Henry's Heroes

Henry's Heroes

Bob Buresh shot this nice back bear with his new Savage 10ML-II. Bob mentioned that the media treatment has made a big difference in cooling the rifle. Bob's load is a Barnes 250 grain bullet @ 2250 FPS. Bob had very little time to work up loads, but this one groups about an inch for him-- so he stuck with it.

Apparently, Bob's bear was "stuck with it!"

Duane Wakeman pulls his 76-years-young trigger finger to cleanly drop this doe at 225 laser-verified yards.

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'Junior" gets into the act, allowing this swamp buck zero steps at 158 yards with the 10ML-II:

"Paco" poses with one of his dozens of 10ML-II harvested deer, a very nice body sized buck for the Coastal Carolina area:

From left to right, Kevin Moore, Kyle Schearer, and Bill Ball attend to a few of their many 10ML-II harvests:

Ray Robson really cashed in on a couple beautiful mulies, courtesy of his steady trigger finger and his Savage 10ML-II:

Larry Smeltzer breaks in his new Savage 10ML-II on a nice northern Pennsylvania buck. According to Larry, "Finally, I got my 10 ML-II in a position that I could scope buck and pick a shot. He made a move between 2 hemlocks and stopped. I placed crosshairs on the frontt shoulder area . He went down like a "Ton Of Bricks" (no addl. emphasis needed ). Rear legs made one or 2 kicks and that was it. Bullet enter high in the front shoulder area with a sloping down the mountain shot . . . crushed the spine and traveled into lungs taking a lot of backbone and ribs enroute. Lungs were one glob of pulverized meat, bone/lung material and other 'stuff'. The 250 SST pushed by Accurate Arms 5744 took out heavy bone, few ribs and traveled on into the lung area and did even more impressive damage."

Barry Sommerville received his Savage 10ML-II just two weeks before New Jersey's two day season. Barry writes, "Day one was exciting with the quantity of deer seen but no shooters. Around 11:00 pm day two with nothing seen all morning thoughts of moving creep into your mind. The mental battle begins and it's only past experiences that guide your decision. I stuck it out and was rewarded with this nice 126 pt buck that never knew what hit him. The high shoulder shot with no exit and total shock absorption literally knocked him off his feet and he never moved - quite devastating. This was my first hunt with the Savage, my first shot at game with it and pretty good results. Can't wait what may be in store the second time around."

Mark Lynch, who custom-crafts high-quality bullets, used his Savage 10ML-II to bag another doe this year, and from the size-- this chubby girl has been around for a while. Mark can be reached at hunter280man@msn.com for info on his "Super Slam Bullets" that have been really doing the job on whitetail this year.

Jeff Flinn used his Savage 10ML-II to bag this beautiful south Texas buck. Jeff popped him at 167 yards (laser verified) using 44 grains of IMR 4759, the blue MMP .40 /50 sabot, and a 260 grain bullet. The deer was quartering slightly toward him and the bullet passed into its right shoulder and exited about midway through the left ribs. The deer traveled about 30 inches-- straight down.

Thirteen-year-old Harrison Pickett of Norfolk, VA, borrowed Jeff Flinn's HB Ltd. Savage 10ML-II for his very first muzzleloading boar hunt during our visit to the Rockin' 5 ranch in southern Texas, about 20 miles from the border.

Harrison's well-placed 75 yard shot dropped this tasty tusker in its tracks, immediately sending the plump porker (heaviest pig of the weekend]) off to hog heaven. A Hornady 250 grain .452 XTP in an MMP short black sabot did the trick, guided to the right spot by Harrison's trusty trigger finger:

Contact: Randy Wakeman, 12362 S. Oxford Lane, Plainfield, IL 60585

By phone: (815) 254-2135

Email: randymagic@aol.com