Show us your deer slayer...

[Tennessee Dave]

I now do all my deer hunting with this custom made .54 cal Flintlock rifle made in the Kentucky rifle style. It's a nail driver and features a custom carved Curly Maple stock. Mike Miller did me an outstanding job on this one.

 

[ChuckMejia]

I now do all my deer hunting with this custom made .54 cal Flintlock rifle made in the Kentucky rifle style. It's a nail driver and features a custom carved Curly Maple stock. Mike Miller did me an outstanding job on this one.
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Damn Dave you could kill a dinosaur with that thing!

 

[Tennessee Dave]

Damn Dave you could kill a dinosaur with that thing!

LOL. Don't know about that but it is deadly with those open sights and my old eyes out to 100 yards with 80 grains of black powder and a .54 cal round ball.

 

[joe45]

I now do all my deer hunting with this custom made .54 cal Flintlock rifle made in the Kentucky rifle style. It's a nail driver and features a custom carved Curly Maple stock. Mike Miller did me an outstanding job on this one.
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Impressive! I love that stock!

 

[mdwest]

Damn Dave you could kill a dinosaur with that thing!

Why would Dave want to kill Dave?

 

[jonesry09]

Why would Dave want to kill Dave?

Now thats just offside haha

Thats an amazing looking gun. Don't have any pictures of my deer killer. I won't be able to hunt for at least another couple years (almost impossible to get a license here in Germany) but my Hoyt Carbon Element RKT has been my "go to" deer killer the last 4 years.

 

[The Munt]

You could smoke a few deer with this bad boy...

 

[The Munt]

I now do all my deer hunting with this custom made .54 cal Flintlock rifle made in the Kentucky rifle style. It's a nail driver and features a custom carved Curly Maple stock. Mike Miller did me an outstanding job on this one.
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Woah that's a serious boom stick!

When you're not shooting deer you could have it in the front yard flying the flag!

 

[Jesse]

I now do all my deer hunting with this custom made .54 cal Flintlock rifle made in the Kentucky rifle style. It's a nail driver and features a custom carved Curly Maple stock. Mike Miller did me an outstanding job on this one.
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Poor deer, is any of it left after you shoot it?

Beautiful rifle though.

 

[Tennessee Dave]

Poor deer, is any of it left after you shoot it?

Beautiful rifle though.

Actually Jesse there is less damage to the deer than with the high velocity cartridges. That ball is moving at about 800 fps or so compared to 3000 fps or greater for the high velocity typical deer cartridge. It does provide major knockdown power. I have never had a deer take a step. On the other hand I have had deer run for hundreds of yards after being hit with a perfect kill shot from a high velocity rifle.

 

[mdwest]

Actually Jesse there is less damage to the deer than with the high velocity cartridges. That ball is moving at about 800 fps or so compared to 3000 fps or greater for the high velocity typical deer cartridge. It does provide major knockdown power. I have never had a deer take a step. On the other hand I have had deer run for hundreds of yards after being hit with a perfect kill shot from a high velocity rifle.

This is exactly why I like .45-70..

huge bullet.. traveling at relatively low speed... (350 gr bullets @ about 1250 fps out of my little 16" shorty.. )..

Knocks them to their knees every single time...

Never had a deer or a boar move after being hit.. drops them right where they stand.. and the damage to the meat surrounding the wound channel is minimal...


That said.. I am super excited to take the .308 to the field this year.. gonna be fun!

 

[KookaRocha]

Very modified Mosin Nagant 91/30
Bluegrass Stock
Timney Trigger 1.5# break
Mojo Peephole sights (soon to be scoped)
New posts, screws, etc.

 

[mdwest]

I screwed up not buying a Mosin about 6 months ago.. Buds Gunshop had about a dozen crates of them in the store.. $179 each...

I thought "they'll still be here next time... Ill pick one up then.."....

2 weeks later.. they were all gone..

Awesome rifles to "sporterize".. throw an aftermarket stock on them and some decent optics.. and you have a serious deerslaying boomstick for less than $600 all in... (with a plentiful, inexpensive ammo supply available)...

 

[KookaRocha]

You said it! Each of these targets held either 4 and 3 shots at 100 yards with only my peephole sights and a tight sling.

 

[K Williams]

I now do all my deer hunting with this custom made .54 cal Flintlock rifle made in the Kentucky rifle style. It's a nail driver and features a custom carved Curly Maple stock. Mike Miller did me an outstanding job on this one.
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Look at the stock on that rifle!

 

[K Williams]

Actually Jesse there is less damage to the deer than with the high velocity cartridges. That ball is moving at about 800 fps or so compared to 3000 fps or greater for the high velocity typical deer cartridge. It does provide major knockdown power. I have never had a deer take a step. On the other hand I have had deer run for hundreds of yards after being hit with a perfect kill shot from a high velocity rifle.

Are they available in a shorter barrel length?

 

[K Williams]

This is exactly why I like .45-70..

huge bullet.. traveling at relatively low speed... (350 gr bullets @ about 1250 fps out of my little 16" shorty.. )..

Knocks them to their knees every single time...

Never had a deer or a boar move after being hit.. drops them right where they stand.. and the damage to the meat surrounding the wound channel is minimal...


That said.. I am super excited to take the .308 to the field this year.. gonna be fun!

I need to put this to hunting use someday soon.

My 1895 GBL. I also have the regular 1895G.

 

[Tennessee Dave]

@K Williams They may be. I specifically wanted this in flintlock and an early American design. Hence the long barrel. Get in touch with Mike and see if he can meet your needs.

 

[Zclassy1]

I live in the mountains covered in pine trees, very seldom can you get a clear shot over 75 yards, a 44 mag works very well in the forest, this Ruger carbine 44 with AR sights is a perfect deer slayer.

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[Zclassy1]

This is exactly why I like .45-70..

huge bullet.. traveling at relatively low speed... (350 gr bullets @ about 1250 fps out of my little 16" shorty.. )..

Knocks them to their knees every single time...

Never had a deer or a boar move after being hit.. drops them right where they stand.. and the damage to the meat surrounding the wound channel is minimal...


That said.. I am super excited to take the .308 to the field this year.. gonna be fun!

I hit a deer once in the throat with a 45-70 and I spent the rest of the day tracking him down the side of a mountain, he was still alive when I found him, me and my partner had to drag his ass up the hill about 1000 feet, one of our more memorable hunts to date.

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