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Varmintmist
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32Spl works doe down
Varmintmist
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The story behind it... When I was a kid, I got to use my dads 32 Spl that he got after he came back from Korea. I was never able to get a deer in front of it. While I was in the service it was stolen. I thought it would be neat to take a deer with one. For the last couple years I passed on a few I saw. Either they were scoped, or beaten, or I just passed only to go back later and they were gone. I saw this one and it went to the counter with me. It was a slight restoration project but, what the heck.
Saw nothing until this one and 3 others showed up out of the pines at about 70 yards. She was in the lead and looked larger than the next two. They started heading my way and I picked a spot between trees and waited. I was going to give them more time to close up, but they stopped at about 50 yds, she was quartering towards me and I figured it could get better, or it could get a lot worse, so the little carbine barked, she gave a little kip and took off.
The exit wound is about where the stick is pointing. The entrance is a little higher than I like, but I can live with it.
It was a double lung with pretty good damage inside. She ran no more than 50 yds probably closer to 35. About 4 strides she was wobbling and then she dropped.
After that pic, things got to bloody to be messing with the phone. After some coffee and heat, I will take the hide off and get good pics.
Stats, 1949 mod 94 32 Winchester Special, Hornady FTX 165 over 31gr IMR 4895
Saw nothing until this one and 3 others showed up out of the pines at about 70 yards. She was in the lead and looked larger than the next two. They started heading my way and I picked a spot between trees and waited. I was going to give them more time to close up, but they stopped at about 50 yds, she was quartering towards me and I figured it could get better, or it could get a lot worse, so the little carbine barked, she gave a little kip and took off.
The exit wound is about where the stick is pointing. The entrance is a little higher than I like, but I can live with it.
It was a double lung with pretty good damage inside. She ran no more than 50 yds probably closer to 35. About 4 strides she was wobbling and then she dropped.
After that pic, things got to bloody to be messing with the phone. After some coffee and heat, I will take the hide off and get good pics.
Stats, 1949 mod 94 32 Winchester Special, Hornady FTX 165 over 31gr IMR 4895
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My uncle has grandad's old pre 64 32spl
You knew it would still work
Meat in the freezer.
"The Un-Tactical"
:agree:
The nostalgia value is very important. Especially when it is associated with such a great round and even greater rifle. Oh did I mention I love Win. 94s?
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Off to move the lumber and tools from the Garage sheet rocking project to make way to hang her over the drain. Its Happy Puppy time!!
My dad's first deer was taken with a 32 Special. It was a Winchester Model 94. This happened in the late 50s, so it was obviously a pre-64 model. The rifle belonged to my dad's cousin, who eventually gave the rifle away. I have no idea who has it now.
The deer was a small, central Texas whitetail doe, not much larger than a German Shepard. I remember seeing the deer and several others like it in the bed of a pickup. I was 7 or 8 at the time, and very disappointed that I didn't get to go with him. My dad said the gun kicked like a mule.
Your story brings back some good memories.
Thanks.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Dad 5-31-13
Again, thank you!
John 3: 1-21
Who will carry your ladder?
Dad 5-31-13
Anyway,
FTX all the way. If you are trying to get a couple extra yards out of the carbine, dont worry about the terminal performance, its in there. I am pushing 2100fps or something thereabout. I never cronographed it because the listed FPS is like 2030 at the low to less than 2200 at the high. I picked a middle load and launched some that hit pretty much where I was pointing it, and called it good. Recoil isnt bad and it holds 3ish at 127yds. Its a open sight carbine so I am fine with that.
All the way through took both lungs and gelled them pretty well this was the path so you can see it went through a lot of deer.
This pic is the entry with the shoulder still attached. You can see the hole, but not nearly as well as after I took the shoulder off. The camera battery decided to be to weak to retain that one, but it left me think it did. Under the meat, the hole was a good 1.25-1.5" took a rib square and made that part disappear.
I did get a pic of the exit. It made the big entrance, did a bunch of damage, and then took out another rib on the way out.
You will probably get funny looks since it isnt a magnum with a 2K scope, but that is part of the fun.
No luck this evening, had eight does come in at dark. I had set myself a 50 yard limit as it's been way too long since I've practiced with open sights. I'll be back at it next weekend. I'm now on a quest!
John 3: 1-21
Congrats
JAY
My first hi-powered rifle was the same thing, a pre-64 Mod 94 in .32 Spl. One of my dads friends had the same rifle chambered in .30-30. I have no idea why, but that .32 would slap the wet snot out of you while the .30-30 was comfortable to shoot. Makes no sense.
Mike
N454casull
Got my 6mm Lee Navy dies in, wait till next year. 30-40, 6mm LN, or 222????????????..........