Two youngest eligible hunters bag nice deer on Youth day. First was grandson, getting a 125 lb 4-pointer at 7:30 am (50 yards), then granddaughter (from another family) with a 175 yard one-shot kill down a snowmobile trail, getting a 144 lb doe.
The rifles used for the one-shot kills: Rem 700 ADL, rebarreled to .243 Win and Tikka T3 Lite .243 Win. Ammo in both "cases" was 80 grain Hornady GMX, ahead of 43 grains of IMR 4350 in Rem cases, CCI Standard primers. Both rifles have factory stocks, but the Rem has a PAC-NOR Supermatch barrel. Both can shoot sub-1/2 MOA.
The grandson's shot was through the left shoulder, exiting through the right ribcage. The granddaughter's shot entered just below the spine, fully penetrated, taking the lungs as well.
Can't get any better than that for this older guy!
The rifles used for the one-shot kills: Rem 700 ADL, rebarreled to .243 Win and Tikka T3 Lite .243 Win. Ammo in both "cases" was 80 grain Hornady GMX, ahead of 43 grains of IMR 4350 in Rem cases, CCI Standard primers. Both rifles have factory stocks, but the Rem has a PAC-NOR Supermatch barrel. Both can shoot sub-1/2 MOA.
The grandson's shot was through the left shoulder, exiting through the right ribcage. The granddaughter's shot entered just below the spine, fully penetrated, taking the lungs as well.
Can't get any better than that for this older guy!
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