About grandpamac

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About grandpamac
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Okawa Hawkes Bay
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Hunting, handloading and outdoor.
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Retired

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  1. caberslash
    caberslash liked post by grandpamac On thread : Rifle/ caliber opinions for bush and mountain
    It was a Uberti Courtney Stalking Rifle an a High Wall falling block action. Priced at $3,000.00 though and sold out. GPM.
    Liked On: 15-06-2022, 08:23 PM
  2. caberslash
    caberslash liked post by grandpamac On thread : Rifle/ caliber opinions for bush and mountain
    Bumblefoot and I were drooling over one that was being imported to NZ a few months ago, Italian made from memory. GPM.
    Liked On: 15-06-2022, 08:23 PM
  3. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Rifle/ caliber opinions for bush and mountain
    It was a Uberti Courtney Stalking Rifle an a High Wall falling block action. Priced at $3,000.00 though and sold out. GPM.
    Liked On: 15-06-2022, 07:05 PM
  4. 308
    308 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    The rifle remins me of my first one. It was a Parker Hale conversion of a No 1 about the same age as yours. The fore end was cut down but otherwise it was standard. In the late 1960's it cost me...
    Liked On: 15-06-2022, 01:15 AM
  5. Scouser
    Scouser liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings All, I was runnaging through my old photo's over the last few days and found the following. 187732 This was taken in the late 1980's probably by my daugher. At the time I used to shoot a...
    Liked On: 13-06-2022, 06:08 PM
  6. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings All, Like many of my age I have been having a poke around in the ancestral cupboard and have discovered NZ ancestors or close relations who have served in conflicts from the Land Wars to...
    Liked On: 13-06-2022, 02:15 PM
  7. Bill999
    Bill999 liked post by grandpamac On thread : 6.5 creed 147 eldm with imr4895
    Greetings Bill999, First my hearty thanks for sticking with your mate and trying to steer him to a sensible solution. Some would have run like hell. The whole episode should remind us all to never...
    Liked On: 11-06-2022, 05:01 PM
  8. GSP HUNTER
    GSP HUNTER liked post by grandpamac On thread : 270 loads
    Greetings All, It would almost be rude not to try Jack OConnor's often quoted load of 60 grains of 4831 behind the 130 grain projectile even if it was just on paper. Jack worked up this load just...
    Liked On: 08-06-2022, 08:32 PM
  9. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings bumblefoot and All, A nice little Vid which has reminded me to plant some fruit trees. While watching it I spotted your birthday hunt video and watched that as well. The second video...
    Liked On: 08-06-2022, 07:30 PM
  10. Jhon
    Jhon liked post by grandpamac On thread : Incremental load test anomalies
    Greetings Jhon, shooternz, I had read about velocity decreasing with increasing powder charge before but it is nice to hear from someone who has actually tested it. From what I remember pressure...
    Liked On: 08-06-2022, 06:33 PM
  11. RugerM77
    RugerM77 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Incremental load test anomalies
    Greetings Jhon, shooternz, I had read about velocity decreasing with increasing powder charge before but it is nice to hear from someone who has actually tested it. From what I remember pressure...
    Liked On: 07-06-2022, 11:54 AM
  12. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings bumblefoot, I am going to scope my latest .303 but I am dithering about mounts. The rifle has bee drilled for a Parker Hale base and I have both some low and high rings that I could use...
    Liked On: 06-06-2022, 07:22 PM
  13. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : calibre for short barrel(18-20")longer range(-600m) rifle
    Greetings Yesmate, My apologies for thoroghly hijacking your thread. In penance I offer my thoughts on the matter. As you will have spotted that the range of candidates is broad. For ease of load...
    Liked On: 04-06-2022, 03:49 PM
  14. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    akaroa1, You are a very bad man. Fancy posting pic's of a rifle like that without prior warning. I fired a Remington rolling block in 50-90 IIRC and a Remington Hepburn in 38-55 many years ago which...
    Liked On: 04-06-2022, 12:15 AM
  15. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetins All, I think I have part of the answer to that question. My No4 with a near new two groove barrel often shoots MoA groups with the 174 grain Round Nose Hornady and light loads. It is...
    Liked On: 04-06-2022, 12:12 AM

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