About grandpamac

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

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  1. caberslash
    caberslash liked post by grandpamac On thread : Some Lee Enfield History
    Greetings All, Interesting that Lee and Ross, designers of two of the rifles most associated with the .303 cartridge, were born in Scotland and died in the US. The Lee and Ross rifles were chambered...
    Liked On: 18-10-2021, 08:28 AM
  2. 257weatherby
    257weatherby liked post by grandpamac On thread : Advice 30-06 0-500yards load
    Yes Micky, Very true. Just about any 30 calibre 150 grain pill will do the business out to reasonable range and the 150 grain Hornady is as good as any and better than some. However this is not what...
    Liked On: 17-10-2021, 10:10 PM
  3. veitnamcam
    veitnamcam liked post by grandpamac On thread : Advice 30-06 0-500yards load
    Yes Micky, Very true. Just about any 30 calibre 150 grain pill will do the business out to reasonable range and the 150 grain Hornady is as good as any and better than some. However this is not what...
    Liked On: 17-10-2021, 09:07 PM
  4. Andygr
    Andygr liked post by grandpamac On thread : Taupo range
    Greetings All, Agree with the last few posts. Marksmanship is only developed through practice. I used to be a reasonable shot in our club competitions and even had my name engraved on a few...
    Liked On: 17-10-2021, 08:27 PM
  5. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Taupo range
    Greetings All, I never cease to be amazed how poorly equipped some people are for navigation when entering the bush. One had photographed the sign at the carpark, better than nothing I suppose. Two...
    Liked On: 17-10-2021, 08:04 PM
  6. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Taupo range
    Greetings All, Agree with the last few posts. Marksmanship is only developed through practice. I used to be a reasonable shot in our club competitions and even had my name engraved on a few...
    Liked On: 17-10-2021, 07:57 PM
  7. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Advice 30-06 0-500yards load
    Yes Micky, Very true. Just about any 30 calibre 150 grain pill will do the business out to reasonable range and the 150 grain Hornady is as good as any and better than some. However this is not what...
    Liked On: 17-10-2021, 04:30 PM
  8. dannyb
    dannyb liked post by grandpamac On thread : Advice 30-06 0-500yards load
    Yes Micky, Very true. Just about any 30 calibre 150 grain pill will do the business out to reasonable range and the 150 grain Hornady is as good as any and better than some. However this is not what...
    Liked On: 17-10-2021, 03:27 PM
  9. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Advice 30-06 0-500yards load
    Yes Micky, Very true. Just about any 30 calibre 150 grain pill will do the business out to reasonable range and the 150 grain Hornady is as good as any and better than some. However this is not what...
    Liked On: 17-10-2021, 02:47 PM
  10. 7mmwsm
    7mmwsm liked post by grandpamac On thread : Taupo range
    Greetings Again Gillie, I spotted that the shooting was only part of the event. Was most impressed to see a Silva compass in use and correctly aligned with due North, pretty much a lost art these...
    Liked On: 16-10-2021, 07:56 PM
  11. Gillie
    Gillie liked post by grandpamac On thread : Taupo range
    Greetings Again Gillie, I spotted that the shooting was only part of the event. Was most impressed to see a Silva compass in use and correctly aligned with due North, pretty much a lost art these...
    Liked On: 14-10-2021, 12:12 PM
  12. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings Micky Duck, I read your post on the .22 Savage with a .223 inch groove barrel and thought "Micky has just reinvented the .219 Zipper". This is the .22 Savage shortened ever so slightly and...
    Liked On: 13-10-2021, 03:59 PM
  13. Maca49
    Maca49 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Taupo range
    Greetings Maca49, Curly was at the range last time I was there in August. He still drive his little van about cleaning up and still walks like a man 20 plus years his junior. Regards Grandpamac.
    Liked On: 12-10-2021, 09:53 AM
  14. gun guy
    gun guy liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings Micky Duck, I detect a case of singleshotitis, a newly described disease the afflicts many Riflemen as they approach their mature years. It is often accompanied by declining interest in...
    Liked On: 10-10-2021, 12:45 PM
  15. Barefoot
    Barefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    179098 Greetings All, Here is my Martini chambered for the .30-40 Krag aka the 30 Purdey Flanged Nitro Express on one of its walkies in the Kaweka's. Light loads are used with in a 140 year old...
    Liked On: 10-10-2021, 10:50 AM

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