269318 First attempt at taxidermy. Shoutout to Billbob for answering alot of my questions, wealth of knowledge he is. Fleshing board i built , Taxi stand welded by a mate.
Liked On: 22-02-2025, 10:15 PM
Got approval from the fam to head out for 3 nights and 3 days solo Goals: Explore a new part of a block, shoot a deer with the 223 for the thread :thumbs-up:...
Liked On: 18-02-2025, 10:06 PM
There's a white plastic bucket of mine buried about 100 yards from Makino hut in the Kawekas. Been there 25 odd years. Anyone is welcome to the contents if they can find it. Tinned food, instant...
Liked On: 16-02-2025, 09:04 PM
Gosh these latest generation of packs are good. Exo, initial Ascent, Stone Glacier etc. Spendy though. For me worth it though - means my old bod can keep carting loads. Liking my Initial Ascent....
Liked On: 16-02-2025, 07:44 PM
PS, what a pleasant shooter that rifle is! Kicks no harder than my 7x57mm running 49.6gn RL19 under a 150gn CorLokt, or my young mates new to him Tikka Tx3 Lite in 308 we went on to sight in with...
Liked On: 14-02-2025, 10:50 PM
Well I bought the ole 30-06 off zeropak when it hung on this site a tad too long. He kindly dropped it off in Hamilton where I collected it and immediately took it to DPT to be threaded and have an...
Liked On: 14-02-2025, 10:50 PM
I remember this trip, last big load the old Dodge did, I would of been 5'ish so late 1970's with Mum n Dad. We took a load of wool to Welly from Gladstone ( woolstore was probably Picton ? ) she was...
Liked On: 10-02-2025, 10:16 PM
We’d originally planned to travel up to the road end early morning and head up to the tops. Past experience told me that unless we left home at 02:00 we wouldn’t be making it to the tops before...
Liked On: 09-02-2025, 10:17 PM
Hi everyone! Stumbled across this curious article. I have been accumulating a collection of NZ hunting books, pretty much accidentally for the past year now. When I opened my latest addition...
Liked On: 09-02-2025, 02:25 PM
Yes, a Tahr was shot in the Tararuas although I always thought it was in the Otaki Forks area. Whereami who was on the old forum saw the dead animal. He said that it had very badly overgrown hooves -...
Liked On: 09-02-2025, 02:25 PM
Greetings, As my handloading for the .308 approaches 50 years I thought it might be interesting to have a look at some of the data. First loads used AR2201 left over from my .303 loads and 180 grain...
Liked On: 02-02-2025, 12:48 PM
I got round to making the 300 Blackout (thanks for those who commented to the earlier post), based on a Howa 1500, I cut the barrel down and reduced the profile. I then tried a couple of baffle...
Liked On: 31-01-2025, 09:55 PM
Hey guys, yes sold the bipods but still fully independent and free to bring to market the other bipods, tripods and more etc. We have stock and will continue to sell until MDT can get us their...
Liked On: 31-01-2025, 09:51 PM
Just a grumpy fitter and turner, but I do know how to read Machinerys Handbook. 267795 It's what the internet used to look like.
Liked On: 29-01-2025, 07:17 PM
All the cool kids dis the big sheds, when in reality some small traders who operate away from scrutiny are more likely to put one around you. We champion the little guy, but there are some sneaky...
Liked On: 29-01-2025, 07:17 PM