My Tikka 6.5x55 produces excellent results using 2209, sending at 2756 fps (143gr eldx).139 Scenar is equally good, if not better.266141266142 I use Lapua brass exclusively.
Liked On: 16-03-2025, 09:09 PM
One experiment you can do is as follow: Use a normal pair of earmuffs ( it does not work with electronic ear muffs) Shoot 1 round with bare muzzle. Then shoot 1 round with the suppressor and just...
Liked On: 15-03-2025, 02:26 PM
Why would you bother when Imperial sizing wax costs about a gazillonth of a cent per case?
Liked On: 26-02-2025, 08:48 PM
It's part of the bull shit culture. Anyway, most so called "bush pigs" never go bush hunting their entire lives. It's a fad more than a necessity. No one called a Model 7 with a 18/20" barrel a...
Liked On: 17-02-2025, 10:50 PM
I had 8 oz of Eastwood Super Gloss Clear powder coat arrive this morning. I had read on line that it went on as a white powder and cooked to clear. I'm looking for a traditional bullet look from...
Liked On: 12-02-2025, 08:15 PM
Thought I'd start a new thread on developing a load for my recently re aquired 30-06 AI. I have a few considerations to keep at the fore front. The throat is short (not an issue just something to...
Liked On: 09-02-2025, 02:34 PM
The guy who makes them is smart (Bryn). Consistent target jackets (Berger), hand pressed for precision, core formulated for reliable hunting performance. They are a NZ product we can be very proud...
Liked On: 07-02-2025, 01:32 PM
Some of you may have seen the segment of this on 1 News on Monday night. Pretty cool for a sport like this to make the news and branch out from the mainstream crap that's constantly shadowing...
Liked On: 07-02-2025, 10:12 AM
268293 From a catalogue from the early eighties.
Liked On: 05-02-2025, 06:12 PM
Norma dual core, plastic tip from the 70’s
Liked On: 05-02-2025, 06:04 PM
It will be fine after the first one has gone through
Liked On: 03-02-2025, 04:15 PM
Was at my local range testing loads and a nice chap and his lady turned up to test out his brand new tikka, it was a nice looking bit of kit, cerakoate barrel and action in a nice brown with a twist...
Liked On: 03-02-2025, 09:49 AM
Where would the dollars be spent? Would the funds be used to benefit hunters/hunting? I very much doubt it. I ticked NO.
Liked On: 01-02-2025, 02:57 PM
My understanding from reading the email, was DOC admitted it was acknowledged that the survey question was poorly framed leading to unintended implications and apologized. And hinted at a future...
Liked On: 01-02-2025, 02:55 PM
Don't know about Average-Lad but due to a potential heart problem I'm currently experiencing I've had blood tests carried out testing for all sorts of things including heavy metals, the result of...
Liked On: 30-01-2025, 04:53 AM