Greetings, Those of us in the Boomer generation (and I qualify) are often finding the steep stuff too demanding especially when carrying anything heavy but we are a large cohort. Each shooter who is...
Liked On: 21-02-2024, 07:33 PM
Well lets hope so. I went for a medical for my 75 year olds drivers licence renewal today. I did not do so well on the memory tests but still enough to pass. Eye sight, however, easily passed...
Liked On: 21-02-2024, 06:47 PM
Greetings, Those of us in the Boomer generation (and I qualify) are often finding the steep stuff too demanding especially when carrying anything heavy but we are a large cohort. Each shooter who is...
Liked On: 21-02-2024, 05:40 PM
Greetings, Those of us in the Boomer generation (and I qualify) are often finding the steep stuff too demanding especially when carrying anything heavy but we are a large cohort. Each shooter who is...
Liked On: 21-02-2024, 05:10 PM
Greetings, Those of us in the Boomer generation (and I qualify) are often finding the steep stuff too demanding especially when carrying anything heavy but we are a large cohort. Each shooter who is...
Liked On: 21-02-2024, 05:08 PM
Greetings, Older handloaders tend to forget that there was a time when most military cases encountered in NZ were Berdan primed. With .303 the difference was obvious with a larger primer dia. With...
Liked On: 21-02-2024, 01:16 PM
Greetings, Those scopes look pretty basic compared with what is available today. There is no doubt that there is a lot of flash kit available now that was not 12 years ago but how much of it fills...
Liked On: 20-02-2024, 06:32 PM
Greetings, I think that data is for the .222 Rem Mag and not the .222 Rem. ADI shows a max load of 19.5 grains of AR2207 for 3,017 fps at 45,300 CUP for the .222 Rem. Regards Grandpamac.
Liked On: 20-02-2024, 10:58 AM
Greetings, I think that data is for the .222 Rem Mag and not the .222 Rem. ADI shows a max load of 19.5 grains of AR2207 for 3,017 fps at 45,300 CUP for the .222 Rem. Regards Grandpamac.
Liked On: 20-02-2024, 10:26 AM
Greetings, The case is marked 7.62 and it appears to be the right length (or thereabouts) but it is also likely military. Additional to the possibility of a Berdan primer the military cases are much...
Liked On: 20-02-2024, 09:14 AM
Greetings, The case is marked 7.62 and it appears to be the right length (or thereabouts) but it is also likely military. Additional to the possibility of a Berdan primer the military cases are much...
Liked On: 20-02-2024, 07:37 AM
Greetings all, 50 years ago Ken Waters covered the 45-70 in his Pet Loads Series. He listed the rifles then available in three grades of Weaker Actions, Moderately Strong Actions and Very Strong...
Liked On: 18-02-2024, 09:05 PM
Greetings, Yes it is. IMR4064 was originally made by Dupont in the US from about the 1920's and was the go to powder for the .270 for a while until IMR4350 came out. AR2208 has been made by Mulwex,...
Liked On: 18-02-2024, 04:58 AM
Greetings blip, Good point about a new barrel. Those Mohawks are getting a bit long in the tooth for a barrel burner like the .243. On the powders you first mentioned all should be fine with IMR4064...
Liked On: 18-02-2024, 04:57 AM
Greetings, I borrowed an early Chrony in the late 1980's. I came home one day to find my son had it set up in the Garage using a couple of bed head lights and had chronographed his rubber band gun....
Liked On: 17-02-2024, 03:23 PM