Thread: Wallaby

Something odd that happened on that trip was when putting my Tikka to bed the 4th night I noticed the rear action screw was gone. Never had an action screw disappear before. Don't know how long it had been missing. It didn't seem to make a difference 'cos a shot a wallaby at 460 yds the next day, but I stopped using it 'cos if it moved I didn't want to damage the bedding. Switched to the spare M7 I took. A spare rifle is handy on big trips like that.

I was using 74 grn Targex in the Tikka. They are a good bullet. Bryn made them for me using the 69 grn jackets when he ran out of 80 grn jackets.
In the M7 I was using 69 grn Targex cos of its 1:9 twist and then when I ran out of them I changed to 52 grn Targex. The 52 grn actually seem to kill better but those heavier bullets are far better in the wind, which there always seems a bit of shooting across gullies.