hunts. 2 drop tines. 13 I think visible tines.
Awesome deer. What did he name it?

 

[UpperCanadaRebellion]

Wow he set the bar high for future hunts. 2 drop tines. 13 I think visible tines.
Awesome deer. What did he name it?

Chuck.

 

[Lefty Dick]

Wow he set the bar high for future hunts. 2 drop tines. 13 I think visible tines.
Awesome deer. What did he name it?

He kept referring to the deer as “mine” or “my”, depending of the grammatical inflection…….

 

[waldo54]

Beauty deer, congrats

 

[rar]

Congratulations, very nice.

 

[chola]

Holy smokes...beauty of a buck and awesome caliber...congrats

 

[Found]

Congratulations, nice buck and good shooting.