About Hermitage

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About Hermitage
Biography:
I've been interested in rifles and shooting since my teenage years (now 40). Mostly into long range target or rabbit shooting using a laser range finder and dialable scope.
Location:
Whakatane
Interests:
Rifles and writing
Occupation:
English teacher at B.O.P High School

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A good job and a good wife has been the ruin of many a good hunter.

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  1. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by longshot On thread : Pump action rifles dilemma FSA making threats ?
    Tricky one that, it was done fairly quietly when they changed the rules on pump actions, not sure if it was by design or inadvertantly. I certainly didn't clock the fact that it happened, until I...
    Liked On: 01-10-2024, 09:08 PM
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    Hermitage liked post by hotbarrels On thread : More fragmentive .22 rounds?
    I have a Waltz die with multiple inserts and have tested hollow pointing to beyond sensible levels and then fired them into a 200L open top drum full of water to recover the projectiles (shot from...
    Liked On: 25-09-2024, 08:37 PM
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    Hermitage liked post by mikee On thread : Super Slo mo 600000 frames per second projectiles leaving muzzle
    Interesting watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-R-D_v0udk&ab_channel=BallisticHigh-Speed
    Liked On: 20-09-2024, 09:46 PM
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    Hermitage liked post by blip On thread : Rifles from the back of the Cabinet
    259460 This is a mauser target rifle of mine
    Liked On: 18-09-2024, 09:36 PM
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    Hermitage liked post by Tentman On thread : Rifles from the back of the Cabinet
    Rupert and I shot together in Otago, and I possibly had better manners by then. It was some Wellington branch guys who as I recall made snotty comments, maybe Brad Parkes, who wrote a fine book...
    Liked On: 17-09-2024, 09:49 PM
  6. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by StrikerNZ On thread : CZ452 stiff bolt
    Give the shoulder of the chamber and inside of the action a good clean, might be a build-up of detritus somewhere in there that the bolt is working against..
    Liked On: 09-09-2024, 09:13 PM
  7. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by Tech On thread : Lower than expected velocities
    My experience with the 25-06 has shown that the best accuracy tends to be close to max loads, currently I load for five different 25-06 rifles. In three of these rifles I found that the 100 grain...
    Liked On: 06-09-2024, 10:22 AM
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    Hermitage liked post by Stocky On thread : Give it the chop?
    Yes anything wood blued I'd feel a bit dirty docking it that short. Anything stainless or synthetic I veiw as only functional and don't see any good reason to have a longer barrel. As there's not...
    Liked On: 05-09-2024, 03:44 PM
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    Hermitage liked post by Barry the hunter On thread : .22 project
    no but I used to have a few beers with him in the old Royal hotel in Opotiki - no I say that about a fire poker out of practicality - a really top gunsmith once told me when I was trying to...
    Liked On: 02-09-2024, 08:34 PM
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    Hermitage liked post by Barry the hunter On thread : .22 project
    good advice it may be a fancy fire poker or billy lifter
    Liked On: 02-09-2024, 08:24 PM
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    Hermitage liked post by dannyb On thread : Workshop Innovation
    You know I do have a life outside of this place and despite popular opinion the be all and end all decision doesn't lay solely at my discretion, hence if you use the "report" function instead of...
    Liked On: 02-09-2024, 10:18 AM
  12. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by gimp On thread : A question for the doubters
    Tone is invisible on the internet. No sarcasm was intended.
    Liked On: 30-08-2024, 07:54 PM
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    Hermitage liked post by woods223 On thread : A question for the doubters
    Nice controlled and factual answer to what could have been taken as a sarcastic question. All bullet wounds hurt and can do considerable damage, even 224 fmj, which a lot of people seem to write off...
    Liked On: 30-08-2024, 07:54 PM
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    Hermitage liked post by No.3 On thread : A question for the doubters
    Wow, you are I believe quite correct - a bigger caliber bullet would likely not have lodged in the tibia it would have passed straight through. I take my hat of to you though, you have experience...
    Liked On: 30-08-2024, 01:03 PM
  15. Hermitage
    Hermitage liked post by Gibo On thread : A question for the doubters
    The only logical way forward for this conversation, is for Hermitage to shoot himself in the other leg with a 308. That way we have a balanced data set for Gimp :thumbsup: Get to it chap!
    Liked On: 30-08-2024, 09:28 AM

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