Yes. I run the 162gr Amax at 2640fps using AR2208. It has proven itself to be an effective combination having taken animals from point blank to 550 yards.
Liked On: 21-06-2020, 08:31 PM
I'm going off the lines of a softer bullet going slower will kill just as well as a lighter bullet travelling fast. Plus I can use the same projectile for my 284 and 708
Liked On: 21-06-2020, 08:05 PM
My mate Chad and I snuck into the hills for 4 days chasing sika, hoping to catch up with a few stags late in the roar. The weather couldn't have been any better and it was a bloody good 4 days in...
Liked On: 19-06-2020, 12:14 AM
This ^^^^ or get a cheap fleece blanket from the warehouse and get someone to sow it into a sack and put in inside your sleeping bag.
Liked On: 10-06-2020, 11:39 PM
Made a trip down south (Calgary Canada)to pick up replacement salmon fishing gear, as all my reels and rods are still in NZ, thanks to a cancelled flights. Got talking to the owner about guns and...
Liked On: 10-06-2020, 12:02 PM
Never do.....thats wife tv.
Liked On: 09-06-2020, 09:26 PM
The past couple of weekends have been huge for me. I've been shooting targets for a couple of years now but had not yet hunted game. Last year I went out for a duck shoot out on the Waikato river and...
Liked On: 09-06-2020, 11:07 AM
With 2217 that 70-72gn should be near a sweet spot. It is very good powder in 7mmRM.
Liked On: 09-06-2020, 09:53 AM
Good idea actually, always just been using 5 baffles and never thought of that.
Liked On: 07-06-2020, 11:54 PM
I always mount my scope rings with as much of the "clutter" ie levers, screws, nuts etc away from the ejection port. On the left side for a right handed rifle. Never know when you may want to clear a...
Liked On: 07-06-2020, 01:45 AM
Have you ever been into native bush never 1080d and heard the beautiful dawn chourus? Slogged up onto the tops and had the kea pulling the tape from your barrel while you glassed distant Deer or...
Liked On: 05-06-2020, 09:49 PM
Guys and girls, we have very kindly been offered a venue for the event. Just off the SH50, near Ongaonga (Waipukurau in the Hawke's Bay). Some of you may know the good bugger :thumbsup: All...
Liked On: 05-06-2020, 03:55 PM
Like many people my hunting plans over the past few months have been grossly effected by Covid-19 so when we were finally allowed to get out hunting and the weather gods smiled upon us we took the...
Liked On: 04-06-2020, 01:28 PM
Don't take anything for granted. Work up your load in the exact same configuration you will use it in, otherwise you are wasting your time if you really care about shooting small groups. You may get...
Liked On: 02-06-2020, 12:15 PM
If you hunt with a supressor, then zero your rifle with the supressor fitted. There will be a poi change if you zero with, and then hunt without. POI will also change if you swap the suppressor for...
Liked On: 02-06-2020, 12:13 PM