About grandpamac

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75
About grandpamac
Location:
Okawa Hawkes Bay
Interests:
Hunting, handloading and outdoor.
Occupation:
Retired

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  1. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Kimber Montana 308 Load Development
    Greetings Tikka 7mm08, Looks like you have your load for the big stuff sorted. Perhaps an understudy load with one of the excellent 125 or 130 grains projectiles available these days may be in order...
    Liked On: 03-07-2021, 05:58 PM
  2. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting ES down with 223
    Greetings Pommy, You seem to have tried almost everything to get the ES down so perhaps there are two questions. First what was different between the high ES loads and the low ones, and yes it was...
    Liked On: 02-07-2021, 07:08 PM
  3. Andygr
    Andygr liked post by grandpamac On thread : Older Members?
    Greetings All, This has been a very good thread and I thought I would, as a card carrying old fudd, offer a few observations on the old and the young. When we were young we moved through life...
    Liked On: 30-06-2021, 10:47 PM
  4. veitnamcam
    veitnamcam liked post by grandpamac On thread : Tow Wagon
    Greetings Dorkus, To me the answer is to replace you dearly beloved's car with a car that does most of what is needed bar the towing and keep the ute for other things like towing and going bush....
    Liked On: 30-06-2021, 08:18 PM
  5. keneff
    keneff liked post by grandpamac On thread : Older Members?
    Greetings All, When I was a little younger I knew a chap called Arthur. Arthur had been a skin hunter after the war and had done well enough to have bought a brand new Landrover in 1958 from the...
    Liked On: 30-06-2021, 08:17 PM
  6. rewa
    rewa liked post by grandpamac On thread : Older Members?
    Greetings All, Turned 72 in April and for the last few months have been working on my fitness and mobility as previously reported. I think I am a bit fitter now than I was 20 years ago and...
    Liked On: 30-06-2021, 04:27 PM
  7. XR500
    XR500 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Tow Wagon
    Greetings Dorkus, To me the answer is to replace you dearly beloved's car with a car that does most of what is needed bar the towing and keep the ute for other things like towing and going bush....
    Liked On: 30-06-2021, 12:54 PM
  8. Dorkus
    Dorkus liked post by grandpamac On thread : Tow Wagon
    Greetings Dorkus, To me the answer is to replace you dearly beloved's car with a car that does most of what is needed bar the towing and keep the ute for other things like towing and going bush....
    Liked On: 30-06-2021, 12:49 PM
  9. Danny
    Danny liked post by grandpamac On thread : Older Members?
    Greetings All, This has been a very good thread and I thought I would, as a card carrying old fudd, offer a few observations on the old and the young. When we were young we moved through life...
    Liked On: 30-06-2021, 11:34 AM
  10. GSP HUNTER
    GSP HUNTER liked post by grandpamac On thread : Reloading - minimalist kit
    Greetings All, Additional to What Micky Duck has said above I think that the scoop that comes with the Lee Loader is 2.8cc. My older set has one in cubic inches that translates to 2.74 cc. Based on...
    Liked On: 29-06-2021, 11:17 PM
  11. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Older Members?
    Greetings All, This has been a very good thread and I thought I would, as a card carrying old fudd, offer a few observations on the old and the young. When we were young we moved through life...
    Liked On: 29-06-2021, 09:46 PM
  12. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Reloading - minimalist kit
    Greetings All, Additional to What Micky Duck has said above I think that the scoop that comes with the Lee Loader is 2.8cc. My older set has one in cubic inches that translates to 2.74 cc. Based on...
    Liked On: 29-06-2021, 06:30 PM
  13. davetapson
    davetapson liked post by grandpamac On thread : Reloading - minimalist kit
    Greetings Again, I believe that Bell tried the heavy hitters but found it almost impossible to shoot accurately with them. Bell used several calibres including the 7x57 (.276 Rigby), 6.5x54 (.256...
    Liked On: 29-06-2021, 03:37 PM
  14. Cordite
    Cordite liked post by grandpamac On thread : Reloading - minimalist kit
    Greetings, The way I have always used the scoops is to part fill a cup or similar with powder and press the back of the scoop down into the powder until the powder flows into it to just overflow....
    Liked On: 29-06-2021, 01:16 PM
  15. davetapson
    davetapson liked post by grandpamac On thread : Reloading - minimalist kit
    Greetings, The way I have always used the scoops is to part fill a cup or similar with powder and press the back of the scoop down into the powder until the powder flows into it to just overflow....
    Liked On: 29-06-2021, 12:58 PM

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