Winchester 1886 Makes Meat

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Winchester 1886 Makes Meat

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Hi All,
I have just been up in the hills about four hours drive West of Sydney doing a little hunting.
Took my 1886 in 45-70 out for a walk and shot this feral goat.
Range was only about 50m.
Took him through the front shoulders and then the projectile went through the head of a small goat (unseen by me) standing behind this guy. Two for one I guess.
My load was 29 grains of 2207 behind a 405 grain Silver Shadow projectile.
This fellow was a bit stinky for anything but dog meat but the smaller one gave us a good goat curry the next night and
plenty of meat was left for a couple of more meals.
It sure was fun to knock something over with my 1886, but I have to say that it is pretty heavy to carry around those hills.
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Now there is a neat old rifle.
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Yep, that's a heavy duty hammer there. Hard to argue with two-for-one kills though! :lol:

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Good to see a vintage Winchester '86 still working.
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olyinaz wrote:Yep, that's a heavy duty hammer there. Hard to argue with two-for-one kills though! :lol:

Enjoy!
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What a classy pic :mrgreen: If it was in black and white, would still look good. Do you make anything out of the horns?
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Very Nice!
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Excellent and a nice rifle.
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Congratulations, very nice 8)
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Great picture! It's good to see an old Winchester that is still in service rather than being hoarded away as too valuable to shoot. I trust you will enjoy many more successful hunts with it! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Great work Pop, nothing beats an old Winchester.
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Congrats Pop. Always glad to see another old Winchester shooter who loves the 86. Have a couple myself that I hunt with.
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Yea Pops, that ole '86 does the job nicely. By looking at the barrel contour, I'd say that rifle was made between 1900 and 1908.

Goodness, that goat has quite a pair of testicles. :D -----------6
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Guess heavy is about your definition of heavy, as an ex machine gunner.... :)


Nice to see an old piece still out and about.

Couple months back I was zeroing my 7mm Mauser, made somewhere around 1895-1930 at the latest, South American military piece sporterized long ago, and two kids doing the same with their (far newer pieces) were admiring it. I handed it over and the 8 and 10 year old were blown away that a rifle made when their grandparents weren't born yet 1. looked that good and 2. was still in use regularly (it got a coyote not long after). :mrgreen:
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8) 8) 8) 8) Very cool!!!!
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Nice shooting,

I wonder how many other critters that gun has accounted for in it's lifetime


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Great shooting! That 1886 sounds like perfect medicine for your wild water buffaloes up north.
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My goat gun weighs 3 pounds (Rossi R357S in 357 magnum) but your goat gun is 100 times cooler. :wink:
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Very nice. Congrats
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Congrats, Pop! A twofer? Double the bang for your shot! What does your projectile look like?
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Hi Griff,

Here is a pic of the projectile and loaded rounds.

Pretty standard stuff.

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