Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Big rat Dundee - keep giving them lessons
I am trying to teach these buggars that it’s a one way trip up a post stay - getting hard to find - one out of 20 odd traps today


Sighted in my new 17 - haven’t been able to find anything to savage yet - cunning magpies are playing safe

Good taste in rifles

(I have one of those in 22LR, but brown stock instead of grey)

Originally Posted by rossi.45

309yds . . .22 VarTarg TurboAttachment 55418

Nice, whats the specs on the .222 turbo, what case do you use, i know of the 20, var targ turbo, not a .22.
great shooting spot,

222Rem parent case - neck turned, 30° shoulder - 23.2grns 2208 50grn Vmax 3000fps



80s Rem700, M16 extractor - 23" Shilen match heavy fluted barrel - 6.5-20 EFR Leupold TMR reticle

great spot alright, lots of cover for close shooting and across gullies for longer shots - the Rabbits are really coming on now so target rich - lookn forward to daylight saving n shooting after work thru the week

Originally Posted by Dundee

Early morning swimming lesson.
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Looks like your a terrible swim coach.
I just watched the paralympic butterfly final and one compeditor had no arms, still nor sure what I was watching

Sent from my workbench

A big buck rabbit this morning with the .22.

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Good taste in rifles

(I have one of those in 22LR, but brown stock instead of grey)

+1

Shot this one while it was eating after birth.

So before I decided to remove the scope from my 300Rum I thought it might be a good idea to go for a morning dive and drop a few goats for the local farmer. shooting mostly 3-500 yards, I managed to pull off my longest shot yet one goat at 885 yards, and the second at 925 yards . all retrieved for dog food... now to wait for the new toy to turn up 1000 yards look out

Couple rabbits tonight with the old school 22

Not today but a while back. Myna landed at the range. 7mm RM might be over kill. But it worked.

Same range but this time 200 metres with .243. 10 year old reloads from previous owner. Brown smudge bottom right ⅓ feathers everywhere.

I still like pest shooting, like all hunting you never know whats going to happen and Saturday night possums was no different. I have been itching to get the newly assembled 10/22 parts special out and blood it. Also for some reason I hadn't take the Maxtorch out for possums yet.



Started with a bunch of Twofas. Then this guy... He was pretty pissed after I shot him in the wrong end. He fell out of the tree and I went to finish him with a head shot.



Then in an act of possum F*** You defiance he grabbed the end of my MAE suppressor and bit hard! Look at the result:



FAAAA Health and Safety moment team. Don't pick up a live possum. These buggers have sharp teeth. H and S moment for possums: Don't stick a suppressor in your mouth.

It was then on to the calling tree (see previous post) and I heard it before I Maxtourched it... How? 14 possums scurrying up at once sounds like an army of cockroaches!



It was more like a firing squad really. Just to get a perspective the tree:

First branch is at eye level for me. Anyway byt the ed it was about 26 in total not including all the Twofas and I went home.

A few things learned:
1.WOW the Maxtorch. What a beast.
2. Keep fingers away from live possums.
3. 6.5-20 Weavers are not a good hunting scope even if you set paralax on 25.
4. Plucking 14 possums takes a long time.
5. WOW the Maxtorch. What a beast!

BTW anyone know who is buying possum fur in Auckland?

Loving my new CZ 17hmr and Maxtoch combo. Yes 300CALMAN Maxtoch torch is a beast!! Everytime i take it out someone wants to buy it off me on the spot!
Hare was taken at 120 yards, another Rab at 100yards and the other about 10 yards

@300CALMAN try asking at Serious Shooters. They used too.