Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Here my mount, works well though I put it under a shotgun barrel shooting goats at night and it fell off. It's good on the .22 though.

Originally Posted by Toby

Here my mount, works well though I put it under a shotgun barrel shooting goats at night and it fell off. It's good on the .22 though.

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Have you been converted Toby?

Originally Posted by Gibo

Have you been converted Toby?

Couple boxes on export 33 now. Something with a bit more taste

Originally Posted by kiwi39

40gr vmax does the job at 150

Reloading has it's rewards

Blimey, that out of a 223 or 204 Ruger (assume it's not 22-250).
I shoot a plover with a 40gr Vmax from my 223, and the bullet passed straight through the bugger at over 100 meters, had to chase it down and shoot it with my 22.
Then I've shot a rabbit with a 55gr soft point at under 50 meters, and the bullet didn't even escape the other side of it.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

Blimey, that out of a 223 or 204 Ruger (assume it's not 22-250).
I shoot a plover with a 40gr Vmax from my 223, and the bullet passed straight through the bugger at over 100 meters, had to chase it down and shoot it with my 22.
Then I've shot a rabbit with a 55gr soft point at under 50 meters, and the bullet didn't even escape the other side of it.

wouldn't the result depend on what it hit internally? am i wrong in thinking that any 223 would go straight through a gut shot of a rabbit but if hitting a fair sized bone would do the business?

Originally Posted by smidey

wouldn't the result depend on what it hit internally? am i wrong in thinking that any 223 would go straight through a gut shot of a rabbit but if hitting a fair sized bone would do the business?

That's what I thought, but I didn't imagine any sized rabbit bone would slow it down enough.

Originally Posted by Beetroot

That's what I thought, but I didn't imagine any sized rabbit bone would slow it down enough.

if wind can make a big difference i'm sure rabbit bones could. not sure about you but every rabbit i have skinned and snapped the leg bones on has had very strong bones.

You need one of these. From memory the mount is about £35 but its a great bit of kit. Google "nightmaster 800", if you want a gun mounted light they are the one to have.

Originally Posted by Toby

Couple boxes on export 33 now. Something with a bit more taste

Im upset but Happy will be pleased

Originally Posted by Gibo

Im upset but Happy will be pleased

Nothing against it haha just gets weak if that makes sense. Probably needs to be so you Waikato guys can handle it

here it is fitted. that is a small 4x32 scope.

This is a very cheap way of mounting torches to scope mounts
Aluminum Alloy Bracket Mount with Hex Wrench for M16 Gun (25MM-Caliber) - Free Shipping - DealExtreme
Attach it to your scope, then just attach a gun mount to that with a torch in it. For under NZ $15 it is cheap and works well. I buy a few then only have to remove the gun mount to a different rifle which take a matter of seconds to take off and put back on.

Originally Posted by Toby

Nothing against it haha just gets weak if that makes sense. Probably needs to be so you Waikato guys can handle it

Thats ok im not from the Waikato

6 rabbits, 11 possums and 5 hares. now to get the hares ready for the pot

A nice wee hall on Wednesday night! Shot with my Marlin 982vs .22mag, suppressed from GunWorks.