Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Magpie yesterday at 181 yds , with Hornet

Originally Posted by scottrods

bought a marlin 917v a couple of months ago. Got it cheap. The seller said it wasn't shooting straight. He had it threaded and supplie the suppressor.
Brought it home and found he'd never cleaned it - ever. And the suppressor was a GC one, that when you looked through it, the in and out holes weren't inline. Yep, you could see the rubbing marks on one side of the exit hole where the projectiles were clipping it.

So, cleaned it and got a Gunworks HMR suppressor from TM. Got some dovetail to weaver bases from US and stuck a Nikko 4-16x44 on it.

Took it to the range. Well it shoots very well. Only problem is the trigger was breaking very lightly. In fact if you cock it with empty chamber and drop the butt on the ground from 6inches, it will dry fire!

Took it out on Sat night to a local farm. 10 shots for 8 hares, out to 130m. Thing is a laser when it comes to putting down the hares.

However, two of the misses were caused by the very light trigger. Its scary.

So I whipped the scope off tonight and took it round to gunworks for some trigger beefing up. Oh, and asked him to chop the barrel another 2 inches to 19inches and re-thread.

So tonight I'm soaking the hare backsteaks, tomo night they go in the slow cooker, and on Friday night I'll make a hare and cheese pie for the kids.

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Pretty sure thats the same stock as my Marlin 928.

Hi Dundee - can you put up that magpie box/frame again please - I cant find it
I might see if it will catch a rabbit - couple of them digging in my lawn at present - one wanted to come in the ranch slider this morning - he might try eating apple or carrot under a frame - then some pitch fork treatment
I have got the cages on a job up at the farm - cant use a gun round here

Surprisingly, no follow up shot was required.

Originally Posted by scottrods

bought a marlin 917v a couple of months ago. Got it cheap. The seller said it wasn't shooting straight. He had it threaded and supplie the suppressor.
Brought it home and found he'd never cleaned it - ever. And the suppressor was a GC one, that when you looked through it, the in and out holes weren't inline. Yep, you could see the rubbing marks on one side of the exit hole where the projectiles were clipping it.

So, cleaned it and got a Gunworks HMR suppressor from TM. Got some dovetail to weaver bases from US and stuck a Nikko 4-16x44 on it.

Took it to the range. Well it shoots very well. Only problem is the trigger was breaking very lightly. In fact if you cock it with empty chamber and drop the butt on the ground from 6inches, it will dry fire!

Took it out on Sat night to a local farm. 10 shots for 8 hares, out to 130m. Thing is a laser when it comes to putting down the hares.

However, two of the misses were caused by the very light trigger. Its scary.

So I whipped the scope off tonight and took it round to gunworks for some trigger beefing up. Oh, and asked him to chop the barrel another 2 inches to 19inches and re-thread.

So tonight I'm soaking the hare backsteaks, tomo night they go in the slow cooker, and on Friday night I'll make a hare and cheese pie for the kids.

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How do you prep your hare if you dont mind me asking?

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Heres one from the other day shot with my 223 with some ammo given to me. 69gr sierra match king at 50m.

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Originally Posted by time out

Hi Dundee - can you put up that magpie box/frame again please - I cant find it
I might see if it will catch a rabbit - couple of them digging in my lawn at present - one wanted to come in the ranch slider this morning - he might try eating apple or carrot under a frame - then some pitch fork treatment
I have got the cages on a job up at the farm - cant use a gun round here

Time out I have been away for a week will have a look through my documents soon.As I struggled posting on the bloody phone.

didnt take the shot, wasn't confident with the range

I watched my cousin miss from there with a shotgun, just dug a little tunnel for the Joey to crawl into hahaha

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Here you go Time Out,I'm still looking for a pic when it is set.

How did you catch these fella's?
will they become 12g practice?

I think I put it in the recipes section. But basically soak in pieces in water with 1tsp of salt per 1L of water - overnight. Next day rinse and soak in fresh tap water for at least 4hrs.
The brine draws out the blood and any gamey flavour.

Another 6 goats today. Took meat from 4 of them, and took one home for the kids.










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Originally Posted by grunzter

How did you catch these fella's?
will they become 12g practice?

Here you go @time out and grunzter yes the weopon of the day was the shotty. Set trap as shown bait with fat or bread so it doesn't get fly blown and the magpie stands on the V no.8 wire and sets the trigger off live capturing them.

Originally Posted by stretch

Another 6 goats today. Took meat from 4 of them, and took one home for the kids.










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awesome stretch