All round cartridge for trout, rabbits, hares, goats, ducks, plovers, deer, chamois, tahr, the odd croc, buffalo and elephant, that's a hard decision Toby
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All round cartridge for trout, rabbits, hares, goats, ducks, plovers, deer, chamois, tahr, the odd croc, buffalo and elephant, that's a hard decision Toby
Oh, scrub bulls maybe then yeah? You could do worse than .35 Whelen. You can load some jacketed hollow point .357 pistol bullets and try them on goats! I did it with a .35 Rem FN Browning Model 1900 I had for a while.
.338-06 seems alright. Does anyone have a reamer for that in NZ though?
Sorted Toby, well done Wildmann!:thumbsup:
Imma go with 338-06. I done some looking around it seems it's just a simple 30-06 through the die and it's done and DED have the dies, I see on the list. 30-06 brass isn't hard to find. 250grs at 2,500fps is nice too.
Now time to start saving and get this done. I was having a shower before and the thought actually came into my head about selling some other guns but I talked my self out of that one :D
Wanna end up with something like this just it won't look as nice unless I ace the stock. I'm planning on using the blank you gave me @Maca49
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Have you considered .30-06? Fabulous cartridge.
For a bush gun with 470 bolt face, go 338 federal
Other options on that bolt face
22/250, 243, 260, 284 those are the standard short actions, or 30/284
Long action : 270, 280, 338-06
I'll look forward to seeing the finished product before my birthday in August, that stock will be a dusie!