WDM Bell grew up in 19th century boarding schools and was later a military man - he would have been called "Bell" by his friends and associates and Captain or Mr Bell by everyone else except his...
Liked On: 11-09-2023, 02:21 PM
I'm old and shoot open sights all the time - I go hunting with them. I can't use apertures, I have an eyesight issue that blurs out the centre of the aperture - so I use Vee sights mounted forward...
Liked On: 11-09-2023, 02:08 PM
noisy as fc#k when you get tired or are just tramping..when your in mouse mode you could be wearing concrete blocks and still be quieter than most..... one of these days I will tie you down and chuck...
Liked On: 09-09-2023, 08:13 AM
Yip id start at mag legnth and turn a blind eye to how far it may be jumping id say youll find itll just flat out shoot at mag i loaded amax and eldx to tikka mag legnth in multiple rifles including...
Liked On: 08-09-2023, 05:34 PM
Probably not what you want to hear, but sell it and buy a spartan javelin or MTN if your budget will stretch that far. This was the one thing that I just couldn't come to grips with on the backlanz...
Liked On: 05-09-2023, 09:34 PM
162gn eldm with either 2225 powder or 2217 will do the buisness all day I have played with a few bergers and barnes but the eldm are not fussy, get em going about 3000fps give or take 50fps and...
Liked On: 05-09-2023, 04:36 PM
Federal blue box always went well for me before I got the reloading bug,150g ,killed well and around Moa in all the 308s I have had over the years,model 7 ,midland,charter arms and now sako A7.
Liked On: 28-08-2023, 10:27 PM
I used to pig hunt riverhead a bit. Pigs were very shy and would seldom be found near a road. Always hung out in bottom of gorse filled gullies or around toitoi. They were runners too. Was quite...
Liked On: 25-08-2023, 08:08 PM
Took the family dog for a decent walk today and came across some decent pig marks including a real big one. I used to manage this forest many years ago and the pigs were very shy with so much...
Liked On: 25-08-2023, 07:59 PM
Think you'd be disappointed in what you might get for it. If you're hell bent on selling it Id drop the scope and rings, and the bipod. Bare rifle and suppressor might be more sell-able. 270 with a...
Liked On: 25-08-2023, 01:43 PM
I'm running a Savage 16 lightweight hunter (s/s) in 308 as my main rifle, can't see myself going for anything else at this point. Super accurate, durable stainless (doesn't rust at all - the howa s/s...
Liked On: 24-08-2023, 09:39 AM
Over 40 plus years of rifle ownership I've had several Savage offerings, both CF and RF. For a while their looks did them in for me, the CF ones are just butt ugly and they got traded off. But...
Liked On: 24-08-2023, 09:35 AM
used both and can't tell the difference...both go bang and have plenty of power
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 10:33 PM
and unless the origonal barrel is poked..you will be spending $$$$ for not a huge amount of real world gain..... you can after all buy good 130-145-150grn loads in .270w that will do 99% of what you...
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 09:12 PM
holy smoke...that article is not what I expected...and sums things up brutally well.
Liked On: 23-08-2023, 03:08 PM