Thread: Old school hunting

I saw this pic on the FB NZ deer cullers page; and for some reason just love it.... Using the great 7.7 Rimmed Creedmoor of course!

Just yesterday I ordered 2 of those shirts

Awesome 👌

I started deerstalking with a fully wooded .303 that was my 16th birthday (1963) present from my father, which cost him just under 10 Pounds from Turner & LeBrun for a new FTR'd BSA No.1 Mk.III*. After a half a dozen trips I cut it down to a sporter and put a 4x32 scope on it, then used it regularly until 1967 when I bought a BSA Majestic .243 while working at West Arm. What a disaster! I shot 4 deer with it in the first two weeks and never recovered one. The 100 grain Norma Tri-clad steel bullets were just going straight through as the ranges were all under 50 metres. I got rid of it and my old .303 got a lot more use over the next few years (as well as a sporterised .30/06 Garand that was also a gift from Dad). I then bought another BSA Majestic in .30/06 about 1970 and still use that calibre today, never having hunted with my .303 since.

You can tell he was a rich kid, us poor buggers could only afford a pair of jocks.

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

I saw this pic on the FB NZ deer cullers page; and for some reason just love it.... Using the great 7.7 Rimmed Creedmoor of course!

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What! No camo! No scope sight! No suppressor! No bipod! How did this clown manage to shoot a deer??

Hope you don't mind bumblefoot, pls remove if not ok.
Guy on the right is my uncle, my family settled in Mokihinui, Hector, Millerton on the West Coast in the early 1900's.
So this photo is around there somewhere.

Greetings,
I wonder if that clay pan and the hills behind are choked with contorta by now. We tend to forget how little of the wizzo clothing, kit and especially rifles was available to most as recently as the 1950's and 60's.
GPM.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
I wonder if that clay pan and the hills behind are choked with contorta by now. We tend to forget how little of the wizzo clothing, kit and especially rifles was available to most as recently as the 1950's and 60's.
GPM.

I would have said late 80’s for flash clothing. Huntech was started about then, probably the first readily available brands. Sleeping bags and tents a bit earlier.

Originally Posted by Twodiffs

Hope you don't mind bumblefoot, pls remove if not ok.
Guy on the right is my uncle, my family settled in Mokihinui, Hector, Millerton on the West Coast in the early 1900's.
So this photo is around there somewhere.

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Your uncle was obviously a casual hunter, he's not wearing a tie with that jacket.

Originally Posted by Ranger 888

What! No camo! No scope sight! No suppressor! No bipod! How did this clown manage to shoot a deer??

Was wondering the same thing. Wheres the rangefinder and gps. No drop chart taped to rifle not even a stock pack wheres the fancy coffee maker. Clearly a staged pic

Originally Posted by blip

Was wondering the same thing. Wheres the rangefinder and gps. No drop chart taped to rifle not even a stock pack wheres the fancy coffee maker. Clearly a staged pic

303's had a basic dial up open sight. So technically he probably did have a drop chart.

I started with a .44-40 lever action of my fathers, but my first rifle of my own was a sportered .303. The bore was so bad the bullets were spinning cartwheels and buzz sawing through whatever I hit with it. Always wondered what would have happened if a hit a deer with it. That didnt last long till I ditched it and got a fully-wooded one like in the photo, with a new barrel. It was a good rifle. I can still remember the ancient oil smell of it.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

303's had a basic dial up open sight. So technically he probably did have a drop chart.

More than likley he was proficient with the tool and chart was in his head