Back to the 257R Im really enjoying it. Step up from the usual .223 but not so much as my 300saum or 270wsm. The 115 Nosler BT absolutely slays deer (2930fps). This one was about 120 yards...
Liked On: 03-06-2024, 08:57 PM
Yep, back about 1995 I built one on a medium action BSA Hunter, though it was an Ackley Improved version. Would send 100gr Hornady or Nosler BT out at just over 3300fps with 2213. I tried 115gr BTs...
Liked On: 03-06-2024, 08:46 PM
I use hold over, I have a load that is works with my B&C reticle aim at it from 0-200m, next line down if its 300, 350 next line down and past that........................get closer :D I...
Liked On: 02-05-2024, 01:21 PM
I am also unsure of hash marks on the reptile, but I agree with your methods. With my .22 I have simply checked drop in 10yd increments after 50yds. No calculator or MV needed, just real world data...
Liked On: 05-04-2024, 04:24 PM
You are correct, 9 years of shooting central Otago rabbits with talleys into the tens of thousands has turned range estimates into second nature. Also shooting the same farms has given me landmarks...
Liked On: 05-04-2024, 04:24 PM
I run a 17HMR a lot. I am sighted in ( zero ) at 100mtrs . This range covers 80% or the shots I need to take from 40 - 130 mtrs with basically point and shoot . Over the 130mtr mark to 190mtrs plus...
Liked On: 05-04-2024, 04:23 PM
Gidday Fellers and Fellets Been reading up on here for awhile to pick up what knowledge I can, finally got around to joining. I've been shooting bunnies and possums for many years with air rifles,...
Liked On: 31-03-2024, 07:52 PM
"It's a mil-dot reticle with half mil hashes ..." 243793
Liked On: 17-02-2024, 11:11 AM
Zero for 100, make a chart with the distances each reticle graduation corresponds to, hold between them for actual ranges that fall between, have an understanding of "danger space", shoot stuff ...
Liked On: 17-02-2024, 11:08 AM
No such thing as a stupid question apparently, so here goes.... I just acquired a Swarovski Z3 3-10 with a BRH reticle as I want to try it out on my 17inch Kimber Montana 308 so it is not just a...
Liked On: 14-02-2024, 07:48 PM
Love this little rifle, incredibly useable, 1.935kgs, perfect for taking for a walk/tramp when you might see something :) ...
Liked On: 27-01-2024, 10:20 AM
A few years back i was at a wedding in a winery in queenstown, they had two doves in a cage, that were released right on the "you may now kiss your bride". Both got smoked by falcons about 3 seconds...
Liked On: 14-08-2023, 10:27 PM
I've shoot deer out past 1000m in the past, I was shooting almost every day, In all conditions, on steel out to 1800 had really good optics and big 375s etc, and had no trouble with it, never lost an...
Liked On: 12-08-2023, 06:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLOjs-kPyOw Believe it or not this is private property on the WestCoast cycle way. They are even out in daylight
Liked On: 24-07-2023, 10:05 PM
Someone asked a question about this so I looked back at some old pics. I hunted the Ruahines a lot over the winters during the meat hunting era. By myself and with a mate. 45-50 odd years ago. ...
Liked On: 11-07-2023, 08:09 PM