Grandson with my 1894 Marlin=work

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Grandson with my 1894 Marlin=work

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Early this morning my 13 year old Grandson killed his first deer, a 6 point buck. He was with his Dad and his 8 year old brother was with me. He made a killing shot with my 1894 Marlin .44 that I had loaded with my cast 431244 air cooled wheelweight bullet and 19 grains of WC-820 for about 1538 fps. Total penetration and the deer ran about 50 yards his dad said. Guess who got to dress the deer? His favorite grandpaw!! :lol: Happy Thanksgiving to all and God Bless!
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Way to go! Lucky grampa!
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Lucky you!!!!!! Congratulations.
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Very cool! Congratulations!!! :D
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Of course, he gets the GUN for his own, right? That's our family rule!
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Awesome news, Gramps!

Better be getting yourself a new .44 Marlin, sounds like your 'old' one is taken!

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Great Job, the both of you!! 8)
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Congratulations to both of you. Something you both will remember fondly.
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Hey, Super dooper good! :D THATS how you bring up a young man! Good work---------Sixgun (p.s.--would be neat to see a pic of that boy with HIS new levergun!)
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As requested by Sixgun, if my computer abilitys permit:
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Gosh it worked! :D The entrance shot was at the second rib from the back which nicked the 3 rib and exited just behind the right shoulder. Yeah, major wreckage of the lungs! Nice little carbine, I really hated to loose it. :lol: :lol:
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JDL wrote:Gosh it worked! :D The entrance shot was at the second rib from the back which nicked the 3 rib and exited just behind the right shoulder. Yeah, major wreckage of the lungs! Nice little carbine, I really hated to loose it. :lol: :lol:
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JDL, since you gave it to your grandson, did you really "lose" it?

Nice buck! I can see why you're proud. That gun, and your grandson, have a lot of deer hunting ahead of them! Congrats!
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Congratulations, for the lost of a great rifle for the best reason ever…
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BlueStateSaint wrote:
JDL wrote:Gosh it worked! :D The entrance shot was at the second rib from the back which nicked the 3 rib and exited just behind the right shoulder. Yeah, major wreckage of the lungs! Nice little carbine, I really hated to loose it. :lol: :lol:
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JDL, since you gave it to your grandson, did you really "lose" it?

Nice buck! I can see why you're proud. That gun, and your grandson, have a lot of deer hunting ahead of them! Congrats!
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Congrats!!!
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Great photo, tell your grandson congratulations! This stuff is absolutely priceless! Tell him he's been shown how, now the next one he gets to field dress. :lol:
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