308 with 190g projectiles and around 10g of trailboss
Liked On: 11-08-2024, 09:54 AM
Just popped my registration cherry, also happens to be my first brand new rifle ever. 256540
Liked On: 10-08-2024, 02:50 AM
New to me Sako Carbon light .223 in the first pic to go with my older Sako carbon light 6.5 Creedmoor...
Liked On: 07-08-2024, 02:09 AM
Nothing flash or clever here. Tikka .308 16" barrel. DPT suppressor and Leupold VX2 scope that was previously on my rimfire for many years. Immediately after zeroing, shot two goats and was shooting...
Liked On: 07-08-2024, 02:09 AM
The cat is away (missus is in OZ on business) so the mouse (Rushy) came out to play (and with a new toy). 255602 Second hand but my strong suspicion is that it was on a C endorsement and has never...
Liked On: 06-08-2024, 06:46 AM
Been trying to jack this up for quite awhile now..like as in over a year,opening day of duckshooting confirmed it forsure...well past time to get Billbob out for a decent walk and see if could get...
Liked On: 28-07-2024, 04:41 AM
1969/70 .I had joined the local NZDA at Invercargill when I was 16/17yrs and went on a organized hunt meat hunt to get some meat for the annual STAG do . Back in those days it was a male only thing...
Liked On: 25-07-2024, 10:58 AM
With work starting to wind up a closer-to-home day hunt won the toss over an overnighter for my weekend jaunt. Leaving home at a leisurely 6am had me crunching up through the crisp pre-dawn air and...
Liked On: 25-07-2024, 10:55 AM
That's the thing. It can take a surprising amount of time to make shelter and gather enough firewood for the night and generally setting your self up. Your lizard brain is trying to convince you...
Liked On: 25-07-2024, 04:52 AM
I've spent two unpleasant unscheduled nights in the hill in my hunting career I won't tell you what to carry but I you can learn from my experiences 1- Westland mid winter with a friend we...
Liked On: 24-07-2024, 02:01 AM
Great to see some resilience around the prospect of toughing it out for a night. Further to the below, it’s worth while reinforcing having a light source. Having undertaken a few airborne searches...
Liked On: 24-07-2024, 02:01 AM
My 2 cents.. Firstly I believe that spending time in the hills when the weather is really shit house is invaluable. Personally I only ever did this on fly in trips that I had committed to where...
Liked On: 24-07-2024, 02:00 AM
I've spent an involuntary night out at about 1,200 masl in early spring once and the learnings from that very cold night were invaluable. Fire starting gear as per above a must, light fly, plenty...
Liked On: 24-07-2024, 02:00 AM
There is no overdoing it when you actually need it. I have one of those mylar tube "tents" and a firestarting kit (ferrocerium rod, firelighter, some firestarters and a piece of rubber...) The...
Liked On: 24-07-2024, 02:00 AM
That rifle looks like it needs feed a little blue pill and taken somewhere warmer
Liked On: 13-07-2024, 10:02 AM