Thread: Te Kuiti Hunter Fied Shoot

Originally Posted by Philipo

Yeah cheers Chris, shooting a lot of different rifles in a comp like that isn't something ya do very often & was quite good fun ( did also help that they were all very nice accurate set ups ) but there's nothing like using something ya know and fits like your own bang stick


You don't need all the "flash harry" gear to shoot well at a comp like this, as said partly it's the "nut behind the butt" but you also need a set up that works, is accurate & you have confidence in

Fully Agree Phil

good to see Sako had 3 placings in the top 5

Just to add in, last place of the forum members (but 17 of 20 for total comp) with 6 hits (and 14 misses) was a Norinco Bushmaster with a Ranger 3-9x40 scope (no elevation or windage adjustment), shooting steel case 123 gn Tula steel case
Hold over for the 349 metre target was a whopping 1.2 metres!!! (zeroed for 100m)

Originally Posted by Gillie

Top five calibres, rifles, scopes:
1st => 22-250, Blaser, Kahles 418TT
2nd => 223, Sako 85, Swarovski 3-9x36
3rd => 223, Sako Vixen, Kahles 4x
4th => 260AI, Winchester Mod 70, Leupold VX3 4.5-14 CDS
5th => 7mm08, Sako 85, Schmidt & Bender PMII

Well pretty sure anyway. Memory can be a little fuzzy...

Often you get the top places taken by wuss-bag rabbit calibers.
When I get the say, it will be like the Taupo Branch BIG BALLS shoot with a minimum foot poundage.

Nah - actually its like Gillie says its the nut behind the butt. Real keen shooters will have a .22 cal but I expect they would still come out on top placings if they used .308s. Same goes for the expensive gear - someone who shoots a lot justifies spending a lot on it but you don't have to. I reckon also, someone who has a nice reliable, good feeling, clear sighted rifle enjoys it more and gets out to more shoots. Another factor could be, like Woody said, that sticking with one expensive rifle is cheaper in the long run and you know about the man with one gun ... There were plenty of nice gear all the way up and down the rankings, several more nice sakos, the switch barrel Carl Gustav and the customised 6.5x55 that cost under $400 I'm told.

Age is another thing: generally older shooters shoot better (up to about 60yo IMHO). A 20 something is really up against it in competition (but not in having fun - it's a level playing field there !). It was good to see a pretty even spread of ages across the decades.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Often you get the top places taken by wuss-bag rabbit calibers.
When I get the say, it will be like the Taupo Branch BIG BALLS shoot with a minimum foot poundage.

Nah - actually its like Gillie says its the nut behind the butt. Real keen shooters will have a .22 cal but I expect they would still come out on top placings if they used .308s. Same goes for the expensive gear - someone who shoots a lot justifies spending a lot on it but you don't have to. I reckon also, someone who has a nice reliable, good feeling, clear sighted rifle enjoys it more and gets out to more shoots. Another factor could be, like Woody said, that sticking with one expensive rifle is cheaper in the long run and you know about the man with one gun ... There were plenty of nice gear all the way up and down the rankings, several more nice sakos, the switch barrel Carl Gustav and the customised 6.5x55 that cost under $400 I'm told.

Age is another thing: generally older shooters shoot better (up to about 60yo IMHO). A 20 something is really up against it in competition (but not in having fun - it's a level playing field there !). It was good to see a pretty even spread of ages across the decades.

Fully agree with your post bagheera, my lowly remington 700 sps only has a bushnell trophy XLT scope on it and I am happy with it, for me it is comfortable to shoot so why should I try to look at the grass on the other side of the fence even though I still want another 7mm08 or a 280rem the 270 fills my needs in a hunting caliber for a while

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Often you get the top places taken by wuss-bag rabbit calibers.
When I get the say, it will be like the Taupo Branch BIG BALLS shoot with a minimum foot poundage.

Nah - actually its like Gillie says its the nut behind the butt. Real keen shooters will have a .22 cal but I expect they would still come out on top placings if they used .308s. Same goes for the expensive gear - someone who shoots a lot justifies spending a lot on it but you don't have to. I reckon also, someone who has a nice reliable, good feeling, clear sighted rifle enjoys it more and gets out to more shoots. Another factor could be, like Woody said, that sticking with one expensive rifle is cheaper in the long run and you know about the man with one gun ... There were plenty of nice gear all the way up and down the rankings, several more nice sakos, the switch barrel Carl Gustav and the customised 6.5x55 that cost under $400 I'm told.

Age is another thing: generally older shooters shoot better (up to about 60yo IMHO). A 20 something is really up against it in competition (but not in having fun - it's a level playing field there !). It was good to see a pretty even spread of ages across the decades.

Hoy ya cheeky whipper snapper! What about us over 60! Woodys Shultz and Larsen 308 is nice. Pity he doesn't know up from down cause he would have been right up there!

Originally Posted by Maca49

Hoy ya cheeky whipper snapper! What about us over 60! Woodys Shultz and Larsen 308 is nice. Pity he doesn't know up from down cause he would have been right up there!

Yeah. Bit of a brain fade or something goin on there. Doesn't help to screw the sight down instead of up. Never mind; gotta give the youngers a run now and a gain eh!

The man clearly has no shame.

At least that one was his!