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PA Buck with a Henry X Model in 45 Colt

Nice buck and that’s a great picture with your Henry in it. Sure are tall eye guards.

Thanks. The burned area behind the buck is from a controlled burn they did 2 weeks prior to the rifle season. I thought it might change the deer movement. However it doest appear to have made much difference.

Nice buck! Looks like it was a good season. Congratulations!!!

Congrats!! Could we have some details on the load used and how the bullet performed? Obviously it worked!

Good job, and a nice lookin buck.
Factory ammo or a hand load?
Yeah, what 5shot said.
Was it a long shot?, and how far did he travel after?

RP

Good buck! Congratulations!

Nice Buck. Congratulations.
I'm like the others, waiting on the details.

The shot was not far. Maybe 30 yards. It was a dead on frontal shot. He was head down coming thru some heavy brush. I whistled at him, he lifted his head and gave me a clear shot to his chest. That bullet traveled thru his heart, thru the deer lengthwise and out the back. I didnt recover the bullet but when field dressing him I didnt find the carnage to his insides as I expected. He only went about 25 yards and dropped. I used a handload that shoots fantastic out of my Blackhawk in 45colt Its a 255gr Lee RNFP powder coated in front of a modest charge of HP 38. Ive never chrono'd it but Load books suggest about 875 fps. Im sure I could load it hotter but after seeing this punch thru a deer, I dont think I Need to.

Thanks for the report! It's good to hear the cast bullet gets it done again!