Thread: .222 turning back the clock

.222 Brno circa 1968 meat hunting. 50 grn Sako and Hirtenberg (sp?) ammo. 4 x Tasco 'scope (Jap, they were ok). Deadly rifle and caliber. Wish I had taken more pics.

Mangahao Tararuas. 30 yards


Ruahines coming off the tops. 150 odd yard shot during the roar. He was one of 2 fighting. Mate got the other.


Tararuas. easy shot at 100 yards and missed with the first shot


The last deer I shot and sold with that .222 - neck shot at what I thought at the time was was 275 yards. Probably closer. Up above the Waipakahi. Kaimanawas.

Is it just me Tahr or is it strange that your black hair as per last photo looks blond in the others in black and white? You haven't been dying your hair or surfing have you? Cool pics thanks. Love seeing older hunting photos. Reminds me of the time when life appeared simpler (at least in the rear view mirror) and reminds me why the original post is about recapturing that. Cheers

Originally Posted by Hiawatha

Is it just me Tahr or is it strange that your black hair as per last photo looks blond in the others in black and white? You haven't been dying your hair or surfing have you? Cool pics thanks. Love seeing older hunting photos. Reminds me of the time when life appeared simpler (at least in the rear view mirror) and reminds me why the original post is about recapturing that. Cheers

It got darker as I got older. Then in my 50's went completely white. The white seemed to coincide with my lads being teenagers.

Don't know how my reply got in with the quote, strange.

Originally Posted by Tahr

.222 Brno circa 1968 meat hunting. 50 grn Sako and Hirtenberg (sp?) ammo. 4 x Tasco 'scope (Jap, they were ok). Deadly rifle and caliber. Wish I had taken more pics.

Mangahao Tararuas. 30 yards


Ruahines coming off the tops. 150 odd yard shot during the roar. He was one of 2 fighting. Mate got the other.


Tararuas. easy shot at 100 yards and missed with the first shot


The last deer I shot and sold with that .222 - neck shot at what I thought at the time was was 275 yards. Probably closer. Up above the Waipakahi. Kaimanawas.

Great old pictures which bring back good memories , during my days culling and meat hunting the old instamatic camera I had just didn't cut it, I have very few pictures from throughout the 70s , wasn't till the early 80's when I got an Olympus camera that I got good photos

Originally Posted by Mooseman

Great old pictures which bring back good memories , during my days culling and meat hunting the old instamatic camera I had just didn't cut it, I have very few pictures from throughout the 70s , wasn't till the early 80's when I got an Olympus camera that I got good photos

Those pics were taken with a Russian 35mm film camera that was a copy of the early Leicas.