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Johnston Muzzleloader's 500 Yard Club

Here's a look at just some of the folks who have killed animals at 500 yards or better with the Johnston Muzzleloader.

500 yard club

Randy Johnson, UF Representative: "November 16, 2007: Second day of Michigan's firearm deer season. In Zone 3, where i live, you can only use a shotgun, muzzleloader, or handgun to hunt whitetails. The story I am about to tell you is true and comes from a lot of practice. My hunting buddy, Scott Derisly, and I also do a lot of long distance shooting together, so it worked out perfect to have him as my spotter. I am using an Ultimate Muzzleloader on a Remington 40x action and a Jewell trigger to trip the firing pin set @ 12 ozs. The optics are Leupold MARK 4 TAC 3.5 x 10 x 40, 30mm tube in a McMillan stock, so basically I have a muzzleloader on steroids. Down the throat of this hand held howitzer I have 4, 50/50 pyrodex pellets and a 275 grain fury. I already know all my bullet drop from, again, lots of practice, out to 700 yards and i am very confident. . . okay, cocky. So on with the hunt. . . We got about an hour of daylight left when i see a gray spot that wasn't there a minute ago. We put the spotting scope on it and Scotty says "Big deer all by itself. " We decide to take the shot. Scotty ranges the deer with a Leupold RX-3 and tells me shoot it like it's 600 yards, so i check the wind. I dope it at 8 to 10 mph. I give 36 inches of drift and bullet spin, let out my breath, concentrate. . . BANG!!! Deer kicks its back legs, runs 30 yards and dies. You would have thought we just won the Super Bowl! It would not have been half the fun if I was by myself. Having my shooting buddy there made it that much better. To sum it up in a nut shell, I could not have had that kind of fun with any other muzzleloader. it is truly in a class of its own."

Randy Johnson
Distance: 604 yds.

Randy Johnson

Distance: 604 yds.