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. Tui4Me
    Tui4Me liked post by grandpamac On thread : Long Range Shooting and TBR
    Greetings All, So to summarise, the use of true ballistic range to calculate drop allows for all of the drop due to gravity and most of the drop due to velocity loss What it does not allow for is...
    Liked On: 27-05-2021, 01:27 PM
  2. Ned
    Ned liked post by grandpamac On thread : Long Range Shooting and TBR
    Greeting Gibo, Me too. In my minds eye I can see all this going on while the deer wanders out of sight and very likely dies of old age. Regards Grandpamac.
    Liked On: 27-05-2021, 10:52 AM
  3. ebf
    ebf liked post by grandpamac On thread : Long Range Shooting and TBR
    Greeting Gibo, Me too. In my minds eye I can see all this going on while the deer wanders out of sight and very likely dies of old age. Regards Grandpamac.
    Liked On: 26-05-2021, 09:19 PM
  4. Matt.L
    Matt.L liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mm rem mag factory ammo cds data
    Greetings Micky, It might be the curmudgeon in me but I can't help thinking if you tried to explain the good info above to a good 1980's hunter their eyes would have glazed over quick smart....
    Liked On: 25-05-2021, 08:42 PM
  5. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mm rem mag factory ammo cds data
    Greetings Micky, It might be the curmudgeon in me but I can't help thinking if you tried to explain the good info above to a good 1980's hunter their eyes would have glazed over quick smart....
    Liked On: 25-05-2021, 06:34 PM
  6. rugerman
    rugerman liked post by grandpamac On thread : Opps ! Bugger !@#@#!
    Greetings AMac, AR2217 is slower than N560 so is probably not going to give you problems but will do nothing for accuracy. With Scottish heritage as well I also break down ammunition for the...
    Liked On: 24-05-2021, 05:40 PM
  7. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Stuff that I've learned about deer control
    Greetings Flyblown, Great article. Thoroughly agree that deer population control must concentrate on the hinds. Hinds are the engine room of the deer population. Less hinds means less fawns. It's...
    Liked On: 24-05-2021, 04:41 PM
  8. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Opps ! Bugger !@#@#!
    Greetings AMac, AR2217 is slower than N560 so is probably not going to give you problems but will do nothing for accuracy. With Scottish heritage as well I also break down ammunition for the...
    Liked On: 24-05-2021, 04:35 PM
  9. Scouser
    Scouser liked post by grandpamac On thread : Running Out of Time
    Greetings Maca49, Have heard a lot of people saying that an E bike has transformed their lives and can certainly see how. The people giving you shit are just jealous, ignore them, just as I ignore...
    Liked On: 23-05-2021, 07:42 PM
  10. matagouri
    matagouri liked post by grandpamac On thread : My first load development
    Greetings Remmodel7, As a first time load developer I suggest that you load a small batch at 27 grains and go hunting with it. You can test other loads later. If you can get your load chronographed...
    Liked On: 23-05-2021, 05:10 PM
  11. zimmer
    zimmer liked post by grandpamac On thread : My first load development
    Greetings Remmodel7, As a first time load developer I suggest that you load a small batch at 27 grains and go hunting with it. You can test other loads later. If you can get your load chronographed...
    Liked On: 23-05-2021, 04:29 PM
  12. Rated M for Magnum
    Rated M for Magnum liked post by grandpamac On thread : 7mm08 120 grain VMAX loads
    Greetings Again Gerardo and Rated M for Magnum, 50 plus years ago there was a belief that projectiles could be spun too fast and accuracy would suffer. This may have been true at the time but todays...
    Liked On: 22-05-2021, 02:27 PM
  13. Mauser308
    Mauser308 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Verniers/ calipers what to buy
    Now that's fighting talk Outlander. My son had a .358 Win for a while and found it perfectly adequate for rabbits plus the occasional larger animal. It's place has now been taken by a .350 Remington...
    Liked On: 21-05-2021, 10:12 PM
  14. Ranger 888
    Ranger 888 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Firearm licencing
    It was faster still 55 years ago when I presented my 16 year old self, armed with a note from my mum, to the local arms officer. I was asked a couple of questions and walked away with my permit to...
    Liked On: 21-05-2021, 12:15 PM
  15. Tikka7mm08
    Tikka7mm08 liked post by grandpamac On thread : Opps ! Bugger !@#@#!
    Greetings AMac, AR2217 is slower than N560 so is probably not going to give you problems but will do nothing for accuracy. With Scottish heritage as well I also break down ammunition for the...
    Liked On: 20-05-2021, 09:21 AM

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