.270 Makes some meat out of old 9pt

[teebirdhyzer]

Caught this old guy slipping through a thicket this morning about 7:15. Shot him with my .270 build. I was using 130grain Ballistic Tips behind RL17 at about 3200fps..... did the job! This was my first buck since building the rifle last year. Very satisfying shooting it with bullets I loaded in a rifle I built! Couldn't have done it without all the help from this site. 17 3/4" inside spread and about 200lbs. We think he was 5yrs old or older.

[scooters45]

Nice! Now some Back strap

[JackinSD]

Congrats! It is so much nicer when you have a hand in every piece of everything isn't it?

[teebirdhyzer]

Thanks guys....yep time for some backstrap and jerky. And, yes JackinSD, it is sweet. My daughter killed her first deer this year...a doe with a .243 I built for her shooting some reduced loads I cooked up for it. To be honest, her doe was probably a bigger deal than me killing this buck today! But either way, it spells good times!

[stomp442]

Wow nice deer and an even nicer rifle.

[teebirdhyzer]

Wow nice deer and an even nicer rifle.

thanks stomp! I'm proud of both of them. Got another build in the works in 6.5 creedmoor that will be its twin.

[rattfink]

Beautiful deer, and a nice, clean classic hunting rig you built.