Don't no you started I just followed suit:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougie
Your spelling is inaccurate:)
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Don't no you started I just followed suit:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougie
Your spelling is inaccurate:)
Of course my English is always A+
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What is an 'e' amongst friends?
Bout 40 bucks isn't it?
Yep, I did it. I'd do it again. the 243 is a machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawkfish
Don't sit back with your beer and popcorn mate, have you purchased the 308 yet? What about the scope?Quote:
Originally Posted by TyrinnS
Buy the Leupold 2-7x33 on here for $250 and some leupold rings - Bloody good fit for a 308 and keeps the weight down[emoji362]
Better scope than these combo types IMO.
This would be great for all nz hunting, not sure if it sold or not?
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...x44-cds-18207/
I reckon TyrinnS made a great choice for a first hunting rifle - so many options for a scope and they will all do the job - just buy the best you can afford and you will have a great rifle :)
Using a Pentax 3-9 x42 on my 308 Ruger and cant fault it.
Dougies on deer number 5 and shes writing the book! Ask me how many deer I've lost with the .223!
Daylight kills deer. The more daylight you can put into them then quicker they die. Use as much gun as you can handle!
100 percent agree Brads. Sample of one isn't very scientific.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
Are you a vampire deer slayer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
Like one of these blood suckers? :-)
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Okay okay I'm just being a cocky shit. But bar my first ever deer (neck shot with a .243), I've not had one get up. I've shot two red deer with my .223 now.
HOWEVER - I have had goats get up. I've taken pop shots and misses and shot uphill and downhill and yanked the trigger and had my heart leap out of my chest and gut shotted and did I mention miss? And had shit position and rushed shots and done dumb newbie shit.
My point is, and I'm a little sorry to say this Goats, but I'm glad I had two years between my first deer and the other four. I conducted a lot of my education while hunting goats. Because I have shot five deer does not mean I have only squeezed the trigger five times. I have fired probably over 1000rounds through my .223 and maybe over 100 in the direction of something tasty.
I'm a geek and a cocky bitch and that's why I like flying the .223 flag and giving people some stick :)
But by no means am I a complete and total noob anymore. I have SO MUCH to learn but I think now I have a little sample of some things to teach, too. It would selfish of me not to share that.
And because of my experience on goats, I have let deer walk. I will not shoot unless I'm shooting to kill. I have not shot at every deer I've seen, far from it. I am (trying to be!) a responsible shooter.
Cheers. :)
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Originally Posted by Pointer
Amen to that....................................but a 243 would be a good place to start but I would love to fire a shot from this
http://youtu.be/eXoa5zNn0TU
[QUOTE=Dougie;344553]Okay okay I'm just being a cocky shit. But bar my first ever deer (neck shot with a .243), I've not had one get up. I've shot two red deer with my .223 now.
HOWEVER - I have had goats get up. I've taken pop shots and misses and shot uphill and downhill and yanked the trigger and had my heart leap out of my chest and gut shotted and did I mention miss? And had shit position and rushed shots and done dumb newbie shit.
My point is, and I'm a little sorry to say this Goats, but I'm glad I had two years between my first deer and the other four. I conducted a lot of my education while hunting goats. Because I have shot five deer does not mean I have only squeezed the trigger five times. I have fired probably over 1000rounds through my .223 and maybe over 100 in the direction of something tasty.
I'm a geek and a cocky bitch and that's why I like flying the .223 flag and giving people some stick :)
But by no means am I a complete and total noob anymore. I have SO MUCH to learn but I think now I have a little sample of some things to teach, too. It would selfish of me not to share that.
And because of my experience on goats, I have let deer walk. I will not shoot unless I'm shooting to kill. I have not shot at every deer I've seen, far from it. I am (trying to be!) a responsible shooter.
Cheers. :)
Its hard to find the perfect woman lol. Sounds like you doing just fine, always learning and gaining experience as we go along. You fly that 223 flag, im flying the 243 flag lol. Other muppets want fly a bigger flag but each to there own haha
I found the perfect woman 20 years ago, she detests shopping it all its forms.............................so I married her but only god knows what she saw in me :)Quote:
Originally Posted by deer243
Close, but still not the perfect woman. The perfect woman would still love taking you out Rifle shopping lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
She doesn't mind me buying rifles and loves fishing, even wins fishing competitions for me. I can process all my rabbits, fish, hares and deers at the kitchen bench no worries. Any closer??Quote:
Originally Posted by deer243
Mine bought me a Sako rifle last year so I shouldn't complain but you'd think I'd committed adultery when I drop a snapper fillet or a back steak on the bench top...[emoji779]️[emoji15]Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
Nope[emoji779]️
The .243 is a great place to start. I'm always wary of going to a 308 or 7mm when starting out.
The secret with a 223 or 243 size is the shooter learns to shoot, I had poked through 2000 rounds through my Parker-hale by the age of 16years and I could shoot hares and goats at 300m+/- but put the old mans 308 up and I'd always flinch.
Ba ha ha ha ha, I can even walk thru the house in gumboots !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
Lucky prick[emoji362]
The not-girlfriend doesn't like hunting, but does love the meat!
That will finish when you get married
I'd always thought the 308 had relatively mild recoil from all the recoil tables I looked at when deciding what my first centerfire was going to be. I had a 22lr and had shot maybe 2-3 rounds of 223 before I got my 308. It's a lot more than a 223 of course...but my wife (all of 55kg's) can shoot it. She was shit scared at first just from watching it being shot, but after shooting it was like..."oh." Same went for my sister.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
Everyone's different obviously. I guess the best thing is just to try a calibre before you buy it if you're worried you might flinch or develop one.
The flinch you talk of maybe developed from hearing or seeing "dads big 308" for years from a young age? You may have just built it up mentally to be more than it is. Logically you know all you will feel is a firm tap to the shoulder.
Shooting paper the recoil and noise a quite noticeable.
When shooting an animal in the bush I can't say I have really noticed either
You can't run with the dogs if you piss like a pup
Hahaha! I made that mistake many years ago. The divorce was the happiest day of my life, never did have the party to celebrate. This lass is a good earthy girl, but marriage? no.
I can come home drop my overalls do the deed and go back to work without even taking work boots or overalls off.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
I went 46million 177 daisy pointed hunter pellets, then 22lr then sporterised 303 smle complete with brass butt plate and was actively hunting with it from 14,around 16 I purchased my first rifle of my own a BSA majestic in 308,with about 4 inches cut of the barrel,crooked,with a haqcksaw....But it had a scope and that was cool :cool::thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
All very true, perception is reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattyP
As a youngster watching poppa and the old man shooting boars at the bail and deer with the mighty 308 the feeing was all so loud and powerful, the ground seemed to shake...[emoji779]️
In reality, the 308 is my favourite and is a wowser.
Yeah, after using a 243 i always thought a 308 would have a bigger "kick" to it but after just purchasing one i found its hardly any different than my 243, fire it all day so it really is a wowser lol
I have said many times on here and been berated for it many times I cant really tell any difference between any of the non magnum cals,yes 223 is a bit less but not that much.
One of my pet hates is "advice" given to get a 7mm08 over a 308 for the lower recoil, really!??? are you just fucking with the dude or what? they both have the same case and shoot similar weight bullets at similar speeds,guess what recoil is similar!!!:wtfsmilie:
THIS GOT SOO OUT OF HAND LOL
Yep my 52 kg girlfriend can shoot an unsupressed t3 lite in 308 well enough, so most should manage. That being said she did shoot my 6.5x55 better than she did the lighter, heavier recoiling gun.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattyP
Not a big difference between 7-08 and 308 although having shot both back to back in a tikka there is a little more oomph to the shove in the 308. Its no sharper though. 270 shoots similar bullet weights but has a much 'sharper' recoil.
Was sighting in the new bushpig at the range this weekend and a newbie managed to give himself a scope eye with a 243. So goes to show proper technique is still nessesary even with lighter calibres
Chuck doesn't lie veitnamcam.
Rifle Recoil Table
I think its a pretty normal conversation between a group of similar minded enthusiastic people. Not out of hand at all. Conversations wander round, over and under but always remain within a bullets throw of topic.
You should relax your expectations a little and enjoy.
There are many calibres and all are good when used for the right application, of course the odd ones are better than others for various reasons (price, availability, pure joy even).same with scopes as well.
No I don't think its out of hand at all mate.
Here are my thoughts. And I warn you that I am yet to really fire a rifle and this is an opinion formed from like 6 months of reading the shit out of everything on the internet. Pretty much exactly what not to do in regard to starting out...
7mm-08 Browning A-Bolt, but hard to find so probably Remington 700 SPS (Cos heaps of aftermarket shit to change if any feature is crap/annoying).
Leupold VX3 2.5-8x36 or VX2 3-9x33.
I'm looking at spending under $2k cos my Mrs said so...
.308 would give you the option of cheaper ammo from the likes of barnaul for bombing up goats if thats on your horizon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricochet
And a 22 lr would give you a cheap couple of hundred thousand rounds of practice too.[emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by JRW87
Chuck Hawks says the recoil's too much for my delicate shoulder.
