I picked up a Texan Carbine .457 about 2 weeks ago determined to make it my night hunting rig. I contacted DonnyFl and told him I wanted to keep it short but quiet. He sent me a invoice and I paid it, not 100% sure what I was getting. The gun showed up on a Saturday and by Sunday evening had my Wraith, bipod, and sling mounted. The DonnyFl package showed up the middle of the week. Got it installed that weekend and decided to sight it in and hunt the same night. I shot a decent 55yd group with some extra 290 grain HP slugs from V.I.P. So I headed to the stand. First group came in right at dark but would not come all the way. They turned and walked off. About 10 minutes later my camera is sending pics that they went to my other feeder. Waited all night til about 5:30am the next morning. Heard squealing and grunting And another group came in. Watched them thru the scope for a bit trying to figure out which one needed to go. A big sow busted in and looked like she was about to pop. She won, I lined up on her and waited for the right shot. She made the mistake of giving me that shot. First shot she dropped and pigs scattered. One ran almost all the way to my blind, fatal mistake 2 nd shot and second pig down. Reloaded and seen another pig stop and look back towards the corn, another fatal mistake. 3rd shot hit just behind the last rib on the left side and exited at the right shoulder. That one made it into the trees about 25 yds. I reloaded again and put anchoring shots on the first 2 pigs. All was quite again. Waited til daylight to go check everything and to see if I could find the 3rd pig. I knew then this will be my only nite hunting rig for awhile.
I have everything on video and will post it when I get it all edited. All said and done I fired 5 rounds and all 5 hit the mark. The work begin then.
AirForce Texan Carbine .457
Sightmark Wraith
V.I.P. Slugs 290 gr HP
Long write up, but I cannot express on how well this gun preformed the first time out. Can’t wait to get out again this 4th of July weekend.
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