Javelina Post Photos

by JimT, Texas, Friday, December 29, 2023, 06:30 (128 days ago)

1986 - I used my Linebaugh Custom .45 Colt Ruger .. SSK 270 gr. cast 18.5 gr. 2400 .. I was sitting on a rock, tired from walking. Took out my coyote call and blew it a bit and Javelina started running all around me. I picked out one that was about 20 yards or so away and nailed it. When I got it home I saw it had a nice size head so I took it to the taxidermist and had him measure it. It scored as the largest taken with a handgun in SCI and 3rd largest overall. I donated the skull to the SCI museum in Tucson.

1987 - I used my 454 Casull .. Roger Barnes cast 300 gr. @ 1400 fps .. didn't need the power but the accuracy was so amazing! I made a 20 yard shot aiming for the left eye and centered it.

1988 - I used the 44 cap & ball Remington copy .. .460" ball .. full load of FFFg .. 30 yard shot.

1997 - I used the .41 Magnum with a 200 gr. Speer JHP ..20 gr. H110 ... about a 6 foot shot as the pig was running directly at me

2002 - Used my Reeder Custom Vaquero .45 Colt .. 200 gr. Cor-Bon factory load .. 15 yard shot as it ran past me.

2005 - 480 Achilles ... 290 gr. Bittner cast bullet .. 12 gr. 2400 ... about a 30 foot shot. I hit it through the jaw as it ran across in front of me .. as it went past I put the second shot into the right ham and the bullet exited the left front shoulder.

I loaded these with my old laptop ......

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Ele era velho.
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