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11-24-2020, 11:23 AM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Junction Texas
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Antique Trapdoor fun with a Big Boar
A few years back I bought a model 1873 Springfield Trapdoor rifle. Didn't do much with it for a while but eventually thought it would be fun to hunt with the rifle responsible for nearly wiping out the American Buffalo. The original sites go from 200 yards to something like 1600 so I replaced the front site post with a taller one and zeroed it for 100 yards by shooting and filing the front site. Ammo is 405 grains in 45-70 caliber. The bullets are hard cast flat nose. At the range I was able to keep most shots in a 2.5 inch group.
I took my granddaughter deer hunting with the condition that if a big hog showed up I was going to take him with this 140 year old piece of history. Hard cast bullets are meant for penetration but I was a bit surprised that the exit wound was about the same size as the entry wound after going through this old boy's skull. He, of course, dropped on the spot. |
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11-24-2020, 11:27 AM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Austin. Jim Ned Creek
Hunt In: Tivydale. Nix. Brownwood
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Very cool! Nice hog
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11-24-2020, 11:27 AM
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Eight Point
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Melissa, Tx
Hunt In: Collin County
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wicked cutters on that one
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11-24-2020, 11:30 AM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Danbury Tx
Hunt In: South Tx, Oklahoma
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I love hunting with old gun's.
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11-24-2020, 11:40 AM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: McKinney
Hunt In: Oklahoma- Public
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That is awesome! Congrats on the success with a piece of history
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11-24-2020, 11:54 AM
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Eight Point
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Up North
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Awesome!!!
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11-24-2020, 11:59 AM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sunnyvale
Hunt In: San Saba
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Looks like you killed a warthog. Awesome gun!
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11-24-2020, 11:59 AM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2015
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That’s really cool!
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11-24-2020, 12:01 PM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: East Texas
Hunt In: Texas Public Lands
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Skinny and long legs. Looks strange for a big but neat cutters for sure.
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11-24-2020, 12:03 PM
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Six Point
Join Date: Aug 2009
Hunt In: Throckmorton and Young counties
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That's really cool!!!
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11-24-2020, 12:07 PM
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Six Point
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Marshall
Hunt In: Harrison, Marion, Panola,Runnels
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Very cool! I have 2, one a carbine. Have 6 or 8 boxes of original ammo. Never shot either. Sister found a bayonet that I had never seen. Daddy probably knew to hide that from me
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11-24-2020, 12:25 PM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Hunt In: NC,TX, and anywhere else I can
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Awesome!
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11-24-2020, 03:07 PM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Palestine , TX
Hunt In: Home and wherever i can
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Good shooting. Now go do it again. KAP!!
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11-24-2020, 03:14 PM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: San Marcos/Hempstead
Hunt In: Jim Wells
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How cool!
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11-24-2020, 03:17 PM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: El Campo
Hunt In: Jackson County and Utopia
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Very cool! I love hunting with the old firearms too.
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11-24-2020, 03:34 PM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Troup
Hunt In: Cherokee, Rusk, Trinity Counties
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That sucker must have a tapeworm ! Big cutters though !
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11-24-2020, 03:55 PM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Mesquite, Texas
Hunt In: Archer County
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I have an 1873 Springfield trapdoor that in 1973 I killed a deer with it and it has been in the safe since. did you load your own blackpowder bullets?
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11-24-2020, 04:02 PM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Tx
Hunt In: Blanco, Nacadoches,NewMexico,Colorado
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Heck yeah!
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11-24-2020, 04:29 PM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: McAllen
Hunt In: Starr/Hidalgo Co.
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Nice, congrats
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11-24-2020, 04:37 PM
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Ten Point
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Waco
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Cool.
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11-24-2020, 04:51 PM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Longview
Hunt In: Harrison county, Irion County, Gregg, Bowie, Cass, Upshur counties TX and Arkansas
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Very awesome!!
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11-24-2020, 05:07 PM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Flower Mound, Tx
Hunt In: Hill Country
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Sweet!
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11-24-2020, 05:29 PM
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Six Point
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Etoile
Hunt In: Chireno
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Awesome! That thing has some cutters!
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11-24-2020, 05:51 PM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Calhoun County
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Awesome!
Dang he’s got some cutters! |
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11-24-2020, 06:18 PM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Junction Texas
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Quote:
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11-24-2020, 06:30 PM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sonora, Tx
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Hell make a fine euro!
Congrats! Bisch Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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11-24-2020, 08:41 PM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Cool deal, pretty good tusks on that thing.
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11-24-2020, 11:09 PM
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Ten Point
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Brazoria
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Congratulations
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11-24-2020, 11:20 PM
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Eight Point
Join Date: Jan 2016
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Very nice !
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11-25-2020, 12:44 AM
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Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: White Oak
Hunt In: Bee County
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Heck yeah! Good job!
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11-25-2020, 06:39 AM
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Eight Point
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Hunt In: DeWitt County & South TX (Former Double Dime Ranch)
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Congrats! Very cool.
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