1st Kill for the TLC310-165-RF

To read how a 300 Savage bullet ended up being used in a 7.62×39, see this topic: http://noebulletmolds.com/smf/index.php/topic,585.msg6925.html#new

We have some weather moving through last night so I figured that the hogs might be moving pretty good right at dark. I told my wife I was going to wander out into the pasture and wander around in the dark for a couple of hours, she’s use to it, but I didn’t get very far. I could see a sounder of hogs working a pole line sendero that leads to our house so I grabbed the Scout and headed out.

About 150 yards from my house I slipped out into the grass, which is pretty high due to the rain, and crawled out into the middle of the sendero. I could not see them well enough prone (always hoping a diamondback will move for me), so I slowly raised up. It was very dark now and I was having a tough time ranging the sounder. I figured something slightly beyond 100-yards and put the horizontal crosshair on the back and the vertical across the heart. I took a breath and touched that outstanding Savage trigger system.

This 7.62×39 Scout is sighted in 1″ high at 100 yards and the 165-grain cast bullet of my design severed it’s spine and killed it on the spot. I knew I would not shoot over him but just could not figure the range out close enough.  Based on point of impact hitting point of aim, he was at 127 yards.

My wife watched from the house with binoculars, she said it was an awesome show!

You have to love Texas! I heard a number of shots, all after dark, my fellow ranchers figuring the same with the hogs and weather. When my dad (87) and I were picking the hog up, we heard a fellow about 1/2 mile away open up, I’d say with an M1A. The rate of fire was awesome and we could count hits from almost every shot. Boom-Pop, Boom-Pop… must have had a sounder out in the open under lights or night vision. That fellow was definitely a shooter!