Savage 10ML-1 scores

[7mmrm]

Heres the story-

I slept in till 8AM. Messed around the house til about 10AM. Was going to go to the office, but I decided to head to one of my hunting spots and take a peek. This place is a BIG hill the top of it and and the bottom are ag fields. The sides are woods- about 150yrds wide.

Anyway I get there the wind is blowing terribly, but in my favor. I get into the edge of the woods, go from tree to tree, get to where the hill really drops off, find a big oak tree to stand buy. I then start glassing the hill side and find 3 does bedded down about 125yrds. Great. I sit there for 20min and another big does comes in, but she is acting odd. About 3min later I glass behind here and see this buck, I quickly decide its shooter and set my binos down. Well I take my eyes off the deer for about 30secs to pick up the ML and when I look back to them no buck in sight. Im thinkin WHAT THE F@%K!! I stand there another 10min and I here a twig snap to the right of me and I see antlers coming up the hill... right twords me..50yrds. I get ready, he comes up the hill abit more exposes all of his neck. He turned to look at the does and BOOM. Down he goes.





Weapon used was a Savage 10ML-1, the 250SSTs @ 2550FPS did the trick!

[DW]

Very nice set-up and a really nice buck, mind if I ask what powder you were using?

[7mmrm]

DW,

Im using 71.5grns of IMR 4198, 250SST, MMP short pedal sabots. Gets me 2550FPS, and 3 shot groups under 1MOA.

[rossman40]

Congrats,, Good looking deer!! Ain't it the way it goes though,, turn your rifle into a deer sniping platform and never get the long shot. I've been ready for the last 4 years for a 200yd shot and every deer has been less the 60yds.

[jims]

That is a tricked out ML-1.

[Rifleman]

Nice rifle and nice buck , congrats!

[whyohe]

very nice story and rifle.

now to tease the goat..... how did the bullet do at that speed and range?

[7mmrm]

whyohe said:

very nice story and rifle.

now to tease the goat..... how did the bullet do at that speed and range?

Suprisingly well. I thought for sure that it would nuke, but it didnt hit anything hard.. Little over 1" exit.