Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

viper,try some winchester 42grn powerpoint subs through it...mine loves them above all others and they kill good too.

Originally Posted by rossi.45

longest hits for the day . . . up at 5am this morning and on the farm before the wind arrived for some good shooting, started with the heavy barrel remington then onto the sako . . 8 hours later called it a day . . all good

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I think I need to come visit.

95-odd rabbits and a couple of hedgehogs tonight with the A17 and Thermal getup. Interesting shooting with a gale nor-west and the odd downpour, shooting from a truck makes it much more manageable. There's no hiding from the thermal..

The way some of those hits show up through the thermal is a bit eye-opening at times. Hot matter everywhere..

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

95-odd rabbits and a couple of hedgehogs tonight with the A17 and Thermal getup. Interesting shooting with a gale nor-west and the odd downpour, shooting from a truck makes it much more manageable. There's no hiding from the thermal..

The way some of those hits show up through the thermal is a bit eye-opening at times. Hot matter everywhere..

What thermal are you using?

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

What thermal are you using?

Pulsar Apex XD50. Seriously impressive bit of kit, although I don't think I could shell out the $7k for one... luckily this one belongs to someone else, I just get to shoot things with it.

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Pulsar Apex XD50. Seriously impressive bit of kit, although I don't think I could shell out the $7k for one... luckily this one belongs to someone else, I just get to shoot things with it.

like this? very impressive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA2ePTCbQcw

cheaper
https://www.amazon.com/Pulsar-Apex-X.../dp/B00P45CJZA

Yep, like that vid or this one, particularly from after the 1min 15s mark- https://vimeo.com/166310851 (not me shooting, but some of the same country and suspects..)

Or in fact this video, being the exact same rig - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2ddXVnMn5s

They can still hide behind tussocks and long grass, but if there's anything directly visible, it'll get the highlighter treatment.

so the idea of a pest free environment in the future is only a few $5K to $7K scopes away

Out with @mudgripz and another mate last night to knock over a few pests on a farm. Bit challenging with the high winds but the shooting in the more sheltered areas was good. We accounted for 30 critters, mainly hares and rabbits but I did nail 1 cat.



One rabbit was absolutely smashed. Inside the skin was basically just the spine, nothing else. A slit top and bottom with the spine and nothing!

Went to check the zero on my 7mm08ai with 160gr Tipped Matchkings and these two made the mistake of coming to watch.
A quick range - 381yds - dial 1.3mils

Originally Posted by wsm junkie

Went to check the zero on my 7mm08ai with 160gr Tipped Matchkings and these two made the mistake of coming to watch.
A quick range - 381yds - dial 1.3mils
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The zero looks rough enough to me.

longest shots of the day . . .

Out yesterday in Central with the old man. 70 odd between us plus a cat. He shot two pure white rabbits with consecutive shots. Haven't seen bugger all whites before. Not an ideal gene for them to have, they stand out like dogs balls Plenty of young ones running around.

Tried out some CCI Stingers today on my zero for 42gr subsonic winchesters. For all the hot air and bluster they werent killing them any deader than the subs. Might put the bipod on and try them out a bit further.

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14 magpies for January,they getting crafty after seeing all there mates get shot.