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    Gambling On The Government

    Dec 08, 2019 5 minutes

    MY WELL-THUMBED dictionary informs that the word ‘Gamble’ means taking a risk in the hope of a desired result. Given that definition, the risk on this weekend’s excursion was my choice of a Browning badged 1886 Winchester chambered in 45/70 Government; my desired result, to humanely harvest a mature chital or feral pig.

    Having successfully used smaller old-time cartridges on these species, I was confident that this rifle/cartridge combination would prove suitable at realistic ranges. My only niggling doubt sprang from the application of a commercial hard cast 405 grain lead projectile, travelling at a pedestrian 1100 feet per second. Still, I had the rifle zeroed for 50 metres and knew I could stretch it to 100 if need be. Also to my advantage, my iron sights consisted of a rear

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