Caldwell Deadshot Field pod

[Hawks Feather]

Richards Microfit Maple with Rosewood end caps.

Nice looking stock.  I do like thumbhole stocks when I have shot them.

Jerry

[JohnP]

Yeah that's the first I've seen of it also.  Glen do you handload for that and have you ever used it on anything larger than groundhogs?

[HaMeR]

Thanks Jerry.   The Richards stocks come just above log form & you gotta do a lot of work. Luckily I have a bunch of woodworking tools laying around the wood shop.    I have right close to 10hrs in it & that includes the 7 or 8 coats of poly & 3 coats of wax. T-hole stocks are the best IMO.

When I originally got the rifle I had to shoot factory ammo until reloading components became available. Now it's all handloads. The largest game we can pursue here in Ohio with a tapered/bottle necked case are coyotes. I've shot 2 coyotes with it & one flipped twice & died & the other made it about 35yds into the woods where I found it piled up. The 3rd coyote was never recovered & honestly I think it's because I missed. I THINK I shot just over it's back cause it landed on it's belly then jumped up & ran off. I never found any sign of contact & I knew exactly where it was standing when I believe it ducked.