I've had heaps of different "bush rifles" over the years - half a dozen open-sighted lever actions, a chopped, scoped and suppressed lever action, open sighted bolt actions, a scout rifle,...
Liked On: 17-09-2024, 09:03 PM
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Liked On: 15-09-2024, 08:52 PM
We had more MSR tents coming back to Bivouac with unhappy customers than any other brand. (We also sold a lot more of them, to be fair) The condensation issue does seem to be real. The floor...
Liked On: 15-09-2024, 08:14 PM
I had a 70's-vintage BLR in .243 that did outstanding work on grey kangaroos up to red stags. That rifle had pretty simple tastes, seemed to love the 100-grain Remington Core-Lokt. I did find the...
Liked On: 15-09-2024, 03:15 PM
The example of ducks and semi autos is relevant, but maybe not as intended. Some areas did have crashed populations but I believe that was more due to land use changes than semi auto shotguns. The...
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 08:23 AM
July this year I put in for a Blue Mountains ballot and in August I received news of a successful application and was gifted one of the better blocks. In the meantime, my wife and I had our second...
Liked On: 09-09-2024, 06:38 PM
Have one on a new Rab sleeping bag, it’s certainly better than not having it. The idea of a tape would be a good option, it came standard on a western mountaineering bag I have and works really well.
Liked On: 08-09-2024, 11:17 AM
Most of my hunting is with a .243 and never had one, not one, failure to kill with 95 Berger or Targex, same result with a bit more "thump" with the 105 Targex. Red stags and bull Tahr included. Will...
Liked On: 07-09-2024, 08:42 PM
And we all know someone from, and a story about Tauramanui. (I'm shaking so much Im not even sure I spelt it right)
Liked On: 07-09-2024, 08:08 PM
Nah I'm not in to science that much Barry. I worked out years ago that this deer shooting lark is quite simple. I just wander around aimlessly (often only a couple of steps away from being completely...
Liked On: 06-09-2024, 09:52 PM
[QUOTE=John Duxbury;1610912]I dont understand the .243 detractors. I have never found the boundaries of it. I can't see where I would shoot a deer with a .308 that would kill it when the .243...
Liked On: 06-09-2024, 05:43 PM
You're welcome to come sight your rifle on our place, as long as you're safe and clean up after yourself. Just north of Levin.
Liked On: 06-09-2024, 08:00 AM
It wasn’t a latte, Neanderthal, it was a mochaccino
Liked On: 04-09-2024, 08:14 PM
I see where you are coming from now. Would a couple of dabs of carefully shaped silicone do similar? Striker NZs idea of tape would be a goer too.
Liked On: 04-09-2024, 12:35 PM
I dont understand the .243 detractors. I have never found the boundaries of it. I can't see where I would shoot a deer with a .308 that would kill it when the .243 wouldn't. However, some factory...
Liked On: 02-09-2024, 09:48 PM