Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Retrieved these this morning. Shot with the S510 via Pard nv007 85 and 90yards. .22 16grain

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Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Shit I got a fright when I first saw that until I saw it is from Sweden - Crows / Ravens / Rooks are supposed to be eradicated from NZ. Lovely shotty, does it lock on a cross bolt ?

My drilling and double rifle does, but this one has a dolls head lock up which is an old old design rarely seen nowadays.

CZ doing the business, proving to be a good workhorse.

she is a thing of beauty me old mate.....very tidy shotty indeed.

That drilling is a work of art.

As I was doing my rounds this morning....live the Hummer....



Second picture is where they were shot. Shot from end of 2 wire fence to the right.
Where red circle is. Can’t quite see in picture.





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Took the 223 for a walk yesterday arvo....

Had to take rifle to work today...so while I had it with me I managed this....




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Originally Posted by Shearer

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Cheers for that. So they are not fully eradicated but thin enough on the ground that Sidelock would be doing very well to get a bag like he did.

Originally Posted by Sidelock

My drilling and double rifle does, but this one has a dolls head lock up which is an old old design rarely seen nowadays.
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Than you for posting the photos. I have never seen a lock like that, very clever and elegant

Good wee shoot this evening - site usually produces 40+ per visit but long grass made it very hard to see them. Still nailed 12 with shottie and 223s, but was certainly a real treat to be out in some very special north canterbury countryside. Enjoyable..

Ticked over 200 for the trip last night. 3 of us. Culling the steeper stiff where the NV can’t get to so it’s harder work with a lot of climbing.

Originally Posted by tiroahunta

As I was doing my rounds this morning....live the Hummer....



Second picture is where they were shot. Shot from end of 2 wire fence to the right.
Where red circle is. Can’t quite see in picture.





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Be careful as I think Dundee has copyright on pictures like this with circled targets a million miles away.

I took the rifle to work this afternoon and brought back a feed.

Took my old Savage 23D Hornet out. Looking for a hare or two. Magpies kept swirling and squawking at me. One made the mistake of setting on a handy fence post, 40m uphill. Shot gutted it. Further on I found a young male hare. Now in process of making pie. 151m by Sig RF. Had a quartering side wind, aimed I thought for the shoulder, took him high on the back and out through hip. He hunkered and I thought I'd missed. Showed his head as I walked up so there wasn't a left of that intact with the coup de grace. 40gn pill doing around 2600 fps. PPU factory SP. I was using them to benchmark my load development. Completed my ladder test and liked how the rifle was shooting so took it out off the range for the first time since I bought it, with the PPU. Looking forward to going out with handloads now. Has an old Leupold x4 fixed power on it. Nice and clear.