Otago has way better heads than Taranaki, here they tend to be scrubby things. As a youngster we would trophy shoot nearly every weekend. We'd walk for 2-3 hours into DOC blocks and only look for...
Liked On: 22-02-2021, 09:03 AM
A couple of days ago I too my mate Beth out for her second hunt. She'd already shot her first goat (about 10-days earlier) and this time nailed a 25" billy for her second goat and first billy! I...
Liked On: 22-02-2021, 08:53 AM
Be nicer (and lose some weight also) if the action was an open bridge design so could run internal mag box. It's a must in a lightweight hunting rifle for me. One of the reasons I can't stand the...
Liked On: 22-02-2021, 08:45 AM
I think the 270 penciled through, a few feathers lost and a dead magpie. The 308 though just exploded it. Had the same with a 450 bushmaster vs bunny at 10m. You'd have thought a stick of dynamite...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 05:47 PM
So we ended up just shooting standard steel gongs during the day. Also got 2 deer, 50 wallabies, a headgehog, 80 odd bunnies and 2 magpies got hit with a .308 and .270 Bloody good couple days...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 05:25 PM
Beginning of last year there was a guy at the range with a small cannon. I was standing way back when I recorded this (did not trust that the thing might explode). Was really beautifully made. ...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 04:41 PM
I don't really know much about ageing meat, but when i get goat I cut off the dirty bits and refrigerate for a couple of days before freezing or prepping. Today I am cooking malaysian goat rendang...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 04:13 PM
That gun shoots at the deerstalkers range, on Antique arms cannon days. Anyone interested in Black powder or cannon, Gimmie a PM.
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 12:28 PM
This may well belong to someone on here? Absolutely immaculate machining and woodwork. 1/4 scale American civil war Whitworth cannon if memory serves me right. Half a Bofors barrel. Came to my...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 12:05 PM
mates got a couple.I think one is made out of a section of bofors barrel golf balls fir nicely in it and they go for miles. the other one is a very short morter type thing that shoots coke cans...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 11:32 AM
I have a black powder Canon..... 160988 Pocket sized .... 160989
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 11:32 AM
On one of my visits to a deerstalkers range I noticed big ball bearings lying around Huh? canonballs the fella reckoned. Canons? that sounds like great fun so who knows whats the deal? Thinking...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 11:31 AM
Smooth as Krico model 600 from West Germany in .270 cal. Brought second hand 1981. Only if you can afford one! 3 shot box magazine. Slick bolt.
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 06:03 AM
I had a regular 1500. Good shooter. My only criticism would be lack of rigid lightweight Stocks and not very rust resistant stainless. The thinner profile 20inch barreled ones are a better carry...
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 06:02 AM
RL19 at 64, RL22 at 67, RL 25 at 70 grains all give ~2950 to 3000 fps with a 160/162 gn pill if you can find them and will produce accurate loads.
Liked On: 21-02-2021, 05:58 AM