Dang straight it counts lol! Good shot!
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nicholasjohn
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I wonder what the ballistic coefficient of a pick-up truck is .......35mph=51.333 fps not very good ballistics but extremely effective
Allen Lone wolf
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HRM Johnny
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Or maybe 7.3
I think it goes without saying: "By any means necessary." We must always remember that it's us or them. @Deputy819 should be applauded for his resourcefulness and should serve as an example to us all. BRAVO!!!
HRM Johnny
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Old Hickory 45
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I got one recently like that with my 4,000 pound Toyota Tundra bullet.
Many years ago when we had many groundhogs and feral cats here in SE Iowa, my brother had a big old Packard car. We were going hunting with our Argentine 7.65 Mausers.
We spotted a groundhog eating on the shoulder of the road.
I was driving and we turned around several times seeing the varmint and trying to figure how to take a shot and still make a safe shot.
I finally drove past and continued for another mile and turned the big old underpowered craft and headed back to the varmint.
The old car was so slow to gain speed I needed the whole mile to get it up to 70 MPH.
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Old Hickory 45
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I ran over that groundhog with the old Packard. The roadside was by an elderly farm couple that paid us to kill all the groundhogs on their place because the farmer broke an axle of his hayrack in a ground hole in the hayfield. He paid us 25 cents for each one. Iowa bounty paid the same so we doubled our money. Norma 7.65 costed twenty five cents per round, a huge amount then. The last groundhog lived under his car garage and raided his wife's garden. When I shot that one, he laughed and paid me a whole dollar. The year was probably 1958. The year I ran over the groundhog was probably1960.
When my brother and I shot the groundhogs for the couple, we were too young to drive so we walked there. The place was 3 1/2 miles from home. It took quite a few trips until we had all the groundhogs shot.
When my brother and I shot the groundhogs for the couple, we were too young to drive so we walked there. The place was 3 1/2 miles from home. It took quite a few trips until we had all the groundhogs shot.
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Old Hickory 45
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Well done!
A great story from a time when the word was a different place. I've heard similar accounts from folks of this era. Those must have been the days!
HRM Johnny
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Great story. Thank you very much for sharing it with us.
Old Hickory 45
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You are most welcome, HRM. and yes, things were much better back then. As kids, we could walk into a gun store and buy guns and ammo, no questions asked.
When I was 13 years old I carried a newspaper route with an old loaded .32 revolver in my paper bag. My dad was a city cop and he thought that was really cool. I carried the pistol to defend myself against some terrible dogs on my route. I bought that pistol and box of shells for $4 from one of my paper route customers, a sweet old widow lady.
When I was 13 years old I carried a newspaper route with an old loaded .32 revolver in my paper bag. My dad was a city cop and he thought that was really cool. I carried the pistol to defend myself against some terrible dogs on my route. I bought that pistol and box of shells for $4 from one of my paper route customers, a sweet old widow lady.
Deputy819
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Well, alright…..just knocked off THIS one in the rain with my 5.56…FIRST (and probably last) gun-kill of the season. 
They like to come out in the rain!! Good shot!Well, alright…..just knocked off THIS one in the rain with my 5.56…FIRST (and probably last) gun-kill of the season.
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