Traditions vortek pistol
02-11-2011, 09:12 AM
#3
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 2
I own a Traditions Vortek P-1521 pistol.
I sighted it in at 25 yards with two inch bulls about every time.
Now I'm ready to hunt deer in Michigan late doe season.
This is the short version.
I used 1 pellet of triple 7 magnum and a 44 Hornady sabot.
I shot a doe at 23 yards out of my bow stand.
The deer was quartering away. The deer ran away and I thought I missed.
Good thing we had snow. I found the deer about 100 yard away. I was a double lung shot just missed the heart the bullet did not pass through it broke one rib going in an logged between the rib and the skin on the othe side. The hornady .44 xtp hardly looked damaged nothing like the mushroom I get out of my .44 Mag.
I called Tradions and they recommeded I using 60 grain of triple seven fffg loose powder.
Wow what a difference.
I did a primitive penetration test between loose triple seven and a magnum triple seven pellet.
The 60 grains of triple seven 3F777 loose was about 30 % greater penetration into some old books and news paper from about 10 yards.
I could feel and hear the difference, a definite crack with the loose powder.
I shot my Ruger .44 magnum as a comparison and it was about an inch further into the bundle.
The only difference was the powder the bullets where Hornaday .430 JHP sabots and the same for the .44 Mag.
I sighted it in at 25 yards with two inch bulls about every time.
Now I'm ready to hunt deer in Michigan late doe season.
This is the short version.
I used 1 pellet of triple 7 magnum and a 44 Hornady sabot.
I shot a doe at 23 yards out of my bow stand.
The deer was quartering away. The deer ran away and I thought I missed.
Good thing we had snow. I found the deer about 100 yard away. I was a double lung shot just missed the heart the bullet did not pass through it broke one rib going in an logged between the rib and the skin on the othe side. The hornady .44 xtp hardly looked damaged nothing like the mushroom I get out of my .44 Mag.
I called Tradions and they recommeded I using 60 grain of triple seven fffg loose powder.
Wow what a difference.
I did a primitive penetration test between loose triple seven and a magnum triple seven pellet.
The 60 grains of triple seven 3F777 loose was about 30 % greater penetration into some old books and news paper from about 10 yards.
I could feel and hear the difference, a definite crack with the loose powder.
I shot my Ruger .44 magnum as a comparison and it was about an inch further into the bundle.
The only difference was the powder the bullets where Hornaday .430 JHP sabots and the same for the .44 Mag.
02-11-2011, 10:14 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Yucca Valley,Ca
Posts: 2,496
I own a Traditions Vortek P-1521 pistol.
I sighted it in at 25 yards with two inch bulls about every time.
Now I'm ready to hunt deer in Michigan late doe season.
This is the short version.
I used 1 pellet of triple 7 magnum and a 44 Hornady sabot.
I shot a doe at 23 yards out of my bow stand.
The deer was quartering away. The deer ran away and I thought I missed.
Good thing we had snow. I found the deer about 100 yard away. I was a double lung shot just missed the heart the bullet did not pass through it broke one rib going in an logged between the rib and the skin on the othe side. The hornady .44 xtp hardly looked damaged nothing like the mushroom I get out of my .44 Mag.
I called Tradions and they recommeded I using 60 grain of triple seven fffg loose powder.
Wow what a difference.
I did a primitive penetration test between loose triple seven and a magnum triple seven pellet.
The 60 grains of triple seven 3F777 loose was about 30 % greater penetration into some old books and news paper from about 10 yards.
I could feel and hear the difference, a definite crack with the loose powder.
I shot my Ruger .44 magnum as a comparison and it was about an inch further into the bundle.
The only difference was the powder the bullets where Hornaday .430 JHP sabots and the same for the .44 Mag.
I sighted it in at 25 yards with two inch bulls about every time.
Now I'm ready to hunt deer in Michigan late doe season.
This is the short version.
I used 1 pellet of triple 7 magnum and a 44 Hornady sabot.
I shot a doe at 23 yards out of my bow stand.
The deer was quartering away. The deer ran away and I thought I missed.
Good thing we had snow. I found the deer about 100 yard away. I was a double lung shot just missed the heart the bullet did not pass through it broke one rib going in an logged between the rib and the skin on the othe side. The hornady .44 xtp hardly looked damaged nothing like the mushroom I get out of my .44 Mag.
I called Tradions and they recommeded I using 60 grain of triple seven fffg loose powder.
Wow what a difference.
I did a primitive penetration test between loose triple seven and a magnum triple seven pellet.
The 60 grains of triple seven 3F777 loose was about 30 % greater penetration into some old books and news paper from about 10 yards.
I could feel and hear the difference, a definite crack with the loose powder.
I shot my Ruger .44 magnum as a comparison and it was about an inch further into the bundle.
The only difference was the powder the bullets where Hornaday .430 JHP sabots and the same for the .44 Mag.
02-12-2011, 01:24 AM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Central Connecticut
Posts: 766
The maximum recommended load for the Vortek pistol is 70 grains.
The Sportman's Guide has a video of it being fired in 3 different formats.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/c....aspx?a=687028
I posted some photos of a new Vortek that was ordered from Deer Creek Outfitters for $337 delivered which ended up being drop shipped by Traditions.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...rtek-last.html
The Vortek's high price is worth it to a pistol hunter. There was quite a back log which made them hard to obtain without a wait. None of the other major manufacturers that I can think of seem to be making any modern hunting pistols, except for Kahnke Gunworks maybe (507-637-2901).
For comparison, the cost of a 20 inch Encore .50 muzzle loading barrel alone is $412 + shipping from the E. Arthur Brown Co..
The Sportman's Guide has a video of it being fired in 3 different formats.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/c....aspx?a=687028
I posted some photos of a new Vortek that was ordered from Deer Creek Outfitters for $337 delivered which ended up being drop shipped by Traditions.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...rtek-last.html
The Vortek's high price is worth it to a pistol hunter. There was quite a back log which made them hard to obtain without a wait. None of the other major manufacturers that I can think of seem to be making any modern hunting pistols, except for Kahnke Gunworks maybe (507-637-2901).
For comparison, the cost of a 20 inch Encore .50 muzzle loading barrel alone is $412 + shipping from the E. Arthur Brown Co..
Last edited by arcticap; 02-12-2011 at 01:50 AM.
02-12-2011, 11:55 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Yucca Valley,Ca
Posts: 2,496
The maximum recommended load for the Vortek pistol is 70 grains.
The Sportman's Guide has a video of it being fired in 3 different formats.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/c....aspx?a=687028
I posted some photos of a new Vortek that was ordered from Deer Creek Outfitters for $337 delivered which ended up being drop shipped by Traditions.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...rtek-last.html
The Vortek's high price is worth it to a pistol hunter. There was quite a back log which made them hard to obtain without a wait. None of the other major manufacturers that I can think of seem to be making any modern hunting pistols, except for Kahnke Gunworks maybe (507-637-2901).
For comparison, the cost of a 20 inch Encore .50 muzzle loading barrel alone is $412 + shipping from the E. Arthur Brown Co..
The Sportman's Guide has a video of it being fired in 3 different formats.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/c....aspx?a=687028
I posted some photos of a new Vortek that was ordered from Deer Creek Outfitters for $337 delivered which ended up being drop shipped by Traditions.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...rtek-last.html
The Vortek's high price is worth it to a pistol hunter. There was quite a back log which made them hard to obtain without a wait. None of the other major manufacturers that I can think of seem to be making any modern hunting pistols, except for Kahnke Gunworks maybe (507-637-2901).
For comparison, the cost of a 20 inch Encore .50 muzzle loading barrel alone is $412 + shipping from the E. Arthur Brown Co..
