RedAllison
Well-Known Member
Lastyear I changed loads and re-sighted my Savage ML 10 II smokeless muzzleloader, I then "cleaned it" (which constitutes a shot or two of brakecleaner down the bore and swabbing it out) and then loaded it. The last time I hunted with it lastyear I didn't shoot it so I purposefully left it loaded so I could see what it would do a year later. (Obviously it wasn't primed and it sat all summer untouched in my safe.)
Fast forward to yesterday afternoon. I was sitting in a Double Bull groundblind with my two sons (11 and 6) over an oatplot that has several round haybales scattered along the edges. I placed the blind right next to a bale and before dark 15 deer had stepped into the plot (350ydsx35yds) and hadn't so much as glanced at our "double bale".
About a quarter of five a little slickhead wandered past at only 18yds. My boys were pleading with me to pop her and Michelle had told me that we needed some more ground meat in the freezer. (If you ralliers like my deer steaks you should have some of Michelle's spaghetti, chili or enchiladas with ground deer!!!) So anyway the one year old load went off. Right on the mark as well, she piled up in her tracks. (With Leupold QRW bases and rings and a Vari-X II 3x9x40 I wasn't concerned about any impact shift during the year!)
I aint a "buckskinner" so traditional equipment doesn't matter to me. I want a HAMMER whenever I have something in my hands that has a trigger. So THAT's why I continue to use and recommend the Savage. It truly is a "smokeless" death machine and is as close to a maintenence free gun as is a regular centerfire gun.
My kids really gotta kick out of the trip as well. My 11 year old had been deer hunting with me before but this was my 6 year olds first trip for deer so he was MESMERIZED while looking at the deer. My oldest decided he wanted some deer summer sausage for supper so we took ours too the processor and "swapped out" (leave yours and pick up some that are already processed in batches) and after a quick stop we had summer sausage, crackers and chips for dinner lastnight on the way home. LOL and the boys wanted summer sausage again this morning for breakfast...
The more I shoot this thing the more I LOVE it,
RA
Fast forward to yesterday afternoon. I was sitting in a Double Bull groundblind with my two sons (11 and 6) over an oatplot that has several round haybales scattered along the edges. I placed the blind right next to a bale and before dark 15 deer had stepped into the plot (350ydsx35yds) and hadn't so much as glanced at our "double bale".
About a quarter of five a little slickhead wandered past at only 18yds. My boys were pleading with me to pop her and Michelle had told me that we needed some more ground meat in the freezer. (If you ralliers like my deer steaks you should have some of Michelle's spaghetti, chili or enchiladas with ground deer!!!) So anyway the one year old load went off. Right on the mark as well, she piled up in her tracks. (With Leupold QRW bases and rings and a Vari-X II 3x9x40 I wasn't concerned about any impact shift during the year!)
I aint a "buckskinner" so traditional equipment doesn't matter to me. I want a HAMMER whenever I have something in my hands that has a trigger. So THAT's why I continue to use and recommend the Savage. It truly is a "smokeless" death machine and is as close to a maintenence free gun as is a regular centerfire gun.
My kids really gotta kick out of the trip as well. My 11 year old had been deer hunting with me before but this was my 6 year olds first trip for deer so he was MESMERIZED while looking at the deer. My oldest decided he wanted some deer summer sausage for supper so we took ours too the processor and "swapped out" (leave yours and pick up some that are already processed in batches) and after a quick stop we had summer sausage, crackers and chips for dinner lastnight on the way home. LOL and the boys wanted summer sausage again this morning for breakfast...
The more I shoot this thing the more I LOVE it,
RA