About grandpamac

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

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  1. Frogfeatures
    Frogfeatures liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings All, In line with my low input block maintenance regime grass maintenance in the open and treed areas has been delegated to an itinerant landscape specialists. They operate from late...
    Liked On: 03-05-2020, 09:13 PM
  2. Micky Duck
    Micky Duck liked post by grandpamac On thread : Subsonic load for 308
    Greetings All, What an excellent thread. I have a .308 in the cupboard that does not get out much. It has a 10 power Bushnell scope with target turrets so swapping loads and zero's should not be a...
    Liked On: 03-05-2020, 11:37 AM
  3. pope2506
    pope2506 liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings Blisters, Looks like Military M2 rounds that have been drilled by someone. That it is a pretty big drill hole and there is a danger that the jacket could be left in the barrel if you fire...
    Liked On: 01-05-2020, 07:57 PM
  4. Cordite
    Cordite liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings All, Hatcher has an illustration of a head crack like that in his book. He found the cause to be an off center primer crimp that over hardened one side of the case head. In other words a...
    Liked On: 01-05-2020, 09:56 AM
  5. Kudu
    Kudu liked post by grandpamac On thread : Reloading for a Brno Fox .222
    Greetings Kudu, The go to load for the .222 R seems to have been 20.5 grains of IMR or H 4198 (AR 2207) behind a flat base 50 grain projectile just about forever. Well since 1950 anyway. The 14 inch...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 06:48 PM
  6. Kiwi Sapper
    Kiwi Sapper liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings GDMP and All, Agreed. An excellent point. Lets hope some see the benefits of looking after and feeding some old soldier rather than hosing down cardboard soldiers with cheapo mil spec...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 04:13 PM
  7. Blisters
    Blisters liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings All, The story about how the US got to the M2 30-06 cartridge may be of interest. The US adopted the 150 grain load in 1906 replacing the original .30-03 220 grain load. This followed the...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 02:34 PM
  8. Cordite
    Cordite liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings All, The story about how the US got to the M2 30-06 cartridge may be of interest. The US adopted the 150 grain load in 1906 replacing the original .30-03 220 grain load. This followed the...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 02:04 PM
  9. csmiffy
    csmiffy liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings All, The story about how the US got to the M2 30-06 cartridge may be of interest. The US adopted the 150 grain load in 1906 replacing the original .30-03 220 grain load. This followed the...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 01:45 PM
  10. bumblefoot
    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?
    Greetings GDMP and All, Agreed. An excellent point. Lets hope some see the benefits of looking after and feeding some old soldier rather than hosing down cardboard soldiers with cheapo mil spec...
    Liked On: 30-04-2020, 11:49 AM
  11. 300CALMAN
    300CALMAN liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings All, There were a few specialist military target loads in .30-06 but to my knowledge all of the M2 ball ammo was boxer primed. The domed shape of the primer was common at the time. Had a...
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 09:48 PM
  12. Dreamer
    Dreamer liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings All, In line with my low input block maintenance regime grass maintenance in the open and treed areas has been delegated to an itinerant landscape specialists. They operate from late...
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 07:54 PM
  13. Cordite
    Cordite liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings Blisters, Looks like Military M2 rounds that have been drilled by someone. That it is a pretty big drill hole and there is a danger that the jacket could be left in the barrel if you fire...
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 07:18 PM
  14. Blisters
    Blisters liked post by grandpamac On thread : bullet help please
    Greetings All, There were a few specialist military target loads in .30-06 but to my knowledge all of the M2 ball ammo was boxer primed. The domed shape of the primer was common at the time. Had a...
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 07:04 PM
  15. Coote
    Coote liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings All, In line with my low input block maintenance regime grass maintenance in the open and treed areas has been delegated to an itinerant landscape specialists. They operate from late...
    Liked On: 29-04-2020, 08:29 AM

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