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  • Idaho Ron
    Idaho Ron reacted to SDSmlf's post in the thread Shooting sticks with Like Like.
    I use shooting sticks similar to those posted by @Idaho Ron Simple to make, field tested and effective.
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    Idaho Ron replied to the thread .45 Caliber: Deer?.
    You're 100% right. Two holes are by far better than one. The projectile that stays in ran completely out of energy. It barely got to the...
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    Idaho Ron reacted to Eric Krewson's post in the thread .45 Caliber: Deer? with Like Like.
    John, I have killed over 70 deer in my lifetime, I notch my knife every time I kill one to keep track. I could have killed hundreds if I...
  • Idaho Ron
    Idaho Ron reacted to flconch53's post in the thread .45 Caliber: Deer? with Like Like.
    But do you want a bullet that runs out of energy before it goes thru. I am not saying either is better
  • Idaho Ron
    Idaho Ron reacted to Patched's post in the thread .45 Caliber: Deer? with Like Like.
    Obviously 45 conicals are my first choice for killing anything with a muzzleloader…. But 45 cal round balls are a 50yd prospect on deer.
  • Idaho Ron
    Idaho Ron reacted to TreeMan's post in the thread .45 Caliber: Deer? with Haha Haha.
    Nope. I said a 45 hole is a 45 hole. 45-70 pokes a hole with hard cast and a round ball pokes a hole of the same size. The round ball...
  • Idaho Ron
    Idaho Ron replied to the thread .45 Caliber: Deer?.
    I don't know about the areas you hunt but here in Idaho. If you hit a big game animal and it runs onto private land, you lost that...
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    Idaho Ron replied to the thread .45 Caliber: Deer?.
    This bullet is the 408 grain RCBS 11mm rifle bullet patched and sized to fit my barrels. It uses 80 grains of pyrodex P with an over...
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    Idaho Ron reacted to stank's post in the thread .45 Caliber: Deer? with Like Like.
    I shot a deer at 127 paced yards so let’s just call it 115 yards. I could only see the head of the doe so I figured if t hit it in the...
  • Idaho Ron
    Idaho Ron reacted to hanshi's post in the thread .45 Caliber: Deer? with Haha Haha.
    By no stretch of the imagination is the .45 round ball "marginal". Most of the deer I've killed with BP were killed with a couple of...
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    Idaho Ron reacted to Adam in WI's post in the thread .45 Caliber: Deer? with Like Like.
    Exactly. That'd be like saying a .30 carbine will hang with a .30-06
  • Idaho Ron
    Idaho Ron reacted to gunpa's post in the thread .45 Caliber: Deer? with Like Like.
    Just to be clear, not stirring the pot but a 45 caliber round ball is no 45-70. You need a little more weight behind it.
  • Idaho Ron
    Idaho Ron reacted to flconch53's post in the thread .45 Caliber: Deer? with Like Like.
    Hence the reason to use a caliber of ball to increase your personal odds of a clean kill. By the way I hunt with a smoothbore 56 cal...
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    Idaho Ron replied to the thread .45 Caliber: Deer?.
    You are saying a 45 shooting a PRB has more take down power than a 45-70? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
  • Idaho Ron
    Idaho Ron reacted to Tumbledown's post in the thread Bore Seasoning with Like Like.
    "Bore seasoning" should be a phrase that automatically gets a post denied...
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