372 Grain Slug | 457 Texan | * 16 year old girl takes Deer at 75 yards * PICS!

[nielsenammo]

A customer purchased some of my 372 grain slugs for his Texan and reported back he was pleased with his shooting at paper targets.  Today he sent me a bit more exciting news.  The following is a cut and paste from his email:

Nick,
I have enclosed some photos of my 16 year old daughter that took a doe this past weekend with your 372 grain slug out of a Texan.  Bullet performed great.  Power adjuster set as you said.  750 FPS at muzzle.  50 yard group nearly hole in hole with 2800 psi fill.  100 yard group less than 2 inches.
 
She shot this deer at @ 75 yards.  A little high in shoulder. Took out both lungs through off side ribs with slug remaining just under the hide.
 
You can post these photos to promote your bullet any way you wish.  I have seen paper targets but now you have recovered slug and carcass photos to work with.
Thanks,
Joe K. (270) 7XX-XXXX


This is the slug he shot:
https://nielsenspecialtyammo.com/collections/45-cal/products/texan-372-grain-45-caliber-flat-point-flat-base-slug

[Tofazfou]

Nick,

That's great news.  No, that's AWESOME news. Congrats to the girl for an excellent shot and great trophy. After punching tons of steel and watching people punch steel plates with those very same slugs/Texan, I know that deer was hit very hard soaking up all 465 FPE seeing as the bullet was recovered as mashed pretty dang good.  That's a shot I would have loved to have captured on video as I know it was devastating to watch and hear.  This is good news for the Texan owners that there is a good slug for there guns.

So, as far as we know, we now have a 120 yard Coyote with your 257 HP slug and a 75 yard Deer with your slugs.  I know your stoked!

ON A SIDE NOTE, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU:   Jeff this weekend just became another 372 gr believer

[aceflier]

Awesome! I'm going to put your 39gr .25 to the test this weekend calling Yotes in close.

[nielsenammo]

I was happy for this guy and his daughter, I am sure he is quite proud.  It is nice to see the slug recovered too, I was wondering how that slug would mushroom and happy to see it stayed in so it could be recovered.

Aceflier - I hope you get a yote.  Please post if you do...

[Horatio]

Good deal.

Also nice to see the deformation.

[nielsenammo]

moved to hunting section and out of my gate..

[WiseGuy]

That is awesome Nick, thanks for sharing that bro! I bet you're beyond stoked!

[kydrover]

I'm sure Nick is excited to see one of his 372 grain .457 slugs recovered from a deer harvest.  But I betting he is not as excited as I am seeing my daughter take her second deer with the Texan.  The doe was shot at @ 75 yards and traveled about 40 yards before falling in the corn field.  I heard the impact of the slug and knew she made a good shoulder shot.  The slug traveled through the shoulder both sides of the rib cage and lodged in the off side hide. As you can see in the photo the slug did it's job on the deer and expanded nicely.

Muzzle velocity was 750 FPS. Fill pressure was 2800 psi.

Kydrover.

[Tofazfou]

I'm sure Nick is excited to see one of his 372 grain .457 slugs recovered from a deer harvest.  But I betting he is not as excited as I am seeing my daughter take her second deer with the Texan.  The doe was shot at @ 75 yards and traveled about 40 yards before falling in the corn field.  I heard the impact of the slug and knew she made a good shoulder shot.  The slug traveled through the shoulder both sides of the rib cage and lodged in the off side hide. As you can see in the photo the slug did it's job on the deer and expanded nicely.

Muzzle velocity was 750 FPS. Fill pressure was 2800 psi.

Kydrover.

Congrats to you and your daughter.  Awesome shot.

Question for you.  Using nicks setting on the Texan, have you tried 2900 or 3000 psi fills for accuracy vs 2800 psi?  I'd be interested to see or hear of any comparative notes on the subject?

[kydrover]

Cedric,
Thanks for those kind words.
I did not get the bullets from Nick until this past Thursday (no fault of his, I did not place the order till Monday). Your prior review prompted me to place the order.  The Kentucky Youth deer weekend started Saturday.  Thankfully, I was off Friday.  I had prior success with a 2800 psi fill with a cast 425 grain bullet in the past and just stuck with the 2800 psi to save some time. A little higher fill pressure may provide better results- but I my case this combination is more accurate than me as a shooter.  I might try a 3000 psi fill pressure if I get a little time on the range.

kydrover

[Gertrude]

Tell the young lady congratulations on the fine shooting. Sounds like she's fortunate to have a great teacher too.

[nielsenammo]

I do not see much difference in the power wheel settings on the Texan like on the Condor.  I just keep it about 75% for the heavier bullets and appears to work fine for me.  The two most accurate slugs I shoot out of mine are these 372 grain and the 168 EPP slug.  Between those two I am perfectly happy having a light slug that shoots fast and an extremely accurate slug that is heavy.

[crosman999]

Wow!! I really love to see kids getting started young like this. Great shooting and beautiful kill,great post.

[dk1677]

Very nice Nick! Thanks for posting it!

[Prouzy]

No doubt that is a winning combo, accurate slug and a great shooter putting that on target.  Congrats to the young lady!

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Great Story, Pictures and AMMO.***La Verne CA--I grew up in Pomona. My cousin lived in La Verne. I left Ca. in the 1960's,  I had won an all expenses paid trip to Sunny South Viet Nam. I was instructed to look for and find dangerious new exotic people hiding out in the central highlands and shoot at them. They shot back too!  I would have dearly loved to have had bullets as big as yours to shoot with.    Great Pictures     Best Regards            Tom

[nielsenammo]

La Verne is a great town to rarise my 5 boys in with the great schools. Not sure why Minnesota weather over Pomona but hey what do I know 😀.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

MN has lots of water to recreate & fish in. Rains at least once a week with the water table at 12ft at my place. Good big & small game hunting all around and behind my home. Lots of birds to feed and also other numerious critters in my back yard. I can shoot any type of gun in my backyard range short of a 50cal BMG. I used to X-country ski a lot and winter camp in the Boundry Waters Canoe Area. I also camped there in the summer with my canoe. I still snowshoe some in the wild life management area behind my place, about 50,000 acres out there. Bought my first house here for $25,000 in 1973. The population is low and rural except around the few larger metro areas     Mostly though, MN. is where I went to 5yrs of trade school at, after the army(no trade schools in Ca. at that time that I knew of, only JC's and such.) and where my, long term, Job wound up being after I completed trade school.  MY 1st winter in MN was a real "learning experience", after that I grew to really like it here.  Nothing at all wrong with CA. in my book.  In-fact my brother & his family live there and my youngest son lives up in Palo Alto. My Dad's side of the family had lived in Ca. since before 1840. My mom's side came out from OK. in the 1920.'s. They were mixed blood comanche. Most folks out in Ca. at that time, took them for Hespanic but they were not. They all eventually learned to speak spanish to fit in and to get along.   Best Regards     Tom

[pepegraves]

Congrats to the young lady and to you, Nick...It won't be long b4 I'm slinging those 168gr Nielsen's downrange on some deer...Nice to see a father and daughter team spending quality time together...