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It wasn't the first or second shot, but it was the last

DIBBS

Old Mountain Man-Tired occasionally Grumpy SOB
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  • Aug 21, 2008
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    My son had an interesting adventure over the weekend mule deer hunting. He broke the trigger guard and trigger while shooting at a mule deer (recoil slammed trigger guard into a rock he was laying over). What was fortunate for him , is that the gun still functioned after the damage shown, and he was able to put the finishing shot on a mule deer at 700 yards with the rifle. (Buddy was not hunting nor did he have a rifle).

    It's not huge, but it will eat good, and any more, any deer in this State is a good deer (communist mismanaged state of WA). Department of No Fish and Wildlife, but I digress.

    7mm Remington Magnum factory VSSF 162 Amax 71.4 grains Retumbo Fed 215.

    It is the most tender liver I've ever eaten, and I've eaten a few in 50 + yrs of hunting.

    Surprisingly, there was quite a bit of hydraulic damage, even at distance. I'll have to look at the ballistic program and see what the impact velocity was.

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    Recovered under the hide on the off side while skinning

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    I can understand the factory trigger guard breaking, but it was quite amazing or amusing that the trigger broke too! At least now he has an excuse to invest in some sort of upgrade! Nice photos.
     
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