Good old 243 , you certainly had to rely on the person loaning the rifle that it was zeroed, otherwise it could have ended badly.
Liked On: 10-11-2024, 08:11 AM
Those IOR 4x scopes would have to be nearly bulletproof and have superb optics, I treasure mine.
Liked On: 10-11-2024, 08:11 AM
Great yarn. I started hunting in the beginning of the 80s with a brand new Tikka LSA 55 in 308. I got my first deer with it in the Tiramea in fairly short order but man after that it was a heck of...
Liked On: 09-11-2024, 10:16 PM
The kids have been at me for some time to take them hunting again. I’ve done bugger all hunting myself this year due to a crazy work schedule and spending a bit more time on my dirtbike. This was...
Liked On: 03-11-2024, 09:26 PM
Tikka T3x - .308 cut to 18 inches with a Leupold CDS 3.5-10 x 40 and a suppressor. 0-500 yards sorted, only rifle you'll ever need.
Liked On: 30-10-2024, 08:13 AM
I think the tikka is an all round better rifle than x bolt. Lighter, better carry rifle. Better trigger. Generally not ammo fussy and superb out of box accuracy. Stock or chassis upgrades...
Liked On: 28-10-2024, 03:35 AM
Headed down to a mates in Lake Hawea last weekend for a hunt. After a bit of a drive we parked up and headed in getting ready for my first hunt in almost 6 months so dreading the climb to camp....
Liked On: 26-10-2024, 08:28 PM
Got back to the range today to check zero without the magnetospeed hanging off the suppressor. The red X is not my shot was reusing a target that already had 1 shot on it. The blue x was my first...
Liked On: 22-10-2024, 02:35 PM
G'day! As I was told that there is no permanent or "sticky" thread for recent harvests on our hunting trips in general I decided to start this one. I will post such pictures from time to time as...
Liked On: 16-10-2024, 07:23 AM
If you google ‘300 SAUM’ the following is one of the top results: 260592 So if I’m now in possession of that same 300 SAUM you’d be able to work out I’m a pretty lucky man and also very...
Liked On: 07-10-2024, 12:46 AM
Been a hectic year for me especially with the arrival of our second child in Feb, Quinn she’s a real little honey! Managed to get out for a few missions. Here’s a few...
Liked On: 01-10-2024, 11:50 AM
The ideal scope would be something like a 2.5 to 10. Or something like the March 1.5 to 15 but with a 30 mm tube in first focal plane instead of 34mm tube. Also if Swarovski could have done their old...
Liked On: 28-09-2024, 02:08 PM
So this morning I finally accomplished a goal I set 4 years ago, to get a deer with the bow. I got back into bowhunting in late 2020, and managed to get a pig in Dec 2020. A nice big boar. In March...
Liked On: 25-09-2024, 06:37 PM
Or just get a fast twist 22 250
Liked On: 19-09-2024, 08:02 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: 11-09-2024, 07:32 PM